LABORATORY REPORT Activity: Homeostatic Imbalances of Thyroid Function Name: Theres Castle Instructor: Virgil Stoia Date: 10.20.2014 Predictions TSH levels in patients with primary hypothyroidism are high Thyroxine (T4) levels in patients with primary hypothyroidism are low TSH levels in patients with secondary hypothyroidism are low Thyroxine (T4) levels in patients with secondary hypothyroidism are low TSH levels in patients with hyperthyroidism are low Thyroxine
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intervention is often reversible Chronic Develops slowly‚ is the end stage‚ and is not reversible Azotemia Nitrogen (protein) waste in the blood Acute Renal Failure A rapid decline in renal function with azotemia and fluid and electrolyte imbalances The most common cause is ischemia and nephrotoxins Risk factors Major trauma or surgery Infection Hemorrhage Heart failure Liver disease Urinary tract obstruction Drugs and radiologic contrast that are toxic to the kidney Pathophysiology
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homeostasis related to aging and disease? Provide examples to support your thinking. -The lack of homeostasis (called homeostatic imbalance) can cause several different types of diseases and disorders. Homeostasis will make sure of the efficiency in control functions of the body. Diabetes‚ gout‚ and any disease caused by a toxin in the bloodstream result from homeostatic imbalance. 2. When we are dehydrated‚ we are thirsty and drink water. Is this part of negative or positive feedback control
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AP1 Chapter 1 Study Guide 1. List the functional characteristics common to humans and other organisms; explain the importance of each to maintaining life and what are the survival needs of living things. A. Necessary Life Functions- Maintaining Boundaries‚ Movement‚ Responsiveness‚ Digestion‚ Metabolism‚ Excretion‚ Reproduction‚ and Growth. B. Survival needs- Nutrients‚ Oxygen‚ Water‚ Normal Body Temperature‚ and Appropriate Atmospheric Pressure. 2. Define Anatomy and Physiology and describe
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Diffusion Experiment: Osmosis in Sucrose Solutions Abstract We used dialysis tubing to simulate a semi-permeable membrane. Since molecules diffuse from their higher concentration to their lower concentration‚ water will move across the membrane in response to this concentration. While conducting this lab we were able to observe passive transport through diffusion and osmosis. Introduction Osmosis is a specialized case of diffusion that involves the passive transport of water. When
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INTROduction TO THE HUMAN BODY 1. Define anatomy and physiology While anatomy provides us with a static image of the body architecture‚ physiology reveals the body’s dynamic and animated workings. Physiology often focuses on events at the cellular or molecular level. A. Anatomy – studies the structure of the body parts and their relationship to one another. i. Developmental – concerns structural changes that in the body occur throughout the lifespan. Embryology studies the developmental changes
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circulation Coronary Circulation The functional blood supply to the heart muscle itself Arteries o Right and left coronary‚ marginal‚ circumflex‚ and anterior interventricular arteries Veins o Small cardiac‚ anterior cardiac‚ and great cardiac veins Homeostatic Imbalances Angina pectoris o Thoracic pain caused by a fleeting deficiency in blood delivery to the myocardium o Cells are weakened Myocardial infarction
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would not survive. The function of the left side of the heart is to take oxygenated blood from the lungs and pump it out to and through the rest of the body. This is the systemic circulation of the heart. With every body system there are homeostatic imbalances and one for the cardiac system is heart failure. Heart failure on the left side can happen in two ways‚ systolic heart failure and diastolic heart failure. A systolic heart failure is when the left ventricle cannot contract normally‚ which
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Hoehn 2007). Temperature‚ pH‚ blood pressure‚ water and electrolyte concentration and blood glucose levels are the most important physiological variables maintained by homeostatic mechanisms (Waugh and Grant 2010).). Homeostasis is regulated by the nervous and endocrine system and there are three mechanisms involved in homeostatic regulation; receptor is the first mechanism involved. The role of the receptor is to monitor the environment and respond to any changes. If there is a change the receptor
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Maintaining a normal body temperature is crucial for optimal health and is one important aspect of homeostasis. Homeostasis is the body’s ability to balance varying internal conditions within narrow limits despite a constantly changing outside environment (Marieb & Hoehn‚ 2016). When a person is subjected to stimuli‚ which is a change in the variable‚ such as cold weather‚ temperature sensitive receptors in a person’s skin called thermoreceptors‚ detect this change. The receptors then respond providing
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