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Blood Glucose Is a Regulated Variable Controlled by a Negative

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Blood glucose is a regulated variable controlled by a negative feedback loop. Explain what is meant by the term negative feedback and discuss how this mechanism would work in the case of high blood glucose.


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Ureter

One of two tubes that carries urine from a kidney to the bladder.

Bowman's Capsule

A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the kidney, which encases the glomerulus and is involved in the filtration of blood.

Ammonia

A colorless gas with a penetrating odor, NH3, which is a byproduct of nitrogenous waste in organisms and used in various industrial processes.

Urea

Nitrogen-containing waste compound derived from ammonia; water is required to excrete it.

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