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B5- Homeostasis and Response Flashcards

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  • What is homeostasis
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  • Regulation of internal conditions of a cell or organism to maintain optimum conditions of function in response to internal changes
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  • What does homeostasis control
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  • Optimal conditions for enzyme action and all cell functions
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What does homeostasis control inside the human body

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  • Blood glucose concentration
  • Body temperature
  • Water levels
  • Automatic negative response
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What is a Receptor

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  • Detect a stimulus- change in environment
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  • What are

CNS

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  • Receive and process information from receptor

- Include brain and spinal cord

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what are effectors

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  • Bring about responses which restore optimum levels

- E.g muscles and glands

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  • What are the steps in the nervous system
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  • Stimulus- receptor- coordinator - effector- responce
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What does the nervous stye, enable

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  • Humans to react to surroundings an coordinate behaviour
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  • How is information passed in the nervous system
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  • Along neurone
  • Passed as electrical impulses to CNS - brain and spinal cord
  • ## CNS coordinates repose which effectors cary out
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What are motor neurones

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  • Carriers of information from CNS to rest of body
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What are sensory neurones

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  • Cells that carry impulses from organs to CNS
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What is a synapse

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  • A connection between two neurones
  • Nerve signal is transferred by chemicals that diffuse across the gap
  • Set off a new electrical signal
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  • What are reflexes
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  • Rapid, automatic responds to certain stimuli that don’t involve conscious part of brain
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What is a reflex arc

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    • Passage of information in a reflex
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What are the steps in a reflex arc

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  • Neurons in Reflex arc go through spinal cord or brain
  • When stimulus is detected by receptors impulses are sent along sensory neutron to relay neutron in CNS
  • When impulses reach synapse they trigger chemicals to be related and this cares the message along to relay neurones
  • When impulses reach synapse the same chemical process carry it to the motor neurone
  • The impulses travel along to effector e.g muscle
  • Muscle contracts and moves whatever is needed
  • Quicker than normal response as no thinking time is involved
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What order does an impulse go in a reaction

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  • Stimulus
  • Sensory neuron
  • Relay neuron
  • Motor neuron
  • Effector
  • Stimulus
  • Re emptor
  • Coordinator
  • Effector
  • Responce
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What are the steps in investigating reaction time - Caffeine

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  • Person being tested should sit with arm resting on edge of table
  • Hold a ruler vertically between thumb and finger- zero end level with this
  • Let go without warning
  • Number on ruler is reaction time
  • Repeated several times and find mean
  • Then break and then test with non-dominant hand
  • Compare results
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What is reaction time

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  • The time it takes to respond to a stimulus - can be effected by age, gender or drugs
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  • How can reaction time be measured using a computer
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  • Simple computer tests can be used to measure reaction time
  • E.g click a mouse in response to stimulus
  • Computers give a more precise reading and more accurate
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  • What are hormones
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Chemical messengers in the flood

- control organs in the body

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What is the endocrine system

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  • Composed of glands which secrete hormones directly into the blood
  • Carries to target organ
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How does the enforcing system compare to the nervous system

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  • The endocrine system is slower than the nervous system however the effects act for longer
  • Hormons act generally, nerves act specifically
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What is the Pituitary gland

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  • The ,aster gland- several hormones - stimulate others glands
  • Brain
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What is the thyroid gland

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  • Produces thyroxine
  • Involved in regulating metabolism, heart rate and temperature
  • Upper part of body near throat
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- What are the ovaries gland
- Produce oestrogen | - Involved in menstrual cycle
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What is the adrenal gland
- Produces adrenaline - Fight of flight - Kidney area
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What is the pancreas (gland)
- Produces insulin- controls blood glucose level
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What are the testes gland
- produces testosterone | - Puberty and sperm production
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What is blood glucose controlled by
- The pancreas | - Controlled and maintained
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What two hormones control blood glucose level
- Insulin and glucagon
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What are the steps in who your body regulates blood glucose
- If blood glucose is too high- insulin released by pancreas- Insulin makes liver turn glucose in glycogen - Glucose moves from blood into liver and muscle cells - If blood glucose is Low then glucagon is added- pancreas - Glucose is related into blood by liber- makes liver turn glycogen in liver
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- What is type one diabetes
- Pancreas produces little or no insulin - high blood glucose levels - controlled during insulin injections- Insulin therapy - Limit intake of simple cars and increase regular exercise - - Genetic
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What is type two diabetes
- Person becomes ressistant to their own insulin- still produce it - blood glucose can rise to dangerous levels - Being overweight increases chance - Can be controlled with carb controlled diet and regular exercise
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What is diabetes
- A condition that effects your ability to control your blood glucose levels
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Compare type one and two diabetes
- Both uncontrolled blood glucose levels - Both have hereditary factors - Type two is more down to own actions
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What do hormones do at puberty
- Promote sexual characteristics - Men- Testosterone- Sperm production- secondary characteristics - Women- Oestrogen- ovaries- physical changes- menstrual cycle
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What are the four stages in the central cycle
- Stage - 1- Day one - Restoration starts- uterus lining breaks down four about 4 days - Stage 2- 4-14 Uterus lining starts building again- Thick spongy layer of blood- ready for egg - Stage 3- Day 14 Egg released- ovulation - Stage 4- Wall maintained- 14-28- IF no fertilised egg lands- stage one starts again
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What are the four hormones in the menstrual cycle
- Oestrogen - Follicle stimulating hormone - Luteinising hormone - Progesterone
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- What is oestrogen- Menstrual
- Produces in ovaries - causes lining of uterus to grow - Stimulates the release of LH- egg - Inhibits the release of FSH
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What is FSH- menstrual
- Follicle stimulating hormone - Pituitary - Casuses egg to mature - in follicle - Stimulates ovaries to produce oestrogen
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What is Luteinising hormone
- Produced by pituitary | - Stimulates the release of an egg
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What is progesterone
- Produces by ovaries by remains of follicle after ovulation - Maintains lining of uterus during second half - when falls lining breaks down - Inhibits relate of LH and FSH
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How do the hormones in the menstrual cycle interact
- Oestrogen- Stimulates LH- Inhibits FSH - Progesterone- Inhibits LH and FSH - FSH- Stimulates oestrogen
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How do the levels of each hormone change throughout the menstrual cycle
- FSH- starts high- dips around day 14- ends high LH-peaks at day 14 - Progesterone- Starts low- increases and radians high from the days 14-28 - Oestrogen- Increases from ay 4-14- Stays low the rest of the time
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- How can hormones be use in contraception
- Hormones can be used to reduce fertility
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How can oestrogen be used to stop fertility
- oestrogen can stop the release of an egg- inhibits FSH - after a while egg development stop and stay stopped
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How can progesterone be used to stop fertility
- Progesterone reduces fertility- thick mucus prevents sore getting through
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How is the pill used to reduce fertility
- Pill is an oral contraceptive that contains both oestrogen and progesterone - - Combined oral contraceptive pill - 99% effective - Side effects- headaches and nausea - Also a progesterone only pill
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What are other forms of hormonal contraceptives
- Contraceptive patch- Oestrogen and progesterone- lasts one week - Implant- under skin- progesterone- continuous- last for up to 3 years - Injection- progesterone-2/3 months - IUD- kill sperm- prevent implantation of egg
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What are the barrier methods of contraception
- Condoms- female condoms - protect against STIs - Diaphragm- plastic cup- cervix- spermicide- Kills sperm - spermicide- only 70-80% effective
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What are the more drastic/unconventional methods of contraception
- Sterilisation- Cutting or tying fallopian tubes or sperm duct- permanent - Natural- rhythm method- not having sex during periods of high fertility - Abstinence
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- How can hormones be used to INCREASE fertility
- Low levels of FHS can ,sam eggs mature - Levels of FSH and LH can be given to women to stimulate ovulation - - Doesn't always work and can lead to to many eggs
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What is IVF
- If a woman cannot get pregnant using meds she may choose to have IVF - IVF involves collecting eggs and fertilising them in an lab
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How does IVF work
- Intra-Cytoplasmic sperm injection - Sperm injected directly into egg - Fertilised egg then grown in lab incubator - When they are a tiny ball of cells- two are transferred to woman uterus - FSH and LH are given before hand to stimulate eggs to mature
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What are the pros and cons of IVF
- Pro- infertile people can have children - COn- Multiple births are more common- risqué _ Success rate is low- UK26% - Some woman have strong reactions to her,omg
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What development has been seen in IVF
- Micro tools - Genetic testing of cells _ Time lapse imaging- knitter success
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Why are some people against IVF
- Result sin unused embryos - Potential human life- unethical - Genetic testing- ethics- preferred characteristics
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What is adrenaline
- Adrenaline is a hormone that related by adrenal gland - Responce to stress of fear - Get body ready for gift or flight- increase glucose and oxygen supply to brain and muscle - Increases heart rate
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What is negative feedback and how is it seen in thyroxine and thyroid stimulation hormone
- When body detects that levels of something above or below optimum level triggers repose to bring it back - When level of thyroxine is higher than normal stimulating hormone is stopped- this reduces the level- revise is also tue
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What is thyroxine
- Hormone produced by thyroid gland - Basica metabolic rate - Protein synthesis - Responce to stimulating hormone from pituitary gland

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