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TEMPERATURE Ranges from +45°C We’ll look at temperature effects on biological systems and adaptations with respect to: temperature regulation - endotherms adjustment to changing temperature adaptations to temperature extremes
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Terminology Ectothermic (Cold-blooded, Poikilotherms) Endothermic (Warm-blooded, Homeotherms) Heterothermic Facultative Hyperthermy Nocturnal hypothermy
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Heat Gain, Loss, and Storage Body heat = heat produced + (heat gained – heat lost) heat produced = metabolism heat gained = radiation, conduction, convection heat lost = radiation, conduction, convection, and evaporation
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Conduction Transfer of heat between to objects in contact with each other Net flow from warmer to cooler May occur within same substance or between two phases
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Convection Transfer of heat through a fluid by mass transport in currents Fluid can be liquid or gas Passive (“free”)—molecules that arise from heating surface Active (“forced”)—air moving over surface carrying away heat
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Radiation Transfer of heat by electromagnetic radiation Emitted by all bodies above absolute zero Amt depends on 4 th power of absolute temperature ( o C + 273)
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Evaporation Energy required to change liquid to a gas Biological systems— water to water vapor (g H 2 O = 585 cal) Water source can be external or internal Always results in heat loss
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T body T amb VO 2 thermoneutral zone lower critical temp.
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Within the zone of homeothermy, below the TNZ Increase H total by: voluntary muscular activity involuntary muscular activity - shivering non-shivering thermogenesis brown adipose tissue - has shunt to allow protons into mitochondria with- out making ATP other futile cycles Thermogenesis
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Distribution of Brown Fat in Newborn Rabbit and Human Infant
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Biochemical Events of Thermogenesis in Brown Fat Tissue
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