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    Homeostasis: We Run and Run and Run To Stay in The Same Place

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    1. Acidosis occurs when the pH of the blood falls below normal levels, causing the blood to become too acidic. 2. The body uses buffer systems to counteract acidosis and maintain homeostasis. Buffers work to neutralize excess acid in the blood by binding to hydrogen ions. 3. Disruptions to the body's buffer systems can lead to acidosis, which if left unchecked can damage cells and tissues and potentially cause death. The body tightly regulates pH levels to prevent such consequences.

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    Homeostasis: We Run and Run and Run To Stay in The Same Place

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    1. Acidosis occurs when the pH of the blood falls below normal levels, causing the blood to become too acidic. 2. The body uses buffer systems to counteract acidosis and maintain homeostasis. Buffers work to neutralize excess acid in the blood by binding to hydrogen ions. 3. Disruptions to the body's buffer systems can lead to acidosis, which if left unchecked can damage cells and tissues and potentially cause death. The body tightly regulates pH levels to prevent such consequences.

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    1. Acidosis occurs when the pH of the blood falls below normal levels, causing the blood to become too acidic. 2. The body uses buffer systems to counteract acidosis and maintain homeostasis. Buffers work to neutralize excess acid in the blood by binding to hydrogen ions. 3. Disruptions to the body's buffer systems can lead to acidosis, which if left unchecked can damage cells and tissues and potentially cause death. The body tightly regulates pH levels to prevent such consequences.

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    Homeostasis: We Run and Run and Run To Stay in The Same Place

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    1. Acidosis occurs when the pH of the blood falls below normal levels, causing the blood to become too acidic. 2. The body uses buffer systems to counteract acidosis and maintain homeostasis. Buffers work to neutralize excess acid in the blood by binding to hydrogen ions. 3. Disruptions to the body's buffer systems can lead to acidosis, which if left unchecked can damage cells and tissues and potentially cause death. The body tightly regulates pH levels to prevent such consequences.

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    Homeostasis

    We run and run and run to stay in the same place


    A Quick Note
    Focus on understanding the 5 main concepts

    Be able to use examples in a FR question

    Be able to make sense of other situations


    I.e.
    Questions will be like the following: A
    thermostat is used to keep houses
    within a stable temperature. On a hot day the thermostat would most likely
    A. Turn on air conditioning
    B. Turn on the heater
    C. Start a fire in the house

    Not: What is the machine responsible for maintaining stable temperatures in


    a house called
    A. thermostat B. heater C. thingamajiggy
    Homeostasis
    Maintenance of
    stable internal
    conditions

    When external
    conditions change,
    organisms react
    1. Living things have systems to
    maintain homeostasis
    I.e. we maintain:
    Blood concentrations
    Temperature
    Oxygen/CO2 levels
    Nitrogenous waste levels
    Heart rate/Breathing rate
    Water levels
    Etc.
    2. Homeostatic Mechanisms
    Show Common Ancestry
    Related animals show similar control
    mechanisms
    3. Homeostatic Mechanisms
    Show Divergent Evolution
    Mechanisms change over time
    Different groups evolve different solutions to
    the same problem

    I.e. we see both homologous


    and analogous structures
    4. Living Things Use Feedback Mechanisms
    To Maintain Homeostasis
    Negative Feedback Positive Feedback
    Stimulus Stimulus
    Response shuts off Response increases
    stimulus stimulus
    Bigger stimulus
    Bigger response
    Negative Feedback
    More common
    mechanism for
    maintaining homeostasis

    i.e. blood is acidic,


    buffers neutralize it
    Positive Feedback
    Increases intensity
    When a more intense reaction needed to get back
    to homeostasis
    E.g. birth
    5. Disruptions to Homeostatic Mechanisms Lead
    to Disease and Possibly Death
    Homeostasis is
    important
    Group Presentations
    Research one topic that I assign to your group
    Focus on the 5 points – I have made specific suggestions for
    each group
    Know yours well so you could use it as an example on a FR
    Create a brief presentation going over how your topic
    exemplifies the 5 major points presented.
    Write a practice question that focuses on understanding and
    prediction, not memorization of terms, for the end of your
    presentation
    The Worst
    Acidosis is an increased acidity in the blood and other body tissue (i.e. an
    increased hydrogen ion concentration). If not further qualified, it usually refers to
    acidity of the blood plasma.
    Acidosis is said to occur when arterial pH falls below 7.35 (except in the fetus -
    see below), while its counterpart (alkalosis) occurs at a pH over 7.45. Arterial
    blood gas analysis and other tests are required to separate the main causes.
    The term acidemia describes the state of low blood pH, while acidosis is used to
    describe the processes leading to these states. Nevertheless, the terms are
    sometimes used interchangeably. The distinction may be relevant where a patient
    has factors causing both acidosis and alkalosis, wherein the relative severity of
    both determines whether the result is a high or a low pH.
    The rate of cellular metabolic activity affects and, at the same time, is affected by
    the pH of the body fluids. In mammals, the normal pH of arterial blood lies
    between 7.35 and 7.50 depending on the species (e.g. healthy human-arterial
    blood pH varies between 7.35 and 7.45). Blood pH values compatible with life in
    mammals are limited to a pH range between 6.8 and 7.8. Changes in the pH of
    arterial blood (and therefore the extracellular fluid) outside this range result in
    irreversible cell damage.[1]
    Still Pretty Bad
     Acidosis is the condition of
    the blood becoming acidic.
    When this occurs. This is
    caused by a buildup of acid
    which can be very bad for
    cells and tissues.
     The body uses buffers to fight
    against acidosis. They
    neutralize the pH and help
    maintain stability in the body
    Better
    Acidosis – acid in
    blood and tissues

    Buffers – reduce
    acid in blood
    Bind H+

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