Unit 3 Lecture Flashcards
homeostasis
- body maintains balance of EVERYTHING
- maintained by control mechanism
3 components of control mechanisms
- ) detector
- ) set-point
- ) effector
detector
- where am i
- have to constantly check
set point
where you want to be
effector
- how do I get there
- activated when not where want to be
- set point - detector = effector
cruise control
- control mechanism
- detector- spedometer
- set-point: speed you set
- effector- accelerator and brake (speed up or slow down)
too high blood sugar
- viscosity of blood increases
- hard on heart
taking (erythropoietin) EPO
- encourages bone marrow to make more RBCs
- can deliver more O2 to tissues
- side affect: blood sugar high
- would have to take months before race (have to monitor always)
living at high altitude
-encourages bone marrow to make RBC
hypoglycemic shock
- blood sugar too low
- bad for brain
detectors for glucostasis
-measure blood sugar in ventricle walls
set-point for glucostasis
- set point in hypothalamus
- tells pancreas to release insulin
effector for glucostasis
-pancreas and liver
glucostasis
- maintaining balance of blood sugar
- short therm
3 macro-nutrients
- ) fats
- ) sugars
- ) proteins
lipo-stasis
- maintaining balance of fats
- long term
immediately after eating
pancreas releases insulin
insulin
- hormone released from pancreas
- promotes conversion of sugar to fat
hormone
-chemical messenger
insulin effects
- liver
- adipose tissue
- other tissues
- causes different tissues to respond differently
- makes blood sugar fall
insulin message to liver
-liver takes glucose and turns it into glycogen (starch)
insulin message to adipose tissue
-takes abundance of glucose and turns it into fat
insulin message to all other tissues
-turn glucose into energy required for activity
insulin and brain
- insulin can’t get to brain
- brain uses active transport to get glucose
- only tissue no impacted by insulin release directly