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Coordination in Animals

This document discusses sensitivity and stimulus-response coordination in animals. It provides examples of how animals like Siberian cranes respond to stimuli in their environment, such as migrating to warmer regions in response to cold temperatures. It then explains the general process of stimulus-response, where a stimulus is detected by a receptor and signals a response through the nervous system. Receptors convert the energy of a stimulus into electrical signals that can be transmitted as nerve impulses to effector organs to bring about a response. The two main response systems are the nervous system and endocrine system.

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Coordination in Animals

This document discusses sensitivity and stimulus-response coordination in animals. It provides examples of how animals like Siberian cranes respond to stimuli in their environment, such as migrating to warmer regions in response to cold temperatures. It then explains the general process of stimulus-response, where a stimulus is detected by a receptor and signals a response through the nervous system. Receptors convert the energy of a stimulus into electrical signals that can be transmitted as nerve impulses to effector organs to bring about a response. The two main response systems are the nervous system and endocrine system.

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Before jumping into this chapter we need to understand another important aspect of

coordination which is SENSITIVITY. So this basically means the ability to respond to a change in
their surroundings, which is the stimulus so tht they’re in favorable conditions. So here are
some examples of sensitivity. So some animals like Siberian cranes are cold blooded. So to
escape the cold they migrate to warmer regions like India. The stimulus is the cold, they feel the
cold nd move to india. Also in their own country the food production reduces during winter so
they sense the reduction in food and respond to that change by moving to regions where
there’s plenty of food.
Okay so here’s the definition of stimulus nd response which I’ve explained earlier. So in the
picture you can see the typical example of stimulus and response, a person touching a hot
object and getting burnt. So the heat in the object is the stimulus and the response is
withdrawing your hand from the object so that you make conditions favourable to yourself. Fpr
this guy the favourable condition is not getting scalded but it can also be responding by
continuing to place ur hand on the object so tht u can get scalded nd bunk school.

Okay so here’s another eg to lighten up ur moods. If any one of you is biting ur nails I guess tht
the stimulus is biting ur nails so tht u can while away some time.

So jokes apart, how does the response actually happen after you sense the change in the
surroundings? How is the pathway brought out? So first we have the stimulus, you need the
change to bring abt a response which is detected by a receptor which is a cell or organ that
detects the stimulus. Then dif body activities are coordiated at the right time and signals are
sent to the effector organ which brings abt a response. The signals are nerve impulses which
are ions that move in and out of a neuron which is a nerve cell really quick and brings abt a
really fast response.
Receptors convert the energy of the stimulus, for eg, in this cat its seeing smth, prolly a mouse
as light energy from the retina right? This is converted to electrical energy of the impulses so
tht it can be transmitted. Similarly, once it has eaten the mouse the receptors in the tongue will
detect the chemical energy and convert it to electrical. So here are some of the receptors in the
various organs and dif organs.
Now coming to the dif response systems, what are the organs that bring about a response to
the stimulus. So there r two types nevous system and endocrine system. Not gonna get into
details cz grp 3 already discussed in detail their differences. Thankyou fr making our job easier.

The nervous system is of 2 types – central and peripheral.

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