Homeostasis Flashcards
What best describes the limits to life on earth?
the freezing point of water and the temperature when proteins denature (0 - 40 degrees Celsius)
If the Q10 of animal’s metabolic rate is 2, then –
the animal consumes 1/2 as much oxygen per hour at 20 degrees then 30 degrees Celsius
What statement about brown fat is true?
it produces heat without producing much ATP
What’s the most important and most general characteristic of endotherms adapted to cold climates compared with endotherms adapted to warm climate?
greater insulation
what would cause a decrease in the hypothalamic temperature set point for metabolic heat production?
taking an aspirin when you have a fever
Because of their – endotherms expend more energy (thus more heat) just to maintain the ion concentration gradients across their membranes
leaky membranes
sum of total energy expenditures in body at rest
metabolic rates
True or False: behavioral thermoregulation is exclusive to ectotherms
False
energy budget
heat in = heat out
metabolism + R in = R out + convection + conduction + evaporation
surface temperature can be controlled by altering the – to the skin
flow of blood
mammals have specialized blood vessels for transporting heat to –
hairless surfaces of the skin
cold fish: heat that blood picks up from metabolically active muscles is – to water flowing across its gills
lost
hot fish: heat rows from warm blood to cold blood by –
conduction
the internal body temperature of a hot fish is – than water temperature
greater
for hot fish, 10 degree Celsius increase in muscle temperature, increases fish sustainable power –>
faster
True or False: Some ectotherms regulate metabolic heat production
true (insects - scarab beetle, worker bees)
How to determine metabolic rate by measuring what?
oxygen consumption or carbon dioxide production
within a narrow range of environmental temperature, the metabolic rates of endotherms are at low levels and independent of temperature
thermoneutral zone
resting animal is consuming enough energy to carry out its minimal body functions
BMR