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Homeostasis k  Objectives At the end of this session, the students should be able to: Differentiate between positive and negative feedback mechanisms and give examples for each in the body. Define a feedback mechanism and describe its components. Explain how homeostatic m...

Homeostasis k  Objectives At the end of this session, the students should be able to: Differentiate between positive and negative feedback mechanisms and give examples for each in the body. Define a feedback mechanism and describe its components. Explain how homeostatic mechanisms regulated by negative feedback detect and respond to environmental changes + Define positive and negative feedback Describe the actions of a positive feedback loop. Discuss the physiologic control mechanisms that enable maintenance of the normal steady state of the body. Define and discuss the concept of homeostasis and its importance to the living organism. Define the concept of the “internal environment” and state its physiologic importance. Differentiate between the external and internal environments.  All the cells in the body are continuously bathing in fluid , Because this fluid is outside the cell, it is called extracellular fluid (ECF). It is from the ECF that cells get the ions and nutrients needed to maintain life. ❖All body cells live in the same environment (i.e. ECF). ❖The composition of ECF is almost similar between the different species. External vs Internal environment In Multicellular organisms In Unicellular organisms “External environment” Internal environment = External environment “Internal environment”  External vs Internal environment ECF = the internal environment. The skin separates this environment from the outside world which known as the external environment. 5 ‫نن لكيدمت لكنام الكامل‬  The process by which the body keeps the internal environment constant despite changes in the external environment is known as“Homeostasis”. ‫نن لكيدمت يلالد‬ –Homeo- : sameness, similarity –stasis: standing Essentially all the functions of the body organs and tissues aim at keeping the internal environment at a nearly constant state. Chemical, thermal, and neural factors interact to maintain homeostasis. -Hemostasis : Is the tendency to the internal balance or is the maintenance of nearly constant conditions in the internal environment.  ‫نن لكيدمت لكنام‬ The internal environment of the body (ECF) is in a dynamic state of equilibrium All different body systems operate in harmony to provide homeostasis Extreme dysfunction leads to death; moderate dysfunction leads to sickness. -Internal environment is always in dynamic state to maintain hemostasis ‫يلالد لكيدمت نن‬  The body maintains homeostasis by using homeostatic control systems 2 ◦ Three components associated with each system:  1-Receptor 2-control center 3-effector 1 3 Receptor ◦ The structure that detects changes in a variable, the stimulus  e.g., a change in temperature ◦ Consists of sensory nerves Control center ◦ The structure that interprets input from the receptor ◦ Initiates changes through the effector ◦ A portion of the nervous system or an endocrine organ Effector ◦ The structure that brings about change to alter the stimulus ◦ Most body structures. e.g., muscles or glands  Control 3 Input: center 4 Output: Information Information sent sent along along efferent afferent pathway to pathway to Receptor (sensor) Effector 2 Change detected by Homeostatic Control Mechanisms receptor 5 Response of effector feeds back to influence Stimulus: magnitude of 1 Produces stimulus and change returns in variable variable to homeostasis Variable (in homeostasis) 11 The Control of Room Temperature  Nervous system: – Controls and coordinates bodily activities that require rapid responses. –Detects and initiates reactions to changes in external environment. –e.g., regulation of blood pressure upon rising. - Response faster than endocrine system Endocrine system: – Secreting glands of endocrine regulate activities that require duration rather than speed. – e.g., parathyroid hormone regulating calcium levels. - Response slower than nervous system  Control systems Protection Skin Immune Nervous system system Endocrine systems O2 Internal environment CO2  Concentration of nutrient molecules. Ex: Glucose Concentration of water, salt, and other electrolytes Concentration of waste products Concentration of O2 = 100mmHg and CO2 = 40 mmHg pH = 7.35 Blood volume 4-6 L and pressure 120/80 Temperature = 37o C Body constituents are normally regulated within a range rather than a fixed value. ‫نن لكيدمت لكنام الكامل‬ Response of a homeostatic system occurs through a feedback loop: Stimulus detection of stimulus by a receptor information relayed to the control center integration of the input by control center and ‫نن لكيدمت يلالد‬ initiation of change through effectors return of homeostasis by the actions of effectors  Negative feedback Positive feedback -Negative feedback loop 1.original stimulus The effector response of The effector response is in reversed. the system is in the the same direction of the 2.used for conditions opposite direction to the stimulus that initiated the that need frequent stimulus that initiated the response. response. adjustment. E.g; E.g; 3.Most feedback In nerve signaling, entry A high level of in CO2 in systems in the body are of a small amount of Na+ the ECF will increase negative pulmonary ventilation, into the cell will open more increasing the amount of Na+ channels -Positive feedback loop CO2 expired which will causing more Na+ to enter bring the level of CO2 in the cell. 1.original stimulus intensified. ECF down. Only few systems display 2.seen during normal Most of the control positive feedback childbirth. systems of the body act by mechanisms.. WHY? negative feedback.  Negative feedback ◦A type of homeostatic control system that maintains the variable within a normal range ◦Variable maintained within a normal level, its set point  fluctuates around the set point ◦If stimulus increases, homeostatic control system activated to cause a decrease in the stimulus ◦If stimulus decreases, homeostatic control system activated to cause an increase in the stimulus ‫نن لكيدمت يلالد‬ ‫الكامل‬ ‫نن لكيدمت لكنام‬  Examples of Negative Feedback Mechanisms Body temperature control ‫نن لكيدمت لكنام‬  Positive feedback during breastfeeding ◦Sensory detectors detect baby suckling ◦Message is transmitted to the hypothalamus ◦Hypothalamus signals posterior pituitary to release the hormone oxytocin ◦Oxytocin stimulates the mammary gland to eject breast milk ◦Cycle repeats as long as the baby suckles  Other examples of positive feedback: ◦blood clotting cascade ◦uterine contractions of labor  Positive Feedback during Childbirth Stretch receptors in walls of uterus send signals to the brain Brain induces release of hormone (oxytocin) into bloodstream Uterine smooth muscle contracts more forcefully More stretch, more hormone, more contraction etc. Cycle ends with birth of the baby & decrease in stretch ‫نن لكيدمت لكنام الكامل‬  Baroreceptors in walls of blood vessels detect an increase in BP. Brain receives input and signals from blood vessels and heart. Blood vessels dilate, HR decreases. BP decreases ‫نن لكيدمت يلالد‬  Temperature regulation ◦Body temperature drops ◦Sensory receptors detect this and signal the hypothalamus (component of the brain) ◦Hypothalamus alerts nerve impulses in blood vessels in the skin to decrease the inside opening of the vessels ◦This decreases amount of amount of blood circulating to the surface of the body ◦Less heat is released through skin ◦Nerve impulses are sent to skeletal muscles, causing shivering ◦Nerve impulses are sent to smooth muscles of hair follicles, causing “goosebumps” Quiz (Fill the boxes) 1  body cells live in the same environment 1) Somatic 2) Nerve 3) Stimulus 4) All 2 3  A structure that detects changes in a variable is called 1) Stimulus 2) Skin 3) receptor 4) None of these 4 5  Essentially all the functions of the ? organs and tissues aim at keeping the internal environment at a nearly constant state 1) Internal 2) Body 3) External 4) Cardiovascular 6 Question answer Slide number 1 4 4 2 4 7 3 3 7 4 1 14 5 2 5 6 4 20