Feedback mechanisms HO

Biology, Human and Animal Biology, Age 14-16, Age 16-18

Introduce to feedback mechanisms for students, and used a variety of written descriptions of different examples of feedback mechanisms to get students to practise producing feedback diagrams.


Feedback mechanisms, hormones and the endocrine system Where does the Hypothalamus come in? How the hypothalamus indicates to pituitary: Neuronal to ________________________________ Endocrine to _______________________________ RH = _____________________________________ RIH = _____________________________________ Hormones produced by the Pituitary gland Anterior lobe Abbreviation Name What does it do?  GH    PRL    ACTH    TSH    FSH    LH     Posterior lobe Abbreviation Name What does it do?  (none) Oxytocin   ADH     / Flow diagram of how the Hypothalamus works: Control of Endocrine Function – there are two different feedback mechanisms involved in the control of the endocrine function ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Both of which are designed as self-regulating systems Basic Structure of Feedback Loop ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Positive and negative feedback Biological systems contain many types of regulatory circuits, among which