Exam 3: Homeostasis

Question 1

What is Homeostasis?

Answer 1

A stable internal internal environment that is ideal for cellular activity

Question 2

What is an example of Homeostasis?

Answer 2

Thermoregulation

Question 3

What are some cellular activities involved in Homeostasis?

Answer 3

oxygenation
acidity
temperature
salt and water

Question 4

What is the desired set point for human homeostasis?

Answer 4

98.6 degrees

Question 5

Redundancy outlines that:

Answer 5

Each system has multiple mechanisms for monitoring stores, conservation, obtaining new resources, and shedding the excess

Question 6

What is Allostasis?

Answer 6

A system shift it responses depending on prior experience

Question 7

What are the two types of Thirst? What are the difference between the two?

Answer 7

1. Osmotic Thirst - water is drawn out of the cells because the concentration of salt in the extracellular fluid has increased
2. Hypovolemic Thirst - Type of thirst due to vomiting or constant diarrhea where there is a change in volume

Question 8

The taking in of food to supply the body with molecular building blocks and energy to survive and function properly?:

Answer 8

Eating

Question 9

What is the formal definition of digestion?

Answer 9

The gastrointestinal process of breaking own food an absorbing it in to the body

Question 10

What are the three energy forms that can be delivered to the body?

Answer 10

lipids, amino acids, and glucose

Question 11

What is the difference between Diffusion and Osmosis?

Answer 11

Diffusion is a passive process that allows salt to evenly distribute in water whereas osmosis is is the movement of water to help balance the concentration on either side of the membrane.

Question 12

Compare Insulin and Glucagon in short term storage:

Answer 12

Insulin is what coverts glucose to glycogen to STORE as reserve fuel. On the other hand glucagon converts glycogen BACK to glucose when low

Question 13

Compare Insulin and Glucagon in Long term storage:

Answer 13

Insulin is going to be what triggers lipid storage in adipose tissue and the liver. Glucagon is what produces free fatty acids and ketones

Question 14

What is the set point theory:

Answer 14

The assumption that Hunger is a response to an energy need and we eat to maintain a set point

Question 15

What is the Positive Incentive Theory?

Answer 15

We eat because we are anticipating the pleasure of eating because it has a positive incentive.

Question 16

Outline Anorexia Nervosa:

Answer 16

It is a voluntary starvation of oneself

Question 17

Outline Bulimia Nervosa:

Answer 17

Characterized by binge eating and then purging the food

Question 18

Outline Binge-Eating Disorder:

Answer 18

The tendency for a person to eat pass the point of fullness

Question 19

What are the three most common weight loss procedures done today?

Answer 19

Sleeve Gastrectomy
Gastrointestinal Bypass
Gut liner

Question 20

What is the difference between the 3 weight loss surgeries?

Answer 20

Sleeve Gastro is where there is a reduction in the size of the stomach that consequently reduce the amount of appetite hormone from being released

Gastrointestinal Bypass - Bypass the small intestine entirely

Gut Liner- The least invasive of the three where a liner is placed to absorb any nutrients from being absorbed

Question 21

What does HAEV stand for?

Answer 21

Heath at every size

Weight loss doesn’t always have to be the goals and health and fitness can exist in all sizes

Question 22

What is behavioral Compensation?

Answer 22

Behaviors that can change the exposure of the body, the external insulation of the body, and our surroundings

Question 23

What are some examples of behavioral compensation in reference to Homeostasis?

Answer 23

Covering your body with a blanket
Moving to the shade out of the sun
Shivering to warm up