Consider a feedback loop where the stimulus is an increase in blood sugar. If the feedback loop is a negative feedback loop, what would be the result of such a stimulus?
a. Increase in blood sugar levels
b. Decrease in blood sugar levels
c. Initial increase in blood sugar levels, followed by a decrease
d. Initial decrease in blood sugar levels, followed by an increase
Ans: b
You might also like to view...
When obtaining a urine specimen on an infant, the adhesive of the urine collector is placed between the _____________ and the _________________
ANS:
When bathing an elderly patient, the nurse must do all of the following EXCEPT
a. handle skin carefully to avoid tearing or shearing the delicate tissue b. make sure the hearing aids, if needed, are in while bathing the head and neck area to be sure the patient can hear the nurse c. replace the eyeglasses, if necessary, after the bath to assist the patient in remaining independent d. protect the patient from hypothermia since elders are at high risk for hypothermia
Liehr and Smith assert that our linear-thinking culture often places more value on physiological bodily responses than on
A. Emotional responses. B. Stories. C. Social responses. D. Technologies.
The nurse assesses the newborn's ears to be parallel to the outer and inner canthus of the eye. The nurse documents this finding to be which of the following?
1. A normal position 2. A possible chromosomal abnormality 3. Facial paralysis 4. Prematurity