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Lecture 1 - Homeostasis Flashcards

1
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What is homeostasis?
(Short definition)

A

Homeo = sameness
Stasis = standing still

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What is homeotstasis?
(Long definition)

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The ability of an organism or cell to maintain a stable internal environment by marinating a dynamic equilibrium of conditions despite any changes going on around it.

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3
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What type of mechanisms maintain homeostasis?

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Feedback loops

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4
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What are the 2 types of feedback loops?

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Positive feedback
Negative feedback

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5
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How do negative feedback loops work?

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Stimulus is detected by a receptor
Control centre produces response to act against the change
Effector carries out the response determined by the coordination centre

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6
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How does a positive feedback loop work?

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Stimulus is detected by receptors
The control centre decides to enhance/add to the stimulus
Effector actually enhances the stimulus

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7
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Give 3 examples of conditions that are regulated by negative feedback loops:

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-Temperature
-pH
-Water balance

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8
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Give 2 examples of events that are under positive feedback control:

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-Child birth (Ferguson reflex)
-Blood clotting cascade

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9
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In negative feedback loops, when does the negative feeback stop?

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When the effector ceases

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10
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IN positive feedback, when does the positive feedback stop?

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When the initiator /stimulus ceases

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11
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What is the normal core body temperature range?

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36.5ºC - 37.5ºC

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12
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What devices can be used to measure core body temperature?

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Infra-red skin thermometer
Tympanic thermometer
Temporal thermometer

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13
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Where is the temperature control centre in the body?

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Hypothalamus

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14
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What are the responses to thermoreceptors detecting low body temperature?

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Vasoconstriction
Shivering
Piloerection
Curling up

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15
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How does Vasoconstriction help keep core body temperature warm?

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Arterioles constrict reducing blood flow to skin

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16
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How does shivering help increase core body temperature?

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Rapid contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle produces heat via respiration

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17
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What are the responses to thermoreceptors detecting the body temature is too high?

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Vasodilation
Sweating
Pilorelaxation
Stretching out

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18
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Between what temperature is a person classed as being normal but cold?

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36.5º - 35º

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19
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What is the temperature range for having Mild Hypothermia?

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35ºC - 32.1ºC

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20
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What is the temperature range for having Severe Hypothermia?

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32ºC - 28ºC

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21
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What happpens when the core body temature is below 28ºC?

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No vital signs

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22
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When can you classify someone ass being dead when their core body temperature is below 28ºC?

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They’re not dead until they are WARM AND DEAD

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23
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What temperature range is somebody classed as being normal but warm?

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37.5ºC - 38ºC

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24
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What temperature range doe somebody have a fever?

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38ºC - 39.9ºC

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25
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What temperature range can somebody have heat stroke and heat exhaustion?

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Over 40ºC

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26
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What is the Acid-Base balance?

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The homeostasis of pH within a very narrow range in the body

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27
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What is the normal plasma pH value?

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7.35 - 7.45

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28
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What are the 2 major organs responsible for maintaining acid-base balance?

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Lungs-Respiratory balance
Kidneys-Metabolic balance

29
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How does a change in [H+] by a factor of 2 change pH?

A

Changes pH by 0.3

30
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What is used to measure blood pH?

A

Arterial Blood Gas test

31
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What are the 3 blood buffer systems in the body which help maintain the acid-base balance?

A

Carbonic acid - Bicarbonate buffer for blood pH

Sodium Phosphate buffering system

Protein buffer systems

32
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What do antacids do?

A

Neutralise acids

33
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How does solubility affect the effectiveness of an antacid?

A

Insoluble = better

34
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What are the pH limits of human tissue survival?

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6.8 - 7.8

35
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What happens when cells receive too little water?

A

Dehydration
Cell death

36
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What happens when a cell receives too much water?

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Swelling
Toxicity, metabolic failure and cell death

37
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How much does the average male weigh?

A

70kg

38
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Approximately, what percentage of the average man is water?

A

60%

39
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Approximately how much water does the average man contain?

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42L

40
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How much of the average mans water content is intracellular and how much of it is extracellular?

A

Extracellular = 1/3 = 14L

Intracellular = 2/3 = 28L

41
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How is the 14L of extracellular water in the average man distributed through the body?

A

10.5L interstitial fluid
0.5L transmembrane fluid
3L Plasma

42
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How many litres of blood are there in the average 70kg male? How is this volume comprised?

A

5L

3L Plasma
2L Actual blood cells

43
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What is the weight of the average female?

A

58kg

44
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How does the total body water of a female differ to a male?

A

Females = 50% water
Male = 60%

45
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Why do females total body water differ to males?

A

They have a higher fat content

46
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How does fat content affect Total Body Water (TBW)?

A

Higher the fat content, the lower the TBW

47
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Do infants have a higher or lower TBW than adults?

A

HIGHER

48
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What is meant by a isotonic celll?

A

There is an equal amount of water on both sides of the plasma membrane

49
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What is meant by a hypertonic cell?

A

There is MORE water inside the cell than outside

The solute concentric outside the cell is higher than the inside

Water moves OUT OF the cell via osmosis

50
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What is meant by a Hypotonic cell?

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There is LESS water inside the cell compared to the outside

The solute concentration inside the cell is higher than the outside

Water moves INTO the cell via osmosis

51
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What is Osmolality?

A

The conc of a solution expressed as the total number of SOLUTE PARTICLES PER KG

52
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What is Osmolarity?

A

The conc of a solution expressed as Osmolality of solute particles PER LITRE OF SOLUTION

53
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What is the normal range of osmolality for a patient?

A

280 - 300 mOsm/kg

54
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What happens when there isn’t enough water?

A

Cells absorb water from each other
As tissues die water absorbed from organs
As organs die water absorbed from brain, liver and then the kidneys and heart

55
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What happens if there’s too much water?

A

Osmotic pressure high
Cells swell
Enyzmes and proteins stop working
Cells burst

56
Q

If a patient has too much water and they need fluids, what type of fluids must you give them?

A

Isotonic solutions

IV drip of 0.9% NaCl

57
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How does lots of water move across a membrane into a cell?

A

Via aquarporins

58
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What is Oedema?

A

Fluid retention in tissues

59
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What causes Oedema to occur?

A

Hydrostatic pressure > oncotic pressure

60
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What conditions can lead to hydrostatic pressure increasing leading to oedema?

A

Congestive heart failure
Liver cirrhosis
Renal disease

61
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What is pitting oedema?

A

When the oedema affected skin is pressed, the dent remains

62
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How can you tell if someone with Oedema may have Congestive Heart Failure?

A

The Oedema will be pitting

When pressed it will remain dented

63
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What produces the Oncotic pressure (the force that draws water back into the blood vessels/capillaries)?

A

Plasma proteins like Albumin

64
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What occurs if Albumin moves out of the capilaries into the Intersitial space?

A

Water is drawn out of capillary and remains in interstital space because interstitial fluid osmolarity increases

65
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What is pyrexia?

A

Increase in core body temperature

66
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What can cause pyrexia?

A

Infections

67
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How is pyrexia triggered by infections?

A

When fighting infections white blood cells (mainly macrophages) release pyrogens which travel to the hypothalamus causing the bodies thermostat to be increased

68
Q

Who has the highest total body water % and why?

A

Lean infants since they have the lowest amount of fat

Less fat = more water

69
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What temperature may an elderly patient with hypothermia wake up from being comatosed?

A

32ºC

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