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Chapter 4 Homeostatic Mechanisms • MHR 121 4.3 Regulating Blood Sugar Imagine that you go to bed on Sunday night, and in the mid ...

122 MHR • Unit 2 Homeostasis When a high number of receptors are activated, the cell’s metabolism increases the production of in ...

Chapter 4 Homeostatic Mechanisms • MHR 123 Type 1 Diabetes Type 1 diabetes has also been called juvenile diabetes. The cause of ...

124 MHR • Unit 2 Homeostasis levels, which vary slightly from person to person. Variation is an important aspect of all species, ...

Chapter 4 Homeostatic Mechanisms • MHR 125 4.4 Homeostasis and the Immune System Another homeostatic mechanism that we depend on ...

126 MHR • Unit 2 Homeostasis not a hospitable environment for these organisms. The outer layer of the skin is dry and contains l ...

Chapter 4 Homeostatic Mechanisms • MHR 127 and then goes through a process of rapid cell division (clonal expansion). This proce ...

128 MHR • Unit 2 Homeostasis characterizes this disease. The solution to the problem of immediate allergic reactions shown in Fi ...

Chapter 4 Homeostatic Mechanisms • MHR 129 EpiPens™ containing epinephrine (adrenaline), in case a person goes into anaphylactic ...

SKILL FOCUS Initiating and planning Predicting Performing and recording Analyzing and interpreting Investigation 4 • B 130 MHR • ...

Chapter 4 Homeostatic Mechanisms • MHR 131 3.When you have collected the completed questionnaires, create a chart or scatter plo ...

132 MHR • Unit 2 Homeostasis Chemotherapy and Homeostasis Everyone begins life as a single cell. That cell undergoes a series of ...

Chapter 4 Homeostatic Mechanisms • MHR 133 CHAPTER 4 REVIEW Summary of Expectations Briefly explain each of the following points ...

134 MHR • Unit 2 Homeostasis 24.Examine the following graph of insulin and glucose levels in the blood. Explain the apparent con ...

Chapter 4 Homeostatic Mechanisms • MHR 135 COMMUNICATING 29.Describe and illustrate two negative feedback loops that have opposi ...

CHAPTER 5 Reflecting Questions The Nervous System 136 Humans have the most complex nervous system of all organisms on Earth (alt ...

137 Chapter Contents 5.1 The Structure of the Nervous System 138 MiniLab: Make a Model of a Brain 144 5.2 How the Neuron Works 1 ...

5.1 The Structure of the Nervous System 138 MHR • Unit 2 Homeostasis How does the human nervous system help maintain homeostasis ...

Chapter 5 The Nervous System • MHR 139 The autonomic nervous system is not consciously controlled. As Figure 5.3 shows, the auto ...

140 MHR • Unit 2 Homeostasis commands from the central nervous system to the muscles. This combination of sensory and motor nerv ...