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what is homeostasis?

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maintaining a stable internal environment by regulating different processes

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what is negative feedback?

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  • a series of changes that result in a system being restored to its original state
  • when the stimulus causes the corrective measures to be turned off, returning the system to its original level
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what is positive feedback?

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  • occurs when the feedback causes the corrective measures to remain on
  • in doing so it causes the system to deviate even further from the norm
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methods of gaining heat:

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  • production of heat - metabolism of food

* gain heat from environment - conduction, convection, radiation

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methods of lowering heat:

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  • evaporation of water - during sweating

* loss of heat to environment - conduction, convection & radiation

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go through the process of negative feedback

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stimulus -> receptors -> control center -> effectors -> response

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type of message sent

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chemical

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speed of transmission

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slow

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method of transmission

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in the blood

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how long does a response last

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long term

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what is glycogenolysis

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breakdown of glycogen by glucagon

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what is glycogensis

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creation of glycogen by insulin

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what is gluconeogenesis

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creation of new glucose from non-carbohydrate substrates e.g amino acids & lipids

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what do hormones do

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carry information from one part of a mammals body to another part

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what produces hormones

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endocrine glands

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how do endocrine glands produce hormones?

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contain secretory cells which secrete hormones directly into the blood e.g pituitary, adrenal, pancreas

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what are exocrine glands?

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  • exocrine = secreting to the outside

* they secrete substances which are not hormones into a tube or duct along which the secretions show

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what is the pancreas

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an organ that has both endocrine and exocrine functions

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how do hormones work?

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  • small molecules
  • can be polypeptides (insulin) or steroids (oestrogen)
  • concentrations in the blood are always very small
  • broken down by enzymes or lost in urine
  • effects particular cells called target cells which contain receptors that are complementary to the hormone
20
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what is the pancreas’ endocrine function

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secretes insulin and glucagon

21
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what does the pancreas do

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• control blood glucose levels, produced by group of cells called islets of langerhans
• 2 types of cell:
- alpha cells are larger and secrete glucagon
- beta cells are smaller and secrete insulin

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what do alpha cells do

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secrete glucagon

23
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what do beta cells do

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secrete insulin

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the effect of insulin in body cells

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  • insulin binds to glycoprotein receptors complementary to the hormone insulin found on the plasma membrane of most cells
  • this causes the tertiary structure of the glucose transport protein channel to change shape and open, allowing more glucose into the cell by facilitated diffusion
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the effect of insulin on the muscles

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  • insulin causes additional carrier proteins to join the membrane
  • insulin bids to receptors, this releases a chemical signal which causes vesicles inside the cell to move and fuse with the plasma membrane
  • this adds more carrier proteins to the plasma membrane for glucose to be transported through
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the effect of insulin on liver cells

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  • after glucose has entered by facilitated diffusion, insulin activates an enzyme that rapidly converts glucose to glucose phosphate
  • this maintains a steep concentration gradient between the blood and the liver cells
  • ensures glucose still enters the cells and equilibrium isn’t reached
  • glycogenesis eventually becomes glycogen
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what do alpha cells do

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detect a fall in the blood glucose concentration and respond by secreting glucagon into the blood plasma

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what does glucagon do (full process)

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  • glucagon binds w receptor on liver cell membrane
  • causes protein on the inside of the plasma membrane to change shape
  • this activates enzyme adenyl cyclase
  • this breaks two phosphate groups away from ATP to form CAMP
  • CAMP binds w enzyme protein kinase which changes the shape of the enzyme and activates it
  • protein kinase then catalyses the reaction to break glycogen into glucose
  • glucose leaves the cell via facilitated diffusion
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how does gluconeogenesis work

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  • breakdown of non carbohydrate substrates
  • glucagon will bind to receptors on target cells and will activate enzymes
  • the enzymes will convert glycerol, amino acids and fatty acids into glucose
  • glucose will leave the target cells by facilitated diffusion and will raise the blood glucose level
30
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what causes type 1 diabetes

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  • when the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas
  • insulin isn’t produced so glycogenesis cant happen to promote the uptake of glucose
  • blood glucose levels stay high
31
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how is type 1 diabetes treated

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insulin injections into the body

32
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what causes type 2 diabetes

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  • when the body becomes resistant to insulin/pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin
  • can be caused by poor diet/obesity
  • body breaks down carbs into glucose but glucose levels keep rising as insulin doesn’t work properly
  • therefore more insulin is released = tires out pancreas & makes less insulin
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how is type 2 diabetes treated

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  • lifestyle changes = losing weight
  • blood glucose monitoring & medication
  • insulin injections

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