homeostasis *all living things must maintain a balance regardless of internal and external...
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Homeostasis *All living things must maintain a balance
regardless of internal and external conditions
Homeostasis• The process of maintaining equilibrium in the cell’s
internal environment, a resistance to change
*This is similar to a thermostat in your home
Important terms to know:
• Solute: substance being dissolved in another substance (often the lesser quantity)
• Solvent: substance that dissolves another substance
Example: Kool-Aid, Which is the solute and which the solvent?
Mixture vs. Compound
• Compound: cannot be easily separated by physical methods
• The chemical/physical properties are totally different than the properties of the parts
•NaCl–Na-very reactive, whitish, Cl-poisonous, green
gas• We know this compound as table salt.
•H2O2 –H2- explosive gas, O2-flammable gas• We know this compound as hydrogen peroxide.
• Mixture: can be easily separated by physical methods
• The chemical/physical properties remain the same
Three types of mixtures:1. Solution: two or more substances in a single
phase, does not settle out, it is mixed evenly – *solute molecules are smaller than in the solvent– ex. Sugar water
Three types of mixtures:
2. Suspension: solute larger than solvent will settle out over time, unless the mixture is constantly stirred or agitated – ex. muddy water-mud
settles when not stirred, particles can be separated
Three types of mixtures:
3. Colloid: particles of solute and solvent are mainly the same size, gel-like– small particles remain
suspended• ex. types of emulsion-oils,
waxes• smoke, fog-liquid in gas
Major part of cells that maintain homeostasis:
• 1. Plasma Membrane:– a. Function: boundary between cell and its environment,
allows steady supply of nutrients to come into the cell and excess wastes out-too much can be harmful
– Cells need nutrients-glucose, amino acids, lipids
• b. Selective permeability: allows some molecules in and keeps others out
• c. Structure: – phospholipid bilayer: two layers of phospholipids back to
back– glycerol, fatty acids, phosphate
• Nonpolar: phospholipids, no charge• Polar: phosphate can dissolve other substances
• (“like dissolves like”…so nonpolar can only dissolve nonpolar)
• Water is polar, so it can interact with phosphate (facing outside of the cell)
• Fatty acids avoid water (face middle of cell membrane)• Hydrophobic: water fearing• Hydrophilic: water loving
• d. Fluid mosaic model: membrane is flexible, proteins create a pattern on the membrane surface
• Transport proteins: allow needed material or wastes to move through the membrane, movement of substances in a mixture
Processes used to maintain homeostasis:
1. Diffusion: net movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration until it reaches equilibrium
*results due to the random movement of particles, a slow process
3 Key factors of diffusion1. Concentration: more concentrated, more rapid
diffusion 2. Temperature: increase in temp. speeds up the
movement of molecules and then diffusion 3. Pressure: increase in pressure, accelerate molecule
movement and diffusion
Goal of cell is to have:• Dynamic Equilibrium: continuous movement of
molecules, same rate in and out of the cell, but no overall concentration change
• Concentration gradient: difference in concentration across space
Processes used to maintain homeostasis continued…
2. Osmosis: diffusion of water across a semi-permeable membrane– water flows to side of cell with less water, where
water concentration is low
– *water continues to diffuse until it is in equal concentration on both sides of the membrane
3 types of solutions, osmosis in cells
1. Isotonic solution: The concentration of solute inside and outside the cell are the same, so water moves in and out of the cell at the same rate– *shape and size of the cell are normal, do not
experience osmosis, water concentration is the same in and out of the cell
3 types of solutions, osmosis in cells
2. Hypotonic: solute concentration is low outside the cell, water concentration or amount is lower inside the cell so water moves into the cell
• *shape and size of cell swells beyond normal
pressure increases, can cause cytolysis • Result: animal cells can burst, plant cells
become firm due to turgor pressure
3 types of solutions, osmosis in cells
3. Hypertonic: solute concentration outside the cell is higher than in the cell, so water concentration or amount is less outside the cell, so water moves out of the cell– *size of cell decrease for animal cells, causes
plasmolysis
Result: animal cell shrinks, vacuole in plant cell shrinks, plant wilts
Turgor pressure vs. plasmolysis vs. cytolysis
• Turgor pressure: in hypotonic cells, when water moves into cell the pressure increases and makes cell rigid
• Plasmolysis: water leaves cell and cell wilts
• Cytolysis: cells take in too much water and burst, only in animal cells
Water regulation in organisms1. Single celled: most found in hypotonic
environments, lakes and ponds*Want to avoid bursting, have contractile vacuoles that act as a pump and remove water by contracting
• 2. Higher level animals: cells in a hypertonic environment: no water, high-salt
– Small portion of cells in the brain shrink and cause thirst• Cells in hypotonic environment drink too much water, low salt
– *Small patch of cells in brain when they swell trigger nerves in kidney and cause kidney tubules to open up and produce more urine
• Passive transport: no energy is needed to move the particles across the membrane
– Ex. Diffusion and osmosis
• Facilitated diffusion: passive transport of materials with the help of proteins–Moves sugars and amino acids