Positive feedback can be damaging to life processes, such as when significant blood loss due to trauma causes blood pressure to fall, leading the heart to increase its rate and contraction strength, which increases the heart's need for oxygen and nutrients that cannot be met due to low blood volume.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Lumen Learning
  Homeostasis and Feedback Loops | Anatomy and Physiology I

Sources

• Homeostasis and Feedback Loops | Anatomy and Physiology I courses.lumenlearning.com Lumen Learning via serper

Referenced by nodes (2)

• positive feedback loops concept
• blood pressure concept