bio-paper 2 🍃
Cards (250)
- What is the first topic discussed in the biology paper?
- What is the definition of homeostasis?
- Why is it important to keep conditions constant in organisms?
- What are the three conditions that need to be kept constant in humans?
- What is the normal body temperature in humans?
- What is a stimulus in the context of homeostasis?
- What detects changes in the environment?
- What are the two types of effectors in the body?
- What do sensory neurons do in the nervous system?
- How many main sense organs are there in the body?
- What does the eye detect?
- What does the nose detect?
- What does the tongue detect?
- What do the ears detect?
- What does the skin detect?
- What is the central nervous system made up of?
- What are neurons?
- What is a nerve?
- What happens when a stimulus occurs?
- What is the role of the sensory neuron?
- What does the relay neuron do?
- What does the motor neuron do?
- What is a reflex action?
- What is the role of the effector?
- What is the difference between a reflex action and other nervous system responses?
- What is the endocrine system?
- What do glands in the endocrine system secrete?
- How do hormones travel in the body?
- What is the master gland in the endocrine system?
- Why is the pituitary gland called the master gland?
- What hormone does the thyroid gland produce?
- What does thyroxine control?
- What does adrenaline do to the body?
- What is the fight-or-flight response?
- What is negative feedback?
- What does TSH stand for?
- What happens when thyroxine levels increase?
- What happens when thyroxine levels decrease?
- What is the role of glucose in cells?
- What happens when blood glucose levels are too high?