BIOB34H3 Lecture Notes - Chemical Synapse, Extracellular Fluid, Sodium-Potassium Alloy
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Study of body functions in a disease state = pathophysiology. Fluid matrix [extracellular fluid & related fluid in the body] = he"s talking about the fluid within the body. Temperature change or bacteria invasion in the body we"re still able to cope. Our bodies allows us to function and carry out our daily tasks. So he showed the mechanism of muscle contraction. Carbon monoxide that is why smoking is so bad! Homeostasis & the mechanism that the body uses to regulate homeostasis: [fig. Protective layer which is the skin for us. Contained within this protective layer [skin] is loads of fluid. Within this fluid are cells which also contain fluid. Homeostasis is the balance between the fluid within the cells compared to the fluid within the protective layer. It"s not like chemical equilibrium where the body is trying to balance out the two systems or the two fluids so that they are identical.
