Course review
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• Integration lets interacting parts coordinate an overall biological function • Systems interact across molecular, cellular, organ, organism, and ecosystem levels
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• Cells form tissues, organs, organ systems, and whole organisms • Emergent properties arise when subsystems interact, such as gut peristalsis and absorption
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• Organs are integrated by nervous signals, hormones, and blood transport • Transport links nutrients, gases, wastes, hormones, and energy substrates between organs
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• The brain integrates sensory input and coordinates complex responses • Cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, hypothalamus, and medulla have distinct roles
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• The spinal cord links brain and peripheral nervous system • It integrates unconscious processes such as reflex arcs
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• Sensory neurons carry impulses from receptors to spinal cord and brain • Inputs may reach cerebral hemispheres for conscious perception
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• Motor neurons carry impulses from CNS to skeletal muscle effectors • Voluntary muscle contraction is coordinated through cerebral hemispheres
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• Nerves are bundles of sensory and motor nerve fibres in connective tissue • Mixed nerves carry impulses both to and from the CNS
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• Pain reflexes are rapid involuntary withdrawal responses • Reflex arcs use receptors, sensory neurons, relay neurons, motor neurons, and skeletal muscle
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• The cerebellum coordinates timing and force of skeletal muscle contractions • It maintains balance, posture, and smooth learned movements
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• The pineal gland secretes melatonin according to light-dark cycles • Melatonin modulates sleep timing as part of circadian rhythms
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• Adrenal glands secrete epinephrine during stress or danger • It increases heart rate, ventilation, and respiratory substrate availability
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• The hypothalamus links nervous inputs to endocrine control • Pituitary hormones regulate glands including thyroid, gonads, adrenals, and mammary glands
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• Baroreceptors monitor blood pressure; chemoreceptors monitor CO₂, pH, and O₂ • The medulla adjusts sinoatrial node activity by sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves
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• Chemoreceptors detect CO₂-driven pH changes in blood and cerebrospinal fluid • The medulla alters diaphragm and intercostal muscle activity to change ventilation rate
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• The CNS controls voluntary swallowing and egestion • The enteric nervous system coordinates involuntary peristalsis in gut smooth muscle
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