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endothermic homeoderm
generate internal body heat
work maintain constant core temp
mammals
exothermic heteroderm
rely on external heat source
body temp depends on env temp
absorptive state
after eating-processing
sugars circulate to liver, stored as glycogen
glucose --glycogen
triglycerides stored in fat cells
proteins --amino acids
amino acids (during absorptive state)
growth/maintenance
build muscle
post-absorptive state
fasting
energy mobilized
glycogenolysis
gluconeogenesis
shift to lipid metabolism-lipolysis
-lipid metabolism--ketone bodies
glucose
primary fuel for brain
glcogenolysis
metabolized glucose--blood
gluconeogenesis
forming new sugar molecs from carb molecs
lipolysis
stored triglycerides
ketone bodies
acetone
beto-hydroxybutyric acid
acetoacetic acid
metabolism
absorptive state after meal
sugars go up
pancreas stimulated
secretes GLUT proteins
insulin
stimulates glucose intake and use by cells
GLUT proteins
target cells, intake glucose when stimulated by insulin
glucagon
stimulates glycogenolysis
postabsorptive state-glucose down
pancreas secretes when glucose level low
calorie
unit heat energy
bmr
basel metabolic rate
energy expenditure in diff species
all involuntary functions
endotherms
produce body's heat
use SMR
measured by direct/indirect calorimetry
ectoderms
heat comes from external heat
measured by direct/indirect calorimetry
SMR
standard metabolic rate
torpor
daily timeout in animals
conserves energy
hibernation
seasonal timeout in animals
conserves energy
temperature in animals
affects chem reactions, protein function, membrane dynamics
Q10
any temp T compared to 10 deg. cooler
2-3 most animals
works best
types heat exchange
radiation
conduction
convection
evaporation
thermoneutral zone
in graph of env temp/metabolic rate
changes in blood flow to body surface
enough maintain temp
energy budget
heat in=heat out
physiological responses
altered blood flow to surface
countercurrent heat exchange
shivering/non thermogenesis
evaporative heat loss
fluffing
behavioral responses to assist in thermoregulation
migration
burrowing
huddling
circulatory system
organization of tubes in body
open circulatory system
blood/interstitial fluid same
vessels open ends
soft circulation
insects/arthropods
fluid pushed by pos pressure by heart, body movement
closed circulatory system
blood confined to vessels
two main vessels-ventral/dorsal
earthworm
ostia
opening of vein
hemolymph
fluid circulating is in/out circ sys
blood/ext fluid
cardiovascular system
vertebrates
heart
arteries
capillaries
veins
single vs double circulation
single circulation
fish, two chambered hearts
double circulation
more oxygen needed in cells
separate pulmonary, systemic circuits
frogs/reptiles three chambers
birds/mammals four chambers
systole
period of heart muscle contraction
.3 sec
diastole
period of heart muscle relaxation
just after systole
.5 sec
cardiac output
amount fluid pumped per min
CO=heart rate*stroke vol
myogenic control
cardiac fibers contract automatically
pacemakers
drives electrical activity
during myogenic control
major vessel architecture
endothelium
smooth muscle
connective tissue
endothelium
most inside of vessel wall
simple squamous epithelium
forms valve flaps in veins
smooth muscle
middle layer of vessel wall
stretches
thicker around arteries
more blood press
connective tissue
outer layer vessel wall
elastic fibers
capillaries
simple squamous walls
fenestrated
connections in walls leak
linear array endothelial cells
microcirculation
circulatory-vascular system
fluid pushed out arterial end-hydrostatic press
fluid pulled in venons osmotic press
extra fluid taken into lymph capillaries
blood pressure
fluid pressure against vessel wall
pressure gradient
pushes blood
systolic pressure
peak pressure of ventricle contraction
diastolic pressure
resting press during ventricle relaxation
blood
specialized connective tissue
plasma
plasma
whole blood w/o cells
90% water
dissolved salts
plasma proteins
plasma proteins
albumin-buffering, osmo balancing
clotting proteins-activated tissue damage
immunoglobulins-antibodies
erythrocytes
red blood cells
hemoglobin
CO2 processing
hemoglobin
makes red blood cells
respiratory media
air/water
respiratory surface
specialized epithelium-very thin, simple squamous, gases diffuse
moist
olny diffused gases diffuse
skin breathers
small flat worms
thru skin
gills
evagination of surface (outfolding)
ram pumping
opercula
lamellae
countercurrent flow
countercurrent flow
water/blood two sides of respiratory epithelium
flow opp directions
side by side
more oxygen uptake
internal gas exchange systems
tracheae-insects
lungs
invaginate
prevent water loss
human ventilation
controlled by brain stem
conical override-involuntary, tidal ventilation
osmosis
movement of water from high H2O concentration--low
driven by thermal energy(molec movement)
osmotic pressure-concentration of particles
hyperosmotic
lower concentration H2O
hypo-osmotic
higher concentration H2O
hypertonic
cell shrinks
hypotonic
cell swells
isosmotic
if particle concentrations match
osmotic press=0
isotonic
cell stays same size
osmoconformers
remain isosmotic with fluid env
most marine invertebrates
osmoregulators
work maintain constant saltiness of int fluid
marine fish
compensate-constant water loss across gills
low salt inside
drinks large vol seawater
small vol isosmotic urine
fresh water fish
compensate-constant water gain
high salt inside
don't drink water
large vol hypo-osmotic urine
transport epithelium
required for osmoregulation
pump salts
single sheet cells
flame cell sys-flatworms
malpighian tubules-insects
kidneys-vertebrates
three functions of excretory system
filtration
modification of content
excretion/secretion
renal processes
as blood pushed through nephron
filtration
secretion
reabsorption
supported by countercurrent flow, salt+urea gradients
kidneys
human renal system
nephron
osmoregulation
clear nitrogenous waste
hormones
regulate salt/water balance
chem signal carried in blood
long/short dist
osmoregulation
water, salt balance
nervous system
electrochemical (neurons)
wired comm
endocrine system
chemical
wireless comm
steroids
family of hormones
lipid sol
4-ring
synth from cholesterol
nonpolar
amino acid derivs
family of hormones
water soluble
peptides/proteins
family of hormones
water sol
pap smaller
pro larger
polar
direct signal transduction
ion gate receptor
indirect signal transduction
receptor separate molecule
second messengers cyclic AMP, lipid metabolites
GPCRs
neuroendocrinology
phy health affects mental health, vice versa
study between brain, NS, hormone funct
thyroid hormones
t3
t4
gametogenesis
production egg/sperm by meiosis
haploid
spermatogenesis
mitosis in semieferous tubules--diploid spermatocytes
meiosis--4 sperm
oogenesis
one meiotic division-follicular stage
sec div-fertilization
polar bodies
egg layers
follicle cell layer-corona radiata
glycoprotein coat-zona pellucida-inside
acrosome reaction
enzymes by head of sperm-activates
specific binding of sperm to egg
cleavage
driven by maternal factors
rapid cell division w/o cytoplasmic growth
creates morula
blastomere
pump sodium ions into intercell spaces
blastocyst
contains inner cell mass, trophoblast
meroblastic cleavage
incomplete
birds/fish
holoblastic cleavage
complete division--two blastomeres same size
amphibians/mammals
morphogens
concentration-dependent chem signals
responses:
cell division
migration
differentiation
apoptosis
apoptosis
sculpt body
cell death
form structures
ex webbing removal
gastrulation
leads to three germ layers
all vertebrates
invagination/involution
archenteron-cavity
blastopore-anus
notochord
thickening in dorsal side of gastrula
derived from mesoderm
neuralation
multistep process--brain/spinal chord
neural tube
neural crest
segmentation
organizes regions of body
repeating units-somites
organogenesis
shaping of organs
autonomous specification
uneven distribution of cytoplasmic factors to daughter cells
conditional specification
external cell-cell signaling
homeotic genes
specify fate of segmentation/region
immune system
integrated system to protect against pathogens
spleen, thymus...
nonspecific defenses
barriers to entry
phagocytic
inflammatory response
phagocyte
white blood cells
eat cells(garbage collectors)
macrophages-immune tissues
monocytes-immune blood
mast cells
release histamine
increase blood flow
swelling--healing
specific immune response
imm sys
monocyte/macrohages
lymphocytes
recognize self/non
b lymph
divide--plasma cells antiBodies
help
t lymph
tough guys
attack/destroy invader
Th
helper T cells
activate B cells
interlukins
Tc
cytotoxic T cells
attack nonself
MHC
MHC
marker on "nonself"
antigen
humoral imm resp
antibody mediated
clonal selection theory
cellular imm response
cytotoxic response
secondary imm resp
lasting immunity
immunological memory-faster/stronger antigen exposure
S1
closing AV valves
S2
opening AV valves
hormone transduction mechanisms
release intracellular calcium
production cAMP
activation of G protein
LH
pituitary hormone
gonadotropin
reprod function
surge releases egg
FSH
pituitary hormone
gonadotropin
reprod function
MSH
...
somites
form along anterior-posterior axis
non-specific barriers to pathogens
acidic secretions on skin
mucus
saliva
acid in stomach
vaccines
weak/killed antigens
condition memory cells respond quickly