SLCC Physio Lab Mid-term

Home/o = same stasis = stable

a tentative explanation for an observation

the body’s internal clock

add all #;s and divide by the total count of #’s

middle number

most frequent number

The difference between the highest and lowest. (subtract the 2)

• 1. Find the mean
• 2. Subtract mean from every #
• 3. Square the mean from every #
• 4. Add all #’s together
• 5. Divide by one less than the total #
• 6. Obtain the square root

Accuracy is how close a measured value is to the actual (true) value.

Precision is how close the measured values are to each other. Repeatability

mass(kg)/(height(m))2

Used to detect protein.  The more protein the deeper the blue.

ability to absorb light

• measured to determine if the manipulation of the independent variable had any effect.
• Plot on the y-value

a factor that is manipulated in an experiment

Plot on the x-value

movement of particles from high to low until equilibrium is reached

• 1. Particle size
• 2. Temperature
• 3. Size of concentration gradient
• 4. Barriers and semipermeable
• 5. MembraneViscosity of liquid

can cross the membrane

cannot cross the membrane

diffusion of solutes across a semipermeable membrane

diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane

a measure of the osmotic pressure gradient (as defined by the water potential of the two solutions) of two solutions separated by a semipermeable membrane

• 1. lower concentration of solutes outside the  cell
• 2. water moves into the cell
• 3. hemolyse

• 1. Equilibrium
• 2. No movement

• 1. Higher concentration of solutes outside the
•     cell
• 2. Water moves out of the cell
• 3. Crenate

High to low concentration

biological catalysts

• Lipase : for Lipids
• Amylase : for Carbs
• Pepsin : for protein

substance that enzymes reacts and modifies to form a new product.

detect starch prestances

test for maltose

test for protein

help digest fatty food by emulsifying the fat

the breakdown of large fat globules into smaller, uniformly distributed particles. It is accomplished mainly by bile acids in the small intestine

Check for enzyme-linked antibodies or Antibody Titer

• 1. Antigen
• 2. Wash
• 3. Serum
• 4. Wash
• 5. Enzyme linked antibody
• 6. Wash
• 7. Substrate

specific site of an antigen that causes the production of an antibody

a measurement of how much antibody an organism has produced that recognizes a particular epitope

So it can bind to the antiogen

used to detect specific proteins in the given sample of tissue

increase in overall strength of a contraction that increases motor units

the time the muscle contracts

the time the muscle relaxes

increased rate of stimulus

the time that the muscle sits after stimulis occurred  

a single motor neuron plus all the muscle fibers to which it connects.

The steady state of contractions when muscle stimulation is at a higher frequency.