PATHOLOGY MCQ
NERVOUS SYSTEM
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Question
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A deer’s heart rate and adrenaline levels increase when trying to escape a cheetah. This is an example of:
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maintaining homeostasis
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responding to a stimulus
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gathering information
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secreting hormones
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Identify an example of an animal behavior that is used to maintain homeostasis in response to an external factor. If a snake is cold it would move to a hot surface and if it was hot then it wold go to a shaded place.
Detailed explanation-2: -Homeostatic mechanisms keep the body in dynamic equilibrium by constantly adjusting to the changes that the body’s systems encounter. Even an animal that is apparently inactive is maintaining this homeostatic equilibrium. Two examples of factors that are regulated homeostatically are temperature and water content.
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