SFSU BIO 230 FINAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADE A+

SFSU BIO 230 FINAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADE A+ Why is homeostasis important? - ️️ to maintain a relatively stable environment, within limits. How does the body maintain homeostasis? - ️️ through cooperation of multiple organ systems, including the endocrine and nervous system What is a homeostatic set point? - ️️ The level in where the temperature of the body is maintained. Which organs are involved in water, and glucose balance? - ️️ The small intestine is involved with balancing water. The pancreas is involved in balancing glucose. Where do different molecules enter your body? - ️️ The Blood Stream. How are they absorbed? - ️️ osmosis How do they get to other regions of the body? - ️️ Through the blood stream What are capillaries? - ️️ any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules. What is interstitial space? - ️️ space/fluid in BETWEEN cells How do different types of molecules (water, glucose, oxygen, sodium, chloride) cross cell membranes and travel between different organs? - ️️ Cell membrane is semipermeable to water. Oxygen move across cell membranes simple diffusion, a process that requires no energy input and is driven by differences in concentration on