Biology 449 - Animal Physiology August 27, 2008

Lecture 1

Introduction

Course information

Introduction to regulation

The importance of regulation

The “internal environment”

Body compartments

Basic Concepts I

The process of regulation

Balancing rate of gain and rate of loss

Negative feedback loops

Description

Human-built examples

 

Terms to Know

Regulation
Homeostasis
Internal environment
Claude Bernard

Intracellular fluid
Extracellular fluid
Interstitial fluid
Plasma

 Negative feedback
Sensor
Afferent Pathway
Integrating Center
Setpoint
Efferent Pathway
Effector

 

Readings

Lectures 1 & 2: Chapter 1
You may also find it useful to 
review aspects of chapter 2
Lecture 3: Chapter 3, pages 68-85