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1. Hypothalamus detects
2. Hypothalamus secrete TRH into blood
3. TRH binds to target cells in anterior pituitary gland
4. Anterior pituitary gland secretes TSH
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5. TSH binds to thyroid gland to produce thyroid hormones
6. Hormones increase metabolism
7. Negative feedback: thyroid hormones inhibit TRH and TSH
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Adrenal gland
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Module 3 Skeletal muscle
Muscle contraction:
Muscle fibre twitches are all or nothing responses: when contracts, it contracts completely not a
graded response
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Module 4:
Blood clotting:
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Regulation of breathing in humans
Stimulus: when CO2 levels rise, reaction proceeds resulting in blood pH being lowered (<7.4)
Positive cooperativity
- The more O2 attached to the haemoglobin the easier it is for next molecule to attach
- Conversely, when four O2 are bound, and one O2 is unloaded, the other 3 are more readily
unloaded
- Due to positive cooperativity, relatively small shift in bodily issue pO2 results in a large
amount of O2 being released from haemoglobin
o E.g. during exercise pO2 drops in muscle cells, however positive cooperation results
in large increase of blood O2 being supplied to the muscle.