[KAAP309] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (17 pages long!)

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Kinesiology & Appl Physiology
• Course: KAAP309
• Professor: williamrose

Document Summary

Physiology activities structure of body parts and their relationships to one another function of the body; how the body parts work and carry out life-sustaining. Physiology also divided into many subdivisions - most of them consider the operation of specific organ systems. Renal physiology: concerns kidney function and urine production. Neurophysiology: explains the workings of the nervous system. Cardiovascular physiology: examines the operation of the heart and blood vessels. Homeostasis world is constantly changing ability to maintain relatively stable internal conditions even when the outside. Information flow: receptor (input to) control center (output to) effector. Determines the set point at environment and responds to which a variable is. Provides the means for the control center"s response changes maintained and analyzes the input to determine the appropriate response. Negative feedback stimulus or reduces the intensity (most common homeostatic control mechanism) control mechanism in which the output shuts off the original effect of the.