Question

type the correct answer in the box. spell all words correctly.

fill in the box with one of these words: control center, effector, sensor, transmitter.

jenny is running for more than an hour on a pleasant sunny morning. her body is sweating to maintain homeostasis, which is caused by the action of a/an ______.

Explanation:

Identify the components of a homeostatic feedback loop

In a homeostatic feedback loop, there are three primary components:

1. Sensor (or receptor): Detects changes in the internal or external environment (e.g., detecting a rise in body temperature).
2. Control center: Processes the information from the sensor and decides on the appropriate response (e.g., the brain/hypothalamus).
3. Effector: Carries out the response commanded by the control center to bring the system back to its set point (e.g., sweat glands producing sweat to cool the body).

Analyze the specific scenario

Jenny is running, which increases her body temperature. To maintain Homeostasis, her body responds by sweating.

• The sweat glands are the structures that actively produce sweat to cool her body down.
• Because sweat glands carry out the response to correct the temperature change, they act as the Feedback Loop Components known as the effector.
• Therefore, the action of sweating is caused by the action of an effector.

Answer:

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