The more
muscular you
are, the higher
your metabolic
rate
THE LIVER
Detoxifies blood
Turns glucose into
glycogen and
glycogen into
glucose
Deamination of unwanted amino acids.
Deamination is removing the amino group, then
the protein becomes ammonia which is toxic. It is
then turned into urea which is also toxic and
disolved into the blood stream. The kidneys then
filter it, turning urea into urine and it is stored in
the bladder until urination.
AMINO ACIDS
Made up of: Amino group, Rest of
the molecule and variable group.
Amino acids are the
building blocks of protein,
they make up a large
proportion of our tissue.
Photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide + Water -> Glucose + Oxygen
6CO2 + 6H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Photosynthesis happens
in the chloroplasts in the
leaves
Light intensity is
proportional to 1 over
distance squared
Rate of photosynthesis affected
by light intensity (more light
intensity, higher rate of
photosynthesis. Eventually stops
as limited amount of chloroplasts
as plants don't need too much
energy.
Glucose is
soluable ,
plants don't
want it to
osmose out
so they
store it as
starch
Aerobic respiration
During exercise
Heart rate increases
Breathing rate increases
Blood vessels
supplying to
muscles dilate
Temp increases
Glucose + Oxygen -> Carbon dioxide + Water
6O2 + C6H12O6 -> 6CO2 + 6H20
Exothermic reaction- releases energy
Mitochondria
where most
aerobic
respiration
takes place
in cells
These need
Glucose and
oxygen carried in
the blood stream
Uses of Aerobic Respiration
Building large molecules
from smaller ones
mammals and birds
keep steady
temperatures
Muscle contractions- movement
Anaerobic respiration
Glucose -> Lactic Acid
Body releases lactic acid instead of C20 + H2O
Build up of Lactic acid
produces an oxygen debt
Muscles become fatigued and stop contacting properly
Oxygen debt must be repaid so we keep breathing heavily
even after exercising.
Oxygen debt is the amount
of oxygen needed to react
with the accumulated lactic
acid and remove it from the
cells
Blood flowing
through muscles
transports lactic
acid to liver
where it is turned
back into glucose
Occurs when there's not enough
oxygen to react normally. Occurs in cytoplasm.
Produces 1/19th of
the energy aerobic
respiration produces
Uses
When we exercise
Yeast- breaks glucose into ethanol
Fermentation:
Homeostasis
Controlling blood glucose levels
Eating causes glucose levels to rise. causing crenation
insulin secreting
cells stimulated
in pancreas
insulin secreted
insulin stimulates glucose uptake from blood
Glucose levels fall
Exercising causes glucose levels to fall
pancreas stimulates glucagon
glucagon stimulates liver
liver releases glucose (it has
converted from glycogen)
glucose levels rise
It's important to maintain glucose levels as if they're
too high water osmoses in and if they're too low
water osmoses out of cells, damaging them.
Controlling Temperature
The body can control its temperature in a lot of different ways. Eg
When the body is too hot
Sweat glands release sweat which
evaporates, leaving the body cooler.
Vasodilation- capillaries get wider and
this allows warm blood to flow nearer
the surface of the skin where heat can
be lost.
Hairs on arms lie flat so they don't trap heat.
When the body is too cold
Tiny muscles cause hair on
our arms to stick up, they
then trap more warmth,
making us warmer.
Vasoconstriction- capillaries constrict so
blood doesn't flow so near to the surface
and cannot lose heat as easily.
Controlling ion levels
Kidneys responsible for regulating
mineral salts and ion
concentrations
Controlling Water
levels
Kidneys responsible for this, hypothalamus creates thirst.
Controlled by the hypothalamus
Homeostasis is keeping a constant internal enviroment in the body.