1. Review How do the immune systems and endocrine glands help to maintain homeostasis

2. Apply Concepts Describe how the circulatory and endocrine systems of migrating wildebeest help maintain homeostasis

3. Review Define ectoderm and endotherm

CH 28 ANIMAL SYSTEMS II28.4 Homeostasis

Homeostasis

Control of internal conditions Essential to an organism’s survival.

Digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory, nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems are all interconnected and work together to maintain homeostasis.

Endocrine Glands

Regulate body activities by releasing hormones into the blood.

Body Temperature Control

Requires three components: Source of heat Way to conserve heat when necessary Method of eliminating excess heat when necessary.

Ectotherms

Regulate body temperature primarily by absorbing heat from, or losing heat to, their environment

Most reptiles, invertebrates, fishes, and amphibians.

Relatively low metabolic rates when resting- don’t generate much heat

Lack effective body insulation so body heat is easily lost

Warm up by basking in the sun and often use underground burrows.

Endotherms

Regulate body temperature, at least in part, by using heat generated by its body

Birds and mammals High metabolic rates that generate heat, even

when they are resting Conserve body heat primarily with insulating

feathers, fat, fur, or hair Reduce body temperature by sweating and

panting.

Ectotherms need much less food than similar-size endotherms need

Ectothermy is a more energy-efficient strategy in consistently warm environments

Large ectotherms have trouble in cold temperatures trying to warm up.

Evidence suggests that at least some dinosaurs were endotherms

Current evidence suggests that endothermy has evolved at least twice among vertebrates Once in the bird line Once for mammals.