Homeostasis and Disease Quiz
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The study of all the factors in causing a disease, like how you get a skin infection is
A. cardiology
B. pathology
C. endocrinology
D. etiology
The study of disease is
A. cardiology
B. pathology
C. endocrinology
D. entropy
What is homeostasis?
A. The maintenance of a constant internal environment
B. The maintenance of a constant external environment
C. The maintenance of an inconstant internal environment
D. Negative feedback
Pathogenic organisms are not a known mechanism of disease.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Incubation is the period of time between being infected by a pathogen and the appearance of signs and symptoms.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Which would be a symptom?
A. headache
B. cool clammy skin
C. high pulse rate
D. dilated pupils
What is the evaporation of a liquid to cool the body?
A. Shivering
B. Sweating
C. Vasodilation
D. Vasoconstriction
What 2 systems are the major regulators of homeostasis?
A. nervous and circulatory
B. endocrine and lymphatic
C. nervous and endocrine
D. urinary and reproductive
a body system that controls and coordinates all body activities through electric impulses/messages between brain, spinal cord and nerves.
A. endocrine system
B. nervous system
C. nerve
D. neuron
A patient must tell an examiner a sign.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
A patient must tell an examiner a symptom.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
A sensor that monitors and responds to changes in the environmental is called the _________________________.
A. Control center
B. Receptor
C. Effector
D. Receiver
Which type of feedback is involved in blood clotting?
A. positive
B. negative
C. mutual
D. neutral
Which of these would be a chronic condition?
A. sprained ankle
B. tendonitis
C. twisted knee
D. acute appendicitis
Stress is a risk factor for disease.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
