homeostasis
- maintained by control mechanism
3 components of control mechanisms
detector
- have to constantly check
set point
where you want to be
effector
cruise control
too high blood sugar
- hard on heart
taking (erythropoietin) EPO
living at high altitude
-encourages bone marrow to make RBC
hypoglycemic shock
- bad for brain
detectors for glucostasis
-measure blood sugar in ventricle walls
set-point for glucostasis
- tells pancreas to release insulin
effector for glucostasis
-pancreas and liver
glucostasis
- short therm
3 macro-nutrients
lipo-stasis
- long term
immediately after eating
pancreas releases insulin
insulin
- promotes conversion of sugar to fat
hormone
-chemical messenger
insulin effects
insulin message to liver
-liver takes glucose and turns it into glycogen (starch)
insulin message to adipose tissue
-takes abundance of glucose and turns it into fat
insulin message to all other tissues
-turn glucose into energy required for activity
insulin and brain