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Homeostasis

Homeostasis. The need of an organism to maintain and regulate constant or stable internal conditions. How does your body regulate (aka maintain homeostasis)? Temperature, pH, and the concentration of other materials and nutrients must be maintained within a relatively narrow margin.

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Homeostasis

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  1. Homeostasis • The need of an organism to maintain and regulate constant or stable internal conditions. • How does your body regulate (aka maintain homeostasis)? • Temperature, pH, and the concentration of other materials and nutrients must be maintained within a relatively narrow margin. • Much of homeostasis is maintained by the cell membrane controlling movement of things in and out of the cell

  2. Cell Membrane • The cell membrane is said to be selectively permeable, meaning certain substances can move across it freely, while others must move through a “gate”. • Transport of materials can be classified as either passive transport or active transport.

  3. Cellular Transport • Passive Transport requires no extra energy by the cell because molecules move from high concentration (squished together) to low concentration (spread out) areas down the concentration gradient. • Active Transportrequires extra energy (ATP) to be spent to bring materials into the cell or expel materials out of the cell moving from low concentration to high concentration against the concentration gradient.

  4. Examples of Transport • Active Transport • Molecular Pumps • Exocytosis • Endocytosis • Passive Transport • Diffusion • Osmosis • Facilitated Diffusion

  5. Words to Know • Solute – what gets dissolved (Ex. Lemonade powder) • Solvent– does the dissolving (Ex. Water) • Solution – uniform mixture of two or more substances (Ex. Lemonade) • Concentration – amount of solute dissolved in solvent • Symbol for abbreviation = [ ]

  6. Passive Transport: Diffusion • The spreading out of molecules across a membrane until they are equally concentrated on both sides of the membrane. • Molecules move down a concentration gradient, from high [ ] to an area of low [ ] • Ex. Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Over time…

  7. Passive Transport: Facilitated Diffusion • A transport proteinacts as a protein channel to help (facilitate) the diffusion of molecules that normally couldn‘t pass through the cell membrane • Molecules move down a concentration gradient, from high [ ] to an area of low [ ] • Ex. Glucose/sugar, sodium/salt Over time…

  8. Passive Transport: Osmosis • The diffusion of wateracross the cell membrane • Watermolecules move down a concentration gradient, from high [ ] to an area of low [ ] Over time…

  9. Passive Transport: Osmosis • Hypertonic solutions: water concentration is below what is found in a cell’s cytoplasm. • Water will tend to move outof the cell, down its concentration gradient  Cell shrivels • Hypotonic solutions: water concentration is above what is found in a cell’s cytoplasm. • Water will tend to move intoa cell, down its concentration gradient  Cell swells • Isotonic solutions: identical water concentrations to what is found in a cell’s cytoplasm  Cell stays the same

  10. Passive Transport: Osmosis Hypertonic Hypotonic Isotonic H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O Cell stays the same Cell shrivels Cell swells

  11. Active Transport • Remember – not all substances can move so freely into a cell. • Some molecules have to be pushed “uphill,”against a concentration gradient. • This means substances are moving from an area of low [ ] to an area of high [ ] • Other substances are too big to move through a protein channel, and have to be enveloped by the cell or excreted by the cell. • This is accomplished by either endocytosis or exocytosis.

  12. Active Transport: Molecular Pumps • When a cell uses energy to pump molecules across the membrane through a protein channel. • This allows a cell to concentrate key molecules within the cell, or remove waste quickly from the cell. • Ex. Calcium (Ca2+), potassium (K+), chlorine (Cl-) and sodium (Na+) = ions (charged particles) ENERGY Over time…

  13. Active Transport: Endocytosis • Acell uses energy to importlarge amounts of materialsINTO the cell using a vesicle • Ex. White blood cells engulf bacteria to fight infection

  14. Active Transport: Exocytosis • Acell uses energy to exportlarge amounts of materialsOUT OFthe cell using a vesicle • Ex. Nerve cells release neurotransmitters to pass signals to the brain

  15. Practice Time!

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