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Homeostasis
Homeostasis
Heat receptors
in the skin
Stress is reduced
shutting down
mechanism
Perspiration
evaporates
cooling the skin
Effect
Hypothalamus
Control Center
Sensors
Increased
activity of
sweat glands
Increased blood
flow to the skin
Effectors
Control center
Many homeostatic
mechanisms use a
nerve pathway in which
to produce their effects.
These pathways
involve an afferent path
which brings sensory
messages into the
brain and an efferent
path which carries
outgoing nerve
messages to effectors.
Pancreas-beta cells
Sensor and Control center
Stress is reduced
shutting down
mechanism
Blood glucose
is reduced
Insulin is released
into blood
Stress
Intensifies
Sensor
Control Center
Effector
Intensifies
Increasing strength of
uterine contractions
The birth of the child will bring this process to a close. Other
examples of positive feedback regulation occur during milk
letdown and blood clotting.
Feedback in Coagulation