9.1 Flashcards

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Maintaining Internal Balance

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  • all organisms have to stay within a tolerable range
  • changing in external environment can affect change in internal environment
  • its survival abilities is dependant on their ability to maintain their internal env.

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Homeostasis

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Physiological sate where internal and external envr are kept within a tolerable range

It is NOT a steady state, and is a dynamic process that is continuely adjusted in response to changes in internal env.

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The Internal Environment

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  • Refers to extracellular fluid
  • Includes intestinal fluid, ( fluid between cells, tissue, and plasma)
  • Volume, temp, chemical composition change cange
  • neg changes
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Organs involved in homeostasis

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  • Excretory system
    (waste, liquid)
  • circulatory system
    (deliver hormones, chems throughout body)
  • nervous system
    ( works with E.S, recieves sensory info from environment)
  • endocrine system
    (secrete hormones)
  • intergumery system
    (Maintain body temp)
  • Immune system
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Tasks nessesary for survival

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  • taking in nutritns
  • Protection
  • reproduction
  • Disposing wastes products
  • synthesizing proteins, fats, or carbs
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