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Lecture 1 - Homeostasis Flashcards

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What is homeostasis?
(Short definition)

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Homeo = sameness
Stasis = standing still

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What is homeotstasis?
(Long definition)

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The ability of an organism or cell to maintain a stable internal environment by marinating a dynamic equilibrium of conditions despite any changes going on around it.

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What type of mechanisms maintain homeostasis?

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Feedback loops

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What are the 2 types of feedback loops?

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Positive feedback
Negative feedback

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How do negative feedback loops work?

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Stimulus is detected by a receptor
Control centre produces response to act against the change
Effector carries out the response determined by the coordination centre

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How does a positive feedback loop work?

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Stimulus is detected by receptors
The control centre decides to enhance/add to the stimulus
Effector actually enhances the stimulus

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Give 3 examples of conditions that are regulated by negative feedback loops:

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-Temperature
-pH
-Water balance

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Give 2 examples of events that are under positive feedback control:

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-Child birth (Ferguson reflex)
-Blood clotting cascade

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In negative feedback loops, when does the negative feeback stop?

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When the effector ceases

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IN positive feedback, when does the positive feedback stop?

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When the initiator /stimulus ceases

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What is the normal core body temperature range?

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36.5ºC - 37.5ºC

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What devices can be used to measure core body temperature?

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Infra-red skin thermometer
Tympanic thermometer
Temporal thermometer

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Where is the temperature control centre in the body?

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Hypothalamus

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What are the responses to thermoreceptors detecting low body temperature?

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Vasoconstriction
Shivering
Piloerection
Curling up

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How does Vasoconstriction help keep core body temperature warm?

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Arterioles constrict reducing blood flow to skin

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How does shivering help increase core body temperature?

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Rapid contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle produces heat via respiration

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What are the responses to thermoreceptors detecting the body temature is too high?

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Vasodilation
Sweating
Pilorelaxation
Stretching out

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Between what temperature is a person classed as being normal but cold?

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36.5º - 35º

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What is the temperature range for having Mild Hypothermia?

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35ºC - 32.1ºC

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What is the temperature range for having Severe Hypothermia?

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32ºC - 28ºC

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What happpens when the core body temature is below 28ºC?

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No vital signs

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When can you classify someone ass being dead when their core body temperature is below 28ºC?

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They’re not dead until they are WARM AND DEAD

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What temperature range is somebody classed as being normal but warm?

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37.5ºC - 38ºC

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What temperature range doe somebody have a fever?

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38ºC - 39.9ºC

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What temperature range can somebody have heat stroke and heat exhaustion?
Over 40ºC
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What is the Acid-Base balance?
The homeostasis of pH within a very narrow range in the body
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What is the normal plasma pH value?
7.35 - 7.45
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What are the 2 major organs responsible for maintaining acid-base balance?
Lungs-Respiratory balance Kidneys-Metabolic balance
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How does a change in [H+] by a factor of 2 change pH?
Changes pH by 0.3
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What is used to measure blood pH?
Arterial Blood Gas test
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What are the 3 blood buffer systems in the body which help maintain the acid-base balance?
Carbonic acid - Bicarbonate buffer for blood pH Sodium Phosphate buffering system Protein buffer systems
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What do antacids do?
Neutralise acids
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How does solubility affect the effectiveness of an antacid?
Insoluble = better
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What are the pH limits of human tissue survival?
6.8 - 7.8
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What happens when cells receive too little water?
Dehydration Cell death
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What happens when a cell receives too much water?
Swelling Toxicity, metabolic failure and cell death
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How much does the average male weigh?
70kg
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Approximately, what percentage of the average man is water?
60%
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Approximately how much water does the average man contain?
42L
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How much of the average mans water content is intracellular and how much of it is extracellular?
Extracellular = 1/3 = 14L Intracellular = 2/3 = 28L
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How is the 14L of extracellular water in the average man distributed through the body?
10.5L interstitial fluid 0.5L transmembrane fluid 3L Plasma
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How many litres of blood are there in the average 70kg male? How is this volume comprised?
5L 3L Plasma 2L Actual blood cells
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What is the weight of the average female?
58kg
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How does the total body water of a female differ to a male?
Females = 50% water Male = 60%
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Why do females total body water differ to males?
They have a higher fat content
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How does fat content affect Total Body Water (TBW)?
Higher the fat content, the lower the TBW
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Do infants have a higher or lower TBW than adults?
HIGHER
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What is meant by a isotonic celll?
There is an equal amount of water on both sides of the plasma membrane
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What is meant by a hypertonic cell?
There is MORE water inside the cell than outside The solute concentric outside the cell is higher than the inside Water moves OUT OF the cell via osmosis
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What is meant by a Hypotonic cell?
There is LESS water inside the cell compared to the outside The solute concentration inside the cell is higher than the outside Water moves INTO the cell via osmosis
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What is Osmolality?
The conc of a solution expressed as the total number of SOLUTE PARTICLES PER KG
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What is Osmolarity?
The conc of a solution expressed as Osmolality of solute particles PER LITRE OF SOLUTION
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What is the normal range of osmolality for a patient?
280 - 300 mOsm/kg
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What happens when there isn’t enough water?
Cells absorb water from each other As tissues die water absorbed from organs As organs die water absorbed from brain, liver and then the kidneys and heart
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What happens if there’s too much water?
Osmotic pressure high Cells swell Enyzmes and proteins stop working Cells burst
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If a patient has too much water and they need fluids, what type of fluids must you give them?
Isotonic solutions IV drip of 0.9% NaCl
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How does lots of water move across a membrane into a cell?
Via aquarporins
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What is Oedema?
Fluid retention in tissues
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What causes Oedema to occur?
Hydrostatic pressure > oncotic pressure
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What conditions can lead to hydrostatic pressure increasing leading to oedema?
Congestive heart failure Liver cirrhosis Renal disease
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What is pitting oedema?
When the oedema affected skin is pressed, the dent remains
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How can you tell if someone with Oedema may have Congestive Heart Failure?
The Oedema will be pitting When pressed it will remain dented
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What produces the Oncotic pressure (the force that draws water back into the blood vessels/capillaries)?
Plasma proteins like Albumin
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What occurs if Albumin moves out of the capilaries into the Intersitial space?
Water is drawn out of capillary and remains in interstital space because interstitial fluid osmolarity increases
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What is pyrexia?
Increase in core body temperature
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What can cause pyrexia?
Infections
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How is pyrexia triggered by infections?
When fighting infections white blood cells (mainly macrophages) release pyrogens which travel to the hypothalamus causing the bodies thermostat to be increased
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Who has the highest total body water % and why?
Lean infants since they have the lowest amount of fat Less fat = more water
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What temperature may an elderly patient with hypothermia wake up from being comatosed?
32ºC

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