Question

Please explain how each of the following systems would regain homeostasis when a patient is given anesthesia? (If they can/would be able to)

a) Endocrine system

b) Renal system

c) Digestive system

d) Respiratory system

Answer 1

Anaesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation. There are different types of anaesthesia like local general regional and spinal anaesthesia. All these anaesthetic methods are aimed at to reduce pain. Among this general anaesthesia is very complicated.

In general anaesthesia different phases are there, the events that take place during different phases are loss of consciousness, irregular or depressed Breathing and heart rate, pupil dilation, and breath-holding, vomiting etc.PinterestThere are multiple sites that general anaesthetics can work in the brain. Cerebral cortex, Thalamus, Reticular activating system, and Spinal cord.

Homeostasis is a self-regulating process in which there is a tendency to resist change in order to maintain a stable, relatively constant internal environment. , while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival. Systems involved in homeostasis are

a. Endocrine system

b) Renal system.

c) Digestive system

d) Respiratory system

The endocrine system instructs the kidneys to eliminate urine as part of the excretory system. Insulin, a hormone released from the pancreas, works with the digestive system and maintains energy homeostasis and .liver to break down alcohol from the digestive system. These organs, among many others, carry out their functions; with cues from the endocrine and nervous systems, they help maintain homeostasis.

How the Endocrine system regains homeostasis.

The endocrine system directly injects hormone chemicals into the bloodstream. in circulation, these hormones travel to the different organs of the body, and if their particular target receptors are present cause a desired physiological effect. In anaesthesia the heart is beating differently without any physiological necessity, the endocrine system and homeostasis would be related in that a hormone may slow the heart.

Renal systemThe kidneys are the main organs of homeostasis because they maintain the acid base balance and the water salt balance of the blood.

Digestive system: The Digestive System help maintain homeostasis by breaking down the food into small particles and absorbing the particles into cells. And regulating the water to the large intestine

Respiratory system: By activating central and peripheral chemoreceptors.