Sunday, December 2, 2012

Body Temperature - Homeostasis

On Saturday we discussed homeostasis and examples feedback loops. 
Negative - thermoregulation (body temperature), Insulin production in the pancreas, 
Positive - Childbirth, blood clotting. 

We also discussed the parts of a feedback loop (see the video below)
Receptor
Effector
Stimulus
Response






You should also have read through the link below:

How does your body regulate temperature game

Below is the video that we watched in class. The second one is another description of body temperature regulation as a negative feedback loop


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