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Homeostasis and Control Systems Flashcards

1
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What is homeostasis?

A

The maintenance of a relatively constant or stable internal environment

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2
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How is the intracellular environment controlled ?

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  1. Membrane transporters
  2. Protein expression
  3. Control of the cell cycle
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3
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What will stress activate? (External stimulus)

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Intracellular adaptive response

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4
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What internal environment is made up of?

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The extra cellular fluid

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What are the internal factors that must be homeostatically maintained ?

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  1. Concentration of nutrient molecules
  2. Concentration of O2 and CO2
  3. Concentration of waste products
  4. pH
  5. Concentration of water, salt and electrolytes
  6. Temperature
  7. Volume and pressure
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6
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What will CO2 in solution form?

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Carbonic acid which will reduce the pH of body fluids if CO2 accumulates

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How does the body adjust to exercise ?

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  1. Increases breathing frequency
  2. Increases heart rate
  3. Adjustments in skin physiology
  4. Thirst mechanism and urine output is altered
  5. Metabolism is altered
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What is the intrinsic control system?

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The local control system

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How is regulation accomplished by the intrinsic control system ?

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By the release of chemicals such as paracrines and autocrines

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What are paracrines?

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Chemical messengers that are released from one cell, and they defuse a very short distance to a neighbouring cell and this is the target cells

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What are autocrines ?

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Chemical messengers that are released from the same cell in which they work on

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12
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Give an example of an intrinsic control system

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Hypoxic vasodilation of blood vessels

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13
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What is hypoxia ?

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Low O2 levels within tissues

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14
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What is extrinsic / reflex control system ?

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Long distance control

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15
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How is the extrinsic / reflex control system accomplished ?

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Nervous and endocrine systems

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16
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Give an example of when the long distance control system is used.

A

Blood pressure regulation

17
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What is a change is blood pressure sensed by?

A

Baroreceptors

18
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Where is the cardiovascular control centre in the brain?

A

In the medulla oblongata

19
Q

What is negative feedback?

A

Negative feedback consists of pathways where the response opposes or removes the stimulus

20
Q

Where are signals sent during temperature regulation ?

A

Anterior hypothalamus

21
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What does the hypothalamus cause to happen due to high temperatures?

A

Dilation of blood vessels in the skin to increase the SA over which the heat can be lost by radiation

And activate sweat glands

Flatten hair on skin

22
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What type of feedback can occur during a fever?

A

Positive feedback - continual increase in body temperature

23
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What happens during positive feedback?

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It inhances the initial change and does not maintain homeostasis

24
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What is needed to shut off the feedback loop during positive feedback ?

A

An outside factor

25
Q

What causes an increase in temperature during a fever?

A

Infections (bacterial/virus)

26
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What are pyrogens and what produces them ?

A

They are produced by immune cells and they are chemicals that increase the setpoint for temperature in the hypothalamus

27
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What else can increase the set point in the hypothalamus?

A

The component parts of the bacterium or virus

28
Q

What does the hypothalamus release ?

A

PGE2

29
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What can limit homeostasis ?

A

Age

Presence of pathological condition

30
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What mechanisms are altered by age?

A

Fluid balance

Thermoregulation

31
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What happens usual negative feedback mechanisms during pathological states ?

A

They become overwhelmed

32
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When does homeostatic imbalance occur?

A

When a factor in the internal environment is controlled inadequately, it’s level falls outside of the normal range

33
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Give examples of homeostatic imbalance in the cardiovascular system

A

Chronic hypertension
Atherosclerosis
Congestive heart failure

34
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Give examples of homeostatic imbalance in the endocrine system

A

Type 1 diabetes

35
Q

What cells in the pancreas have glucose receptors ?

A

Beta cells

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