Name: Sandra Carolina Gallegos Ponce
❖ Make a glossary of at least 35 words about reading 5 and 6.
Glossary
1. Acid-base balance: Is a refers to the mechanisms the body uses to keep its
fluids close to neutral pH (that is, neither basic nor acidic) so that the body can
function normally.
2. Adaptive control: it is a type of delayed negative feedback; it consists of a
correction in subsequent movements.
3. Baroreceptor: Are a type of mechanoreceptors allowing for relaying
information derived from blood pressure within the autonomic nervous system.
4. Blood pressure (BP): Is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of
blood vessels.
5. Body temperature: Is the normal temperature of the human body. A person's
normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 36 degrees Celsius.
6. Calcium: Is the chemical element of atomic number 20, a soft gray metal.
7. Carbon dioxide: Is a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and
organic compounds and by respiration.
8. Centigrade / Celsius (°C): Is a unit for measuring temperature, based on the
properties of water. Relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale
on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point
of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and
100° the boiling point.
9. Cervix: Is the narrow passage forming the lower end of the uterus.
10. Childbirth: Is the action of giving birth to a child.
11. Chloride: Is a compound of chlorine with another element or group, especially
a salt of the anion Cl− or an organic compound with chlorine bonded to an
alkyl group.
12. Clotting: Is a thick mass of coagulated liquid, especially blood, or of material
stuck together.
13. Convulsion: Is a sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body,
caused by involuntary contraction of muscles and associated especially with
brain disorders such as epilepsy, the presence of certain toxins or other agents
in the blood, or fever in children.
14. Extracellular fluid: In biology, is a body fluid that is not contained in cells.
15. Fahrenheit (°F): Of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes
at 32° and boils at 212° under standard conditions.
16. Health: Is the state of being free from illness or injury.
