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Temperature for hyperthermia

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> 40 deg C

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Temp for hypothermia

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< 35

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What reactions included in metabolism

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chemical reacitons which sustain life

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Catabolism

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breakdown of molecules into smaller components
to release energy

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Example of catabolism

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protein –> amino acids
polysacchardies –> glucose

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how is energy lost in catabolism?

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lost as heat and ATP

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what is ATP

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a unit of energy storage

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Anabolism

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building up molecules
requires energy: making ATP from ADP

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How is anabolism regulated?

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Anabolic steroids, regulated by hormones

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BMR

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basal metabolic rate: the basic rate of breakdown of molecules to release energy

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what processes make up the rate of breakdown of molecules in BMR?

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catabolism (brekdown of molecules)
anabolism (build up of molecules)
maintenance of an ionic gradient
manufacturing of secretions and hormones
nerve impulses
minimum muscle activity

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what is average BMR?

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72kcal/h

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How is BMR normalized?

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divided by average body surface area = 1.8 m^ 2

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Formula describing metabolism and the first law of thermodynamics

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heat change in the body = change in internal energy (metabolism) - work done by the body

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formula for internal energy

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catabolic rate (rate of breakdown of molecules to release ATP)- measure from oxygen consumption

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formula for change in heat added to the body

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rate of heat production - measure from human calorimetry

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formula for rate of change of work done by body

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power delivered by body - measure from treadmill

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what are the smaller effects changing heat added to the body across individuals?

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weight loss/gain, excretion

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What metabolic rates are included in the basal metabolism?

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basal heat released from liver, brain, skeletal muscle and others

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how much warmer are metabolically active organs?

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1 deg C

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How much of the energy in food is stored as ATP

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50% lost as heat in production of ATP
45% stored as ATP

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formula for energy released as heat production

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temperature change x mass x specific heat capacity

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what is the avg specific heat capacity of the body?

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3500

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Q = heat production at BMR = 80 W
body mass = 75kg
specific heat capacity of the body = 3500
rate of temperature increase?

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80 W = 80 J / s
in 1 hour total heat energy released = 80 x 3600s
rate of temperature increase as deg C / hour
80 x 3600 / 75 x 3500 = 1 deg C / hour

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What is conduction?
a form of heat loss direct transfer of heat energy between vibrating molecules in contact
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What is fourier's law?
the rate of heat transfer is proportional to temperature gradient and area through which the heat flows is perpendicular to the gradient
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mathematical formula for the rate of heat transfer in conduction
- constant of thermal conductivity x crosssectional surface area x temperature gradient (degrees C / metre )
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2 most important methods of conduction?
direct conduction to objects conduction within the body
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Direct conduction to objects
generally a small effect, contributing to 3% of the total heat loss. Most of the body is insulated by clothes so direct conduction doesn't occur very frequently
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how to decide which thermal conductivity constant to use for 2 directly conducting objects ?
use the k for the object that is generating heat
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Conduction within the body
minimal as the rate of temperature change with respect to distance tends to 0 -- the temperature difference between 2 neighbouring areas is very small
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How is heat mainly transferred in the body?
by blood
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How to calculate the heat loss from conduction within the body?
Model the body as a series of geometric shapes In practice, use finite element modeling
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Convection
bulk movement of heated fluids
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Newton's Law of Cooling
the rate of heat loss of a body is proportional to the difference in temperatures between the body and its surroundings
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compare conduction and convection
more complex than conduction
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what does the rate of convection depend on?
dimensions, properties of fluids involved (density, viscosity, specific heat capacity, velocity), temperature, conduction of heat to surface
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2 types of convection
free forced
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Free convection
Warm body causes temperature and desntiy gradients in stationary fluid
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Forced convection
Relative movement between body and fluid No sharp boundary between free and forced convection Depends on many effects
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Radiation
Any object with temperature T radiates according to the Stefan-Boltzmann Law
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Maximum wavelength of radiation emitted by skin
9000nm
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Type of radiation from human body
infrared
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emissivity of human body at normal wavelengths
0.97
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Evaporation methods
sweat secretion, sweat secretion (to moist air, forced to moist air), respiration
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factors affecting the latent heat of evaporation
temperature and pressure
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How does pressure affect the rate of evaporation?
higher pressure gradient, higher rate of evaporation
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Diffusion of water through the skin
water leaks passively through skin insensible water loss independent of exercise and sweating
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what does the rate of water loss depend on
the difference between the partial pressure of water at the skinand the partial pressure of water in the ambient air
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What condition for sweating to occur?
activity > BMR
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how does sweat lead to energy loss?
sweat is turned to vapour evaporation process requires energy
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Assumption in calculations for heat lost in sweat secretion
no sweat is lost as liquid, and all the sweat evaporates freely into dry air
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Sweat secretion to moist air compared to dry air
less efficient
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Partial pressure
pressure that one gas in a mixture of gases would have if it alone occupied the volume
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Forced sweat secretion to moist air
Sweating often takes place in moving air It has the same effect as convection It is the dominant source of heat loss during exercise
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Factors affecting rate of sweat secretion to moist air
partial pressure due to water at surface - partial pressure due to water at ambient pressure
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calculate rate of respiration
include calculations in heat loss due to heating air and due to evaporation from process of inhalation and exhalation
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Counter current mechanism
to minimise a gradient Condition: ambient temperature is cold, hot blood goes to skin and is cooled leading to significant hat loss as the blood leaves the core (warm) it mixes with blood that is coming back from the skin (cold) the process is where heat exchange happens across neighbouring vessels continually, in which the blood flow directions are opposite (going away from core vs. going to core)
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How is core temperature measured ?
peripheral and core thermoreceptors. Integrated and regulated by preoptic region of hypothalamus
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2 types of mechanisms for core temperature control
linear control on-off control
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how does the hypothalamus work to control temperature
sets a desired reference temperature and can feed-forward to counter expected changes in core temperature
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Type of feedback that metabolic rate experiences
positive
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Types of temperature receptors
warm and cold receptors
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firing rates of warm vs cold receptors
firing rate increases with temperature in warm receptors firing rate decreases with temperature increase in cold receptors
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Thermoregulation in the neonate
Full-term newborn can thermoregulate if kept dressed in a warm room, pre-term cannot
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why do newborns have lower ability to thermoregulation?
immature skin --> increased water loss big surface area : volume ratio immature vasculature --> limited vasocontriction to draw blood away from the surface of the skin little fat --> poor heat insulation unable to shiver due to less muscle
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how are premature babies protected from poor thermoregulation?
heated incubator wrapped in plastic wear a hat radiant heater heated mattress
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neural thermal environment
no energy required to be expended to maintain body temperature, so more energy available to grow
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examples of neutral thermal environment
premature babies incubator, womb
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brown fat in term babies
metabolically active fat which contains mitochondria
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where is brown fat found
term babies, hibernating animals
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cold-blooded vs warm blooded animals
variable vs stably maintained body temperature body temperature varied externally vs by varying rate of metabolism metabolism is maintained at high vs metabolism varied for reasons other than thermoregulation e.g reproduction
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advantages of cold blood
lower energy requirements
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disadvantages of cold blood
lower efficiency cannot engage in high-energy activities
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Types of response to hot conditions
fever, hyperthermia, heat exposure, heatstroke
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when does fever occur?
when the set-point is increased by the hypothalamus and normal regulatory mechanisms maintain body temperature at this higher level to destroy pathogens
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Hyperthermia
increased body temperature due to failure of autoregulation due to high ambient temperature, side-effect of metabolism increasing drugs
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heat exposure
leads to hot flushed skin heavy sweating, dizziness, fatiugue, mental confusion
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heatstroke
body temperature is above 40 failure in homeostasis autoregulation fails metabolism increases with temperature increase leading to positive feedback
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Areas in a burn
zone of coagulation zone of stasis zone of hyperaemia
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Zone of coagulation
center of the burn maximum damage due to proteins denatured irreversible
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Zone of stasis
Reduced perfusion damaged but not destroyed cells
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Zone of hyperaemia
minimal cell injury
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Adjuvant hyperthermia therapy
physiological hyperthermia adjuvant hyperthermia
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physiological hyperthermia
mild heating for long time periods leads to increased metabolism
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adjuvant hyperthermia
treat cancer tumour cells have altered surface so lower ability to thermoregulate increases the radiosensitivity of the tumour cells to chemotherapy
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Ablative hyperthermia therapy
High intensity focussed ultrasound destroys cells in few mm cubed tissue to denature the protein and allow coagulation
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Formula for net heat exchange assuming all heat exchange is radiated
net heat exchange = conductivity x emissivity of the source x effective area x temperature change
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what is the specific heat capacity of water?
4200
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what is the emissivity of human skin
0.97
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what is the conductivity of skin
8
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Physics of the human body (5 decks)

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