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Chapter 40. Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function within this chapter: tissue types thermoregulation metabolism. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Overview: Diverse Forms, Common Challenges. Anatomy is the study of the biological form of an organism
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Chapter 40 • Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function • within this chapter: • tissue types • thermoregulation • metabolism
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Overview: Diverse Forms, Common Challenges • Anatomy is the study of the biological form of an organism • Physiology is the study of the biological functions an organism performs • The comparative study of animals reveals that form and function are closely correlated
how are the jackrabbit’s ears a product of the laws of physics?
Convergent evolution Seal Penguin Tuna
Theme of this unit: • Life forms are machines that regulate homeostasis within a specific environment Focus of this chapter: • Exchange with the environment • Regulating that exchange
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Concept 40.1: Animal form and function are correlated at all levels of organization • Laws of physics set limits on biological morphologies. • Provide and example.
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Video: Shark Eating Seal
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Video: Galápagos Sea Lion
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Video: Hydra Eating Daphnia
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Exchange with the environment • A single-celled protist living in water has a sufficient surface area of plasma membrane to service its entire volume of cytoplasm VS. • Multicellular organisms with a saclike body plan have body walls that are only two cells thick, facilitating diffusion of materials
How do complex animals exchange resources and waste with their environment? Mouth Gastrovascular cavity Exchange Exchange Exchange 0.1 mm 1 mm (a) Single cell (b) Two layers of cells
Internal exchange surfaces of complex animals d o o l B External environment CO2 O2 Food Mouth Animal body 250 m Respiratory system Lung tissue (SEM) Heart Cells Digestive system Interstitial fluid Circulatory system Nutrients Excretory system 100 m 50 m Lining of small intestine (SEM) Blood vessels in kidney (SEM) Anus Unabsorbed matter (feces) Metabolic waste products (nitrogenous waste)
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • In vertebrates, the space between cells is filled with interstitial fluid,which allows for the movement of material into and out of cells • Blood is contained within vessels
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Hierarchical Organization of Body Plans • Most animals are composed of specialized cells organized into tissues that have different functions • Tissues make up organs, which together make up organ systems • Some organs, such as the pancreas, belong to more than one organ system Benefit of complex body plans: helps an animal living in a variable environment to maintain a relatively stable internal environment
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Exploring Structure and Function in Animal Tissues • Tissues are classified into four main categories: • Epithelial • Connective • Muscle • Nervous
Figure 40.5aa 1. Epithelial Tissue Stratified squamous epithelium Pseudostratified columnar epithelium Cuboidal epithelium Simple columnar epithelium Simple squamous epithelium
Figure 40.5ab Apical surface Basal surface Basal lamina 40 m Polarity of epithelia
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. 2. Connective Tissue • Connective tissue mainly binds and supports other tissues • Most diverse tissue type • It contains sparsely packed cells scattered throughout an extracellular matrix • The matrix consists of fibers in a liquid, jellylike, or solid foundation
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • There are three types of connective tissue fiber, all made of protein: • Collagenous fibers provide strength and flexibility • Found in: tendon, ligament, skin, cornea, cartilage, bone, blood vessels, gut, and intervertebral disc. • Elastic fibers stretch and snap back to their original length • Found in: extracellular matrix • Reticular fibers join connective tissue to adjacent tissues • Found in: liver, bone marrow, lymphatic organs
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • Connective tissue contains cells, including • Fibroblasts that secrete the protein of extracellular fibers • Macrophages that are involved in the immune system
Figure 40.5ba Connective Tissue Loose connective tissue Blood…why? Collagenous fiber Plasma White blood cells 55 m 120 m Elastic fiber Red blood cells Cartilage Fibrous connective tissue Chondrocytes 100 m 30 m Chondroitin sulfate Nuclei Bone Adipose tissue Central canal Fat droplets 700 m 150 m Osteon
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • In vertebrates, the fibers and foundation combine to form six major types of connective tissue: • Loose connective tissue binds epithelia to underlying tissues and holds organs in place • Cartilage is a strong and flexible support material • Fibrous connective tissue is found in tendons,which attach muscles to bones, and ligaments,which connect bones at joints
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • Adipose tissue stores fat for insulation and fuel • Blood is composed of blood cells and cell fragments in blood plasma • Bone is mineralized and forms the skeleton
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • 3. Muscle Tissue comes in three types: • Skeletal muscle, or striated muscle, is responsible for voluntary movement • Smooth muscle is responsible for involuntary body activities • Cardiac muscle is responsible for contraction of the heart
Figure 40.5ca Muscle Tissue Skeletal muscle Nuclei Muscle fiber Sarcomere 100 m Smooth muscle Cardiac muscle Nucleus Muscle fibers Intercalated disk Nucleus 50 m 25 m
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. 4. Nervous Tissue • Nervous tissue senses stimuli and transmits signals throughout the animal • Nervous tissue contains • Neurons, or nerve cells, that transmit nerve impulses • Glial cells, or glia, that help nourish, insulate, and replenish neurons
Figure 40.5da Nervous Tissue Neurons Glia 15 m Glia Neuron: Dendrites Cell body Axons of neurons Axon Blood vessel 40 m (Fluorescent LM) (Confocal LM)
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Control and coordination within a body depend on:
The endocrine system • The endocrine system transmits chemical signals called hormones to receptive cells throughout the body via blood • A hormone may affect one or more regions throughout the body • Hormones are relatively slow acting, but can have long-lasting effects
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. The Nervous System • The nervous system transmits information between specific locations • The information conveyed depends on a signal’s pathway, not the type of signal • Nerve signal transmission is very fast • Nerve impulses can be received by neurons, muscle cells, endocrine cells, and exocrine cells
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Concept 40.2: Feedback control maintains the internal environment in many animals • Animals manage their internal environment by regulating or conforming to the external environment
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Regulating and Conforming • A regulator uses internal control mechanisms to moderate internal change in the face of external, environmental fluctuation • A conformer allows its internal condition to vary with certain external changes • Animals may regulate some environmental variables while conforming to others
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Homeostasis • Organisms use homeostasis to maintain a “steady state” or internal balance regardless of external environment • What is maintained at a constant level in humans?
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Animation: Negative Feedback Right-click slide / select “Play”
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Animation: Positive Feedback Right-click slide / select “Play”
Circadian rhythms are an example of alteration of homeostatic conditions
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • Homeostasis can adjust to changes in external environment, a process called acclimatization: • What are some conditions to which we will acclimate?
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Concept 40.3: Homeostatic processes for thermoregulation involve form, function, and behavior • Thermoregulation is the process by which animals maintain an internal temperature within a tolerable range
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Endothermy and Ectothermy • Endothermic animals generate heat by metabolism; birds and mammals are endotherms • Ectothermic animals gain heat from external sources; ectotherms include most invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, and nonavian reptiles • What are the pros and cons of each?
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Variation in Body Temperature • The body temperature of a poikilotherm varies with its environment • The body temperature of a homeotherm is relatively constant • The relationship between heat source and body temperature is not fixed (that is, not all poikilotherms are ectotherms)
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. • Heat regulation in mammals often involves the integumentary system: skin, hair, and nails • Five adaptations help animals thermoregulate: • Insulation • Circulatory adaptations • Cooling by evaporative heat loss • Behavioral responses • Adjusting metabolic heat production
© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Circulatory Adaptations • Regulation of blood flow near the body surface significantly affects thermoregulation • Many endotherms and some ectotherms can alter the amount of blood flowing between the body core and the skin • In vasodilation, blood flow in the skin increases, facilitating heat loss • In vasoconstriction, blood flow in the skin decreases, lowering heat loss
Countercurrent heat exchangers transfer heat between fluids flowing in opposite directions and reduce heat loss