BSC 2085C Study Guide - Pineal Gland, Thyroid, Pituitary Gland

• School: SCFMS, SCF
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BSC 2085C
• Professor: Joseph Shiver

Document Summary

Key topics for review of exam: hierarchy of classification. Negative feedback- a process in which the body senses change and activates mechanisms that negate or revers it. The fundamental mechanism that keeps a variable close to its set point. Example: sweating when hot / shivering when cold. Example: a woman going to labor the fetus pushes on the woman"s cervix signaling the brain to produce oxytocin, oxytocin goes into the blood and stimulates the uterus to contract. This repeat and gets more intense until the baby is born: planes of motion/directions. Transvers/axial/horizontal- superior and inferior halves: systems of the body. Transport chemicals and heat throughout the body, provide defense, clot blood, regulate fluid, electrolyte, and ph balance. Digestive (alimentary)- mouth, teeth, tongue, salivary glands, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, pancreas, liver, gallbladder. Simplify food particles into basic components to enable nutrient absorption into blood, eliminate solid waste.