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The healthy body Flashcards

1
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What is homeostasis?

A

The regulation of the body’s internal environment to an approximately constant rate.

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Give examples of homeostasis in the body.

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Osmolarity, nutrients, water, sodium, calcium, oxygen and hormones.

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What is the range for body temperature?

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35.5-37.7 degrees celsius.

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4
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What is the ideal blood pressure?

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120/80

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What is the ideal range for heartrate?

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60-80bpm.

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What does the physiology mean, in relation to homeostasis?

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Used if the body is health, and homeostasis is maintained

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What does the word pathophysiology mean, in relation to homeostasis?

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Used if the body is not healthy, and homeostasis is not maintained

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What is a disruptor?

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Stimuli that cause a change in balance.

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What is detection?

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Alerting the body that a change has occurred.

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What are effectors?

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Carry out a response to return the body to the original state and restore the balance.

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What is a stimulus response sequence/reflex?

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The pathway of stimuli, detectors and effectors restoring the balance of the body.

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12
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What is the fluid around/between cells called?

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Interstitial fluid.

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What does health mean?

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That all parts of the body are functioning properly.

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What is the biomedical model of health?

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The idea that the body is like a machine - interconnected but can all be treated separately. Illness if a malfunction of the parts of the body which is measurable. It has an emphasis on scientific methods and knowledge.

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What other factors can affect general health?

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Eating/drinking habits, genetics and gender.

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What is the biopsychosocial model of health?

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The idea that the state of mind can affect susceptibility to illness and disease.
illnesses have underlying biological causes

17
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What is the common-sense model of illness?

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The psychological equivalent of homeostasis.

18
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What is the idea of the illness iceberg?

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That only a small number of symptoms can actually be seen by doctors.

19
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What is the medic students disease?

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The idea that medics can catch negative behaviour from other medics - an anxious mood environment.

20
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What is symptom identity?

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Beliefs concerning the illness label/diagnosis and associated symptoms of the illness.

21
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why do we need optimum pH and temp

A

for biochemical reactions to take place

22
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Why does homeostasis matter

A

idea of mass conservation means total amount of substance X= (intake + production)-(excretion-metabolism)

23
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positive feedback

A

enhances production of product

24
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negative feedback

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system shuts off once endpoint reached

25
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what is body fluid

A

watery solution of dissolved substances in the body

26
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ECF =

A

plasma (fluid portion of blood) + ISF

27
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how does the biomedical model of health match out experiences?

A

it doesn’t, health relates to behaviours

28
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What does the World Health Organisation define health as?

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state of physical, mental and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease

29
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Self Regulatory model

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examines relationship between individuals cognitive representation of their illness and subsequent coping behaviour
(psychological version of homeostasis)

30
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factors affecting symptom perception

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demographics, personality traits, environment, mood, social factors eg men more susceptible to heart disease

31
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What are illness cognitions

A

a person’s own common self beliefs and thoughts about their health and illness

32
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When we experience a sign/symptom what are the 5 domains we think about it in?

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identity
cause
timeline (acute- limited duration, cyclic- episodes come and go, chronic-long term)
consequences
curability and controllability

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