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Homeostatis And Hormonal Control Flashcards

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What are hormones

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chemical messengers released by glands and into the bloodstream, where it’s carried to target cells or organs.

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what is the endocrine system made up of

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made up of glands which secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream to target cells

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What does the endocrine system control

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Water levels in blood
blood glucose levels
body temperature and metabolic rates

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what do receptors do

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detect change in stimuli

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what do co-ordinators do

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process information from receptors

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what do effectors do

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bring about responses

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what glands does the endocrine system consist of

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-pituitary glands (master gland)
- thyroid
-adrenal glands
-pancreas
-testes
-ovary

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what does the pancreas secrete

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Insulin and glucagon, to control blood glucose levels

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what does the thyroid secrete

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thyroxine, to control metabolic rate, heart rate and temperature of body

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What kind of feedback are thyroxine levels controlled by

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negative feedback

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how are thyroxine levels kept relatively stable

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by the pituitary glands that secrete TSH (thyroxine stimulating hormone)

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What happens when thyroxine levels fall?

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change is detected by the hypothalamus and more TSH is secreted by the pituitary gland, and more thyroxine is secreted

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What happens when thyroxine levels rise?

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Change is detected in hypothalamus, Less TSH is secreted from the pituitary glands, and less thyroxine is secreted.

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Why do hormones only affect certain tissues or organs

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Target cells in the certain tissue/organ have special chemical receptors for the particular hormone

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Those who have an underactive thyroid may be what?

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Overweight, since the rate of metabolism is slower

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those who have an overactive thyroid may be what?

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underweight, since the rate of metabolism is faster

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what is diabetes

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a non-communicable disease and there are two types

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What is the cause of type 1 diabetes

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it is genetic. The body’s immune system destroys any insulin producing cells. auto-immune disease. diagnosis tends to be in childhood/adolescence

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Cause of type 2 diabetes

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The body becomes resistant or no longer responds to insulin produced by the pancreas, leading to uncontrolled glucose levels.

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treatment for type 1 diabetes

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insulin injection

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treatment for type 2 diabetes

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-losing weight
-healthy or balanced diet
-exercising more often

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3 ways of managing type 1 diabetes

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-glucose sticks (where you urinate on it)
-glucose meter
-continuous glucose monitor (continuously monitors blood glucose levels and it is wearable

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disadvantages of a glucose strip test

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  • the data it provides is qualitative -> the data is not numerical and can be subjective.
  • Unhygienic as you need to collect a urine sample
  • doesn’t measure current blood glucose levels
  • you can’t do it in public
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disadvantages of a glucose meter

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people may have a fear of needles ( you need to have a blood sample)

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advantages of glucose meter
quantitative data gives an exact reading of blood glucose levels in numbers Can be used anywhere
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When doing an investigation on blood glucose levels, why must the person not eat within a certain amount of time
Food can cause blood glucose levels to change, affecting results (we don't know the original blood glucose level)
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excretion of waste - examples
carbon dioxide, urea, water and mineral ions
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Why is carbon dioxide a waste product and how is it produced
Carbon dioxide is a product of aerobic respiration. It causes the blood to become acidic, affecting enzymes. it is removed by exhalation (gas exchange)
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why is urea removed and how is it produced
The liver turns excess amino acids from proteins into ammonia. Ammonia is toxic, so it is converted into urea. A build up of urea can cause damage to cells. The kidneys filter urea out of the bloodstream into urine or sweat.
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why are water and mineral ions removed and how are they produced
water: product of aerobic respiration mineral ions: excess in our diet, dissolved in water They must be removed so cells don't take up the water via osmosis and burst. WATER POTENTIAL IN CELLS AND BLOOD MUST BE THE SAME, or body won't function properly
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how are water and mineral ions removed
by sweating, urination and exhalation.
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what does digestion of protein result in
excess amino acids
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The higher the BMI the ....?
the higher the BMI, the more likely you are to develop type 2 diabetes.
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risk factor of type 2 diabetes?
obesity
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Two ways of managing kidney failure
Dialysis Transplant
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What is dialysis
When a patients blood is drawn through a dialysis machine, where dialysis fluid runs over the blood, allowing urea to be diffused out
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advantages of dialysis
-patient is kept alive -patients blood is clean -shorter waiting time for treatment
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disadvantages of dialysis
-diet is restricted - patients blood must be thinned - higher risk of infection as the patient is punctured constantly -more time spent in hospital
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advantages of a kidney transplant
-donors can be alive so there's a larger volume of donors - no dietary restrictions -concentration of urea is automatically controlled single operation -less visits to the doctor -patient is kept alive -flexible lifestyle
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disadvantages of a kidney transplant
-risk of rejection -tissue type of donor must be the same as the patient -patient and donor need to take immunosuppressants for life -long recovery from surgery -risk of infection
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what processes does the kidney do
-reabsorption -filtration -osmoregulation -excretion
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what happens during ultrafiltration
- glucose, mineral ions, water and urea all move from the blood and into the nephron. - proteins, enzymes and antibodies which are too large remain in the bllood
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what happens during reabsorption or selective reabsorption
- all glucose and amino acids are reabsorbed back into the blood - volume of water and mineral ions reabsorbed back into the blood stream depends on what the body needs. the water moves back via osmosis and mineral ions move back via active transport
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what happens during excretion
all urea is excreted with excess water and mineral ions
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what happens to cells if blood is too dilute
water from the plasma moves into cells via osmosis, causing cells to burst
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what happens to cells if blood is too concentrated
water moves from the cells to the blood, causing the cells to shrivel up
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what is osmoregulation
the control of water levels in the blood. receptors detect change in water potential and instructs the pituitary glands to release more ADH
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what is ADH and what does it do
Anti Diuretic Hormone and it makes nephron/kidney tubules more or less permeable, changing the volume of water being reabsorbed into the blood
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describe what happens if the blood is too dilute (osmoregulation)
- receptors detect that the water potential is too high and instructs the pituitary gland to release less ADH -Kidney tubules become less permeable, so less water is reabsorbed back into the blood stream -larger volume of dilute urine goes to bladder
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describe what happens if the blood is too concentrated (osmoregulation)
receptors detect that water potential is too low and instructs pituitary gland to release more ADH - kidney tubules become more permeable, allowing more water to be reabsorbed back into the blood stream -blood becomes less concentrated and more dilute.
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explain how a kidney may be rejected during a transplant
- the immune system sees the kidney as a foreign body -antibodies are produced -antibodies bind to the antigens on the kidney's surface and they bind, destroying the kidney
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describe how a healthy kidney produces urine
- kidney filters urea, glucose, water, mineral ions and urea from the blood - ALL glucose which was originally filtered out is reabsorbed into the blood stream - some water and some mineral ions are reabsorbed to maintain a constant water level. - urea, which is a toxic substance is removed by the kidneys and excreted in urine
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why do plants produce hormones
to co-ordinate and control growth and responses to gravity, light and water
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what stimuli are plants sensitive to
-light -moisture -gravity
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what is a positive response
when growth movement is towards stimuli
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what is a negative response
when growth movement is away from stimuli
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what is phototropism
a plant's response to light
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SHOOTS
positively phototropic and negatively gravitropic
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ROOTS
negatively phototropic and positively gravitropic
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what is gravitropism or geotropism
a plant's response to gravity
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what happens to the roots and shoots if a plant pot is knocked over
the shoots still grow up and the roots grow down
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what does an uneven distribution of auxin cause
uneven growth in the shoot
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what do high levels of auxin cause
shoot cells to elongate, but auxin inhibits the growth of root cells.
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what is auxin
a hormone responsible for the growth in plants
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what light conditions does auxin distribute evenly in?
all round light or in the dark, causing the shoot to grow directly upwards
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what happens if the light is unilateral (coming from one side)
auxin accumulates on the shaded side, causing the shoot cells to elongate and bend towards the light
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uses of auxins
rooting powders weed killers
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uses of ethene
causes fruit to ripen controls cell divison
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uses of gibberellins
promotes flowering and seed germination ends seed dormancy increases fruit size
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RP 8: independent variable
light condition or light intensity or direction of light
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RP 8: dependent variable
height of seedlings
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RP 8: control variables
number of seedlings type of seedlings temperature seedlings are kept at volume of water given to seedlings
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RP 8: METHOD 1
1) put cotton wool into 3 petri dishes and add same volume of water to each dish 2) add 10 seeds to each dish, evenly spread out and let them germinate 3) once seeds have germinated, ensure each dish contains the same number of seeds 4) place one dish where there is full light, one in complete darkness and one in partial light 5) measure height of each seedling everyday for one week and record results 6) calculate mean height of the ten seedlings for each day, and compare the mean heights in the 3 different light conditions

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