Wednesday, November 4, 2009

bio (1103) - MaB: feedback flowcharts

went over our unsure charts from yesterday.

the actual diagram had "change" in the middle, and going around in ilke a figure of 8, the top would be the opposite of the bottom.

eg. the top would go.. sense increase in heat -> sends message -> control centre at top -> thingy that does change -> change (negative feedback)

thats a crappy example coz i forget and i cbf getting my book behind me, but you get the point. the bottom would be for decrease in temp.

we compared an oven to a human. ovens have thermostats that detect overheat or underheat? haha and a switch that triggers it to warm up or stop.. this is like a human homeostasis system.

the thing is about these charts though.. is that they focus on only one change, and sensing ambient changes.. but not internal changes.

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