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Homeostasis


                 D) You get cut and platelets form a clot. This in turn activates the fibrin clotting system and more
                 blood forms clots


            7.Where is the body's "thermostat" found?

                 A) Within the nervous system, in the Hypothalamus
                 B) Within the integumentary system, in the skin
                 C) Within the brain, in the corpus callosum
                 D) Within the Urinary system, in the kidneys


            Glossary


                 Control Center or Integration Center: receives and processes information from the receptor


                 Effector: responds to the commands of the control center by either opposing or enhancing the
            stimulus


                 Homeostasis: refers to stability, balance or equilibrium

                 Negative Feedback:  a reaction in which the system responds in such a way as to reverse the
            direction of change


                 Positive Feedback: a response is to amplify the change in the variable

                 Receptor: receives information that something in the environment is changing

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