Physiology Flashcards
(36 cards)
Nervous system
Uses electro-chemical impulses to illicit a responses (mis)
chemical messenger released directly into the blood by an endocrine gland
Hormone
influences numerous body functions including, growth and development, electrolyte balance, water, nutrient balance, cellular metabolism, energy balance, reproduction and immunity.
Endocrine system
Example of endocrine glands
Pituitary glands
thyroid
parathyroid
adrenal
pineal glands
hypothalamus (neuroendocrine)
pancreases
gonads
Hormones make contact with all cells but only alter the action of the cell that has the adequate receptor, the ____
target cell (must have a specific receptor for a specific hormone)
At ________ the hormone will either increase or decrease rates of normal cell processes. One _____ may have a different effect on different cell.
target cell
hormone
Hormonal stimulus
alters plasma membrane permeability or membrane potential
stimulates synthesis of protein to enzyme
Hormonal stimulus
activates or deactivates enzymes
induces secretion
stimulates mitosis
Hormonal receptor interaction = target cell activation depends on________ long periods of concentration causes ______
blood levels of the hormone
down-regulation
Hormonal receptor interaction = target cell activation depends also on ______ an increase causes
number of receptors on or in the target cell
up-regulation
Hormonal receptor interaction = target cell activation depends on______
affinity (strength) of binding
Control of hormone release
negative feedback
negative feed back
keeps levels in a “normal” range
Endocrine gland stimulates
Humoral stimuli
Neural stimuli
hormonal stimuli
secrete hormones in direct response to changing blood levels of critical ions and nutrients, simplest control
Humoral stimuli
nerve fibers stimulate hormone release (sympathetic stimulation on adrenal gland)
Neural stimuli
release hormones in response to hormones (pituitary and hypothalamus)
Hormonal stimuli
it provides the acidic condition for weak pepsinogen enzymes to be sufficiently active to remove the inhibitory portion from another pepsinogen enzyme, forming the fully active pepsin enzyme.
function of hydrochloric acid in the stomach
function of hydrochloric acid in the stomach
food protein are denatured making them more easily digested
provides a pH sufficiently acidic for the pepsin enzyme, with a pH optimum of 1.6-2.4
function of hydrochloric acid in the stomach
Which part of the body are enzymes found
mouth
stomach
duodenum
Small intestine
Transport maximum
the maximum rate at which substance can be reabsorbed by the kidney tubules.
Renal plasma threshold
plasma concentration of a substance at which it first appears in the urine
why does people with diabetes mellitus have glycosuria
because high blood glucose levels saturate glucose transporters in the kidney tubules, leading to spillover of glucose in the urine