Midterm #1 Flashcards
Negative Feedback
the response counteracts the stimulus
Positive Feedback
the response reinforces the stimulus, sending variable farther from the setpoint
3 main body cavities
Cranial Cavity - Brain Thoracic Cavity - Lungs & Heart Abdominopelvic Cavity - Gastrointestenal tract, liver, kidneys, spleen & female reproductive tract
Extracellular Fluid ECF
1/3 total body fluid 17 litres - Interstitial fluid 13 litres - Plasma 3 litres - Transcellular fluid 1 litre Mostly Na+, Cl-
Intracellular Fluid ICF
2/3 total body fluid
25 litres
- fluid inside cells
Most K+
Homeostasis
To maintain nearly constant conditions in the internal environment
- Bodily functions
- Chemical compositions
- ECF is often called the internal environment
4 basic steps in feedback mechanism
Stimulus -> Receptor -> Control Centre -> Effector
- Senses parameter using sensor/receptor (needs stimulus)
- Compares the parameter to the set-point (normal range of function)
- Output signal to control centre
- Output signal from control centre then activates the effector to bring the parameter closer to the set-point
Four Main Cell types in the epidermis
Keratinocytes, melanocytes, Intraepidermal macrophages, tactile epithelial cells (Merkel cells)
Keratinization
process in which newly formed keratinocytes push from the stratum basale toward the outer layer of the epidermis, more keratin is accumulated
Keratinocytes
- 90% of epidermal cells
- Produce keratin
- Protect underlying tissues
- Also produce lamellar granules (water repellent sealant function)
Melanocytes
- Produce pigment melanin
- Melanin granules protect keratinocytes
- Suseptable to UV damage
Intraepidermal Macrophage
- Immune cells
- Recognize invading microbes and destroy
Tactile epithelial cell (Merkel Cells)
- function is to detect touch sensations
Freckles
accumulation of melanin in patches and so are age spots
Mole
benign localization overgrowth of melanocytes
Albinism
a condition that the melanocytes of an individual fail to produce melanin
Vitiligo
(skin with irregular white spots) is a condition that an individual with partial or complete loss of melanocytes from patches of skin
Two types of skin wound healing
epidermal & deep wounds
Four phases of deep wound healing
- Inflammatory Phase
- Migratory Phase
- Proliferative Phase
- Maturation Phase
Inflammatory Phase
- Blood clot
- elimination of microbes
Migratory Phase
- Clot becomes a scab
- 2-3 days after, fibroblasts migrate to injury
- Fibroblasts produce structural molecules (scar tissue)
- Angiogenesis (regrow of blood vessels
Proliferative Phase
- Extensive growth of epithelial cells beneath scab
Maturation Phase
- Degration of the scab
- Epidermis thickness restored to normal thickness