In any regulatory system, the __________ is the optimum value of the system variable, the __________ monitors the value of the system variable, and the __________ restores the system variable to its optimum value when it deviates from that value.

a. set point; correctional mechanism; detector
b. detector; set point; correctional mechanism
c. detector; correctional mechanism; set point
d. set point; detector; correctional mechanism
e. correlational mechanism; set point; detector


d. set point; detector; correctional mechanism

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