lecture 11 Flashcards
what are the six traits of an animal?
- multicellular 2. heterotopic (consumes to make energy) 3. motility 4. eukaryotic 5. internal digestion 6. muscles and neuronal signaling
how did multicellularity occur? (four steps)
multiple flagellates make an aggregate, the unspecialized cells form a hollow sphere, specialized reproductive cells form, cells begin to fold in to make tissues
what are the advantages to multicellularity?
you become hyper specialized in doing a specific thing
what are the disadvantages to multicellularity?
because you are so specialized, you dont know how to do a lot of things, multicellularity causes DEPENENCY on other cells to do their jobs, non specialized cell can do everything at a mediocre level just to survive
evolution is about what two things
trade offs and tinkering
what is tinkering
evolution does not engineer the optimal condition, it tinkers or enhances with preexisting structures and pathways ex. wolf needs to run to catch food, evolution strengthens their leg muscles
what is a trade off
mechanisms are rarely optimal for ay single function, they are compromises between multiple competing functions. ex. banana slug needs to reproduce but can get their genitalia suck so female will eat it off, trade off for reproductive reasons but now no penis
what did the evolution of multicellularity create
extracellular fluid
what are the two compartments in an animal
intracellular fluid and extracellular fluid
what did extracellular fluid evolve into
intravascular fluid (blood plasma) and interstitial fluid (fluid surrounding the cell)
what does ECF provide
a physical and chemical buffer for cells
what is plasma separated by
blood vessels
where is most of the bodys water located
inside cells
the human body is how much water by weight,
60%
how much water is located in cells and outside of cells
2/3 of water is in cells , 1/3 is outside cell