Physiol Lab Quiz 1: Labs 1&2 Flashcards
Recall all the experiments conducted for lab 01
Experiment 1&2: Water Bath Temperature (w/o ice vs w/ ice)
Experiment 3&4: Heart Rate (Active vs. Sedentary)
Experiment 5: Correlation (height & head circumference/arm span)
What are the components and sequence of a feedback loop? What do each of these components do?
1) Stimulus - a variable in the body or environment that changes
2) Sensor - detects the change in the body or environment
3) Integration Center - processes the information about the change of a set point
4) Effector - carries out the instructions set by integration center
5) Response - process/change that was done by the effector
What is a set point? What is our body’s normal temperature?
Set point: Our body’s normal homeostatic settings
EX) Body T = 37 C (98.6 F)
What is the advantage of having antagonistic effectors over those without antagonist effectors?
— These are effectors that do the opposite of one another to help fine tune and regulate the responses around the set point to maintain homeostasis
— Have much better control to regulate the body into the set point than having just negative or positive feedback loop
How are positive feedback loops different from negative feedback loops?
— Positive feedback loops: Our body will have responses that is the same as the stimulus, which will then increase whatever the stimulus may be
— Negative feedback loops: If the response of our body is opposite of the stimulus
Describe homeostasis
Homeostasis is how our body regulates itself with changes in the environment.
Name the 2 general types of effectors
Muscles and glands
How does the water bath maintain homeostasis after adding ice? (Include the components of homeostasis in this answer)
After adding the ice, which is the stimulus, the water bath maintains homeostasis as the thermometer senses a change of temperature in the water. By sensing this change, the water’s integrating center will then determine whether or not a response is necessary. The effector of the water bath continues to decrease the temperature of the water and therefore the response is that the water will now be cold.
Explain the negative feedback loop that our bodies use to maintain heart rate. Be sure to include all the components of the feedback loop in the answer (including the autonomic nervous system)
- Stimulus - increase or decrease in heart rate
- Sensor/receptor - Baroreceptors detect an increase or decrease in blood pressure
- Integrating center - Cardiac center within the medulla oblongata of the brain
— Compares it to the set point (60-100 bpm) - Effector - heart
— If stimulus is too slow, nerves will send signals (norepinephrine) to heart
— If stimulus is too fast , nerves will send signals (ACh) to the heart - Response - heart will beat faster (norepinephrine) or heart will beat slower (ACh)
Calculate mean/average and range
Mean/average: adding up all the samples and then divide it by the number of samples there are
Range: the difference between the largest sample and the smallest sample
Does correlation mean causation? Why?
No, correlations does not mean causation. Correlation is used to determine the relationship between two variables.
What does correlation mean? What is the difference between positive and negative correlation? Give a real-life example of each.
Correlation: Correlation is an association or potential relationship between two variables
* Positive correlation: If one variable increases, the other variable also increases; similar trends
- EX) Positive correlation - ice cream sales and traffic accidents are increased during the summer and have a strong correlation
* Negative correlation: If one variable increases, the other variable decreases; opposite trends
- EX) Negative correlation - ice cream sales are increased and traffic accidents are decreased during the summer and have a strong correlation
Describe correlation coefficients & how they are used
— Correlation coefficient is between -1 and +1
— Positive number = Positive correlation
— Negative number = Negative correlation
— Closer to (+,-) 1 = strong; closer to 0 = weak
— used to see whether or not the correlation is strong or weak
What is standard deviation?
Standard deviation is how varied the values are around the mean.
Given, 2, 4, 6, 8 and the standard deviation is 2.6, how would you write the average with its standard deviation in a scientific publication? For this given data set, the average with its standard deviation would be written as:
The average is 5 and the standard deviation is 2.6, so it would be written as 5 ± 2.6
What is a t-test?
t-test is a statistical test when comparing two groups to see if they are different or not
How is the t-test different from an ANOVA test?
The t-test statistically compares only two groups to see if they are different or not; whereas the ANOVA test compares multiple groups.
What is p-value?
Produce by the t-test, the p-value is a probability value that determines whether or not the two groups being tested are significantly different or not.
How can you tell if a group is significantly different or not compared to another group?
We can use the data to calculate the p-value so that we can determine whether a certain group is significantly different than the other.
— A value that’s LESS OR EQUAL to 0.05 would be considered SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT.
— A value that’s greater than 0.05 is considered NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT
Which type of graph is better when comparing averages?
Bar graph is better when comparing averages
Which type of graph is better when seeing how data changes over time?
A line graph is better when seeing how data changes over time.
Which type of graph do you use for finding correlation or relationships?
You would use a scatter plot to find correlations or relationships.
By looking at a correlation graph, how can you tell if it is a positive/negative or strong/weak correlation?
One can tell if a correlation graph is positive from seeing if the trend line ascends to the top right. However, a negative correlation depicts a trend line that descends to the bottom right. Furthermore, a strong correlation shows data points that are much closer to the trend line, compared to a weaker correlation, where the data points are much scattered from each other.
Interpret a p-value
p-value is less than or equal to 0.05, it is significantly different. If the p-value is greater than 0.05 it is not significantly different.
Recall all the experiments conducted for lab 02
Experiment 1: Hydrophobic vs Hydrophilic
Experiment 2: Osmosis
Experiment 3: Tonicity
Define hydrophobic/non-polar
- Hydrophobic = “water fearing”
- molecules that do not interact well with water and other polar or charged molecules; would rather interact with the opposite
Define hydrophilic/polar
- Hydrophilic = “water loving”
- molecules that interacts with polar and/or charged molecules; does NOT interact well with hydrophobic molecules
Define solute
Solutes: molecules that will dissolve in a solvent to make a solution