Homeostasis Flashcards
What is Homeostasis?
The maintenance of a constant internal environment. Any self-regulating process where biological systems maintain stability whilst adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival
What are the 4 elements that make up the homeostasis process?
Imbalance
Receptor
Control Centre
Effector
What are the 4 categories of chemical signaling in multi-cellular organisms?
1) Autocrine
2) Signalling across gap junctions
3) Paracrine
4) Endocrine
What is the autocrine system of chemical signalling?
Part of the human immune response where molecules act on the same cells that produce them
What is the ‘signalling across gap junctions’ system of chemical signalling?
A cell that targets cells connected via a junction like with muscles
What is the paracrine system of chemical signalling?
A cell that signals to a nearby cell like tissues and nerve cells do
What is the endocrine system of chemical signalling?
When a cell targets a distant cell via the bloodstream such as the thyroid
What system does glucose control fall in?
Endocrine - negative
Where is glucose stored?
The liver
What is glucose stored as in the liver?
As Glycogen
What is Glycogenesis?
The formation of glycogen from glucose. It occurs depending on glucose and ATP (adenosine triphosphate) demand. When blood sugar is high, insulin promotes the glucose conversion into glycogen for storage in the liver and muscle cells
What is Glycogen?
What glucose is stored as in the liver
What pancreatic hormone will cause an increase in blood sugar?
Glucagon
What is glucagon?
A pancreatic hormone that increases blood sugar levels
What is glucose converted into to be used by cells?
ATP