sleep cycles, temperature, blood pressure, and more. These functions are essential to keep the body in homeostasis, which is the state of being steady and balanced. To control homeostasis, the brain talks to the body with the help of chemical messengers called hormones. Hormones travel through ...
What are the major sources and emissions of air pollution in your community? What chemicals are they emitting, and how are these chemicals transported through your community (non-point sources, smokestacks, etc.)? Were you surprised at the results? Do you ...
How are electrical impulses sent to the body? How does oxygen enter a living macrophage? Why do hormones travel in the blood? How do the digestive and circulatory system work together? How does the integumentary system work with the circulatory system?
Explain how hormones reach their target cells and exert their influence at a cellular level. How does cell transportation work and how does it connect with the urinary system? How is the plasma membrane of a cell organized? Explain in detail how nutrients are transported into the blood stream ...
What triggers the release of all these stored fatty acids from the fat cell? Simple: When your body needs energy because you're consuming fewer calories than you are burning (an energy deficit), then your body releases hormones and enzymes that signal your fat cells to release your fat ...
Another interesting thing about this quote is its mention ofinsulin. It turns out that insulin is incredibly important to the way the body uses the glucose that foods provide. Thefunctions of insulinare: To enable glucose to be transported across cell membranes ...
EMS workers such as EMTs and paramedics provide immediate medical assistance for patients before they are transported to the hospital. This means they often have to interact with people who are injured and/or panicked. Repeatedly responding to situations of disturbing conditions can be upsetting, ...
Also dissolved in plasma are electrolytes, nutrients and vitamins (absorbed from the intestines or produced by the body), hormones, clotting factors, and proteins such as albumin and immunoglobulins (antibodies to fight infection). Plasma distributes the substances it contains as it circulates ...
are crucial to provide physical support and to transport water, sugars and hormones and other small signalling molecules throughout the plant. Recent genetic and molecular studies have identified interconnections among some of the major signalling networks that regulate plant vascular development. Using ...
Another special medical condition involves hypothalamus regulation. Neurotransmitters and hormones (for example, thyroid hormones) work through feedback mechanisms to help the hypothalamus function. If this delicate feedback balance is interrupted, the hypothalamus may malfunction in many ways, one of which...