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What is biology
The study of life
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What are the universal characteristics of living things?
- Responsiveness *Movement
- Digestion *Adaptability
- Respiration *Excretion
- Growth & reproduction *Circulation
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What is the difference between anatomy and physiology? What is the link between them?
- Anatomy is the study body structure.
- Physiology is the study of body function.
- they are interrelated
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What is the relationship between anatomy and physiology?
They are both interrelated
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What is the difference between gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy?
Microscopic anatomy is the study of cells and structures that can only be seen with a microscope. Macroscopic or gross anatomy deals with larger structures that can be seen with the naked eye
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What are the levels of organization?
Organ systems, Organ, Tissues, Cells, Molecules
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What are the thee basic principles of cell theory?
- Cells are the structural building blocks of all plants and animals
- Cells are produced by the division of existing cells
- Cells are the smallest structural units that perform vital functions of the body
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What is histology?
The study of tissues
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What are the four primary tissue types? How do you identify them?
- Epithelial Tissue
- Connective Tissue
- Muscle Tissue
- Neural Tissue
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What is the function of epithelial tissue?
- Covers surfaces
- Lines structures
- Forms secretory glands
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What is the function of connective tissue?
- Fills internal spaces
- Provides structural support
- Stores energy
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What is the function of muscle tissue?
contracts to produce active movement
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What is the function of neural tissue?
- Conducts electrical impulses
- Carries information
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What are the 11 organ systems?
- *Integumentary *Nervous *Lymphatic
- *Urinary *Skeletal *Endocrine
- *Respitory *Reproductive*Muscular
- *Cardiovascular *Digestive
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Integumentary System
Skin
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Endocrine System
Produces hormones
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Lymphatic System
Fight pathogens
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Homeostasis
A relatively constant internal environment
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Components of homeostatic regulation
- Homeostasis
- Receptors
- Control Center
- Effectors
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Negative feedback loop?
Effectors work to bring the body back to homeostasis
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Positive Feedback Loop?
Works to accelerate reaction. Like childbirth
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Prone Position
Laying face down
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Supine
Laying down face-up
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What are the essential functions of body cavities?
Protect internal organs and allow them to change shape
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What are the two subdivisions of the ventral cavity?
- Thoracic Cavity
- Abdominopelvic Cavity
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What is an Atom
Smallest stable unit of matter
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What are the parts of an atom?
- Protons
- Neutrons
- Electrons
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What four elements make up most of the human body?
- Carbon
- Hydrogen
- Oxigen
- Nitrogen
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What is an isotope?
Variants of the same element; same number of protons, but different number of neutrons.
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What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy each of the first three electron shells of an atom?
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Anion
- An ion with an extra electron
- has a net negative charge
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Cation
- is missing an electron
- has a net positive charge
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Three types of Bonds
- Ionic Bond
- Covalent Bond
- Hydrogen Bond
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Ionic bond
oppositely charged ions become attracted to one another
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Covalent Bond
Atoms like carbon with 4 valence electrons wont gain or lose electrons, but can share.
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Hydrogen Bond
When polar molecules like water bond with each other and other substances because of their unequal distribution of electrons.
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Solids
Has fixed volume and fixed shape
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Liquid
Has fixed volume, but random shape
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Gas
random volume and random shape
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What 3 chemical reactions are important in human physiology?
- Decomposition Reactions
- Synthesis Reactions
- Exchange Reactions
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Decomposition Reaction
AB ⇀ A+B
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Synthesis Reaction
A+B → AB
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Exchange Reaction
AB+CD → AC+BD
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Catabolism
Decomposition reactions of complex molecules within the body's cells and tissues.
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Anabolism
The synthesis of new molecules within the body's cells and tissues.
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Hydrolysis
AB+H2O→ A(H)+B(OH)
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What is so great about water
- Lubrication
- Reactivity
- Heat Capacity
- Soluability
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Exergonic Reaction
Reactions that release energy
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Endergonic Reactions
Reactions that require more energy to begin than are released during the reaction
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What is pH?
- The relationship of H+ to OH- on a logarithmic scale.
- 1 hast most H+ (acidic)
- 14 has more OH- (basic)
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Buffer
A substance that stabilizes pH by adding or removing hydrogen ions.
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What is an organic Compound?
a compound containing Hydrogen, Carbon, and usually Oxygen
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Functional Groups
Groups of atoms that occur frequently across many different types of molecules. They greatly influence the properties of any molecule in which they occur.
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Four classes of bio-molecules
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Proteins
- Nucleic Acid
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Carbohydrates
- monosaccharide
- disaccharide
- polysaccharide
- Used for quick energy
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Lipids
- Fatty Acids
- Glycerol
- Steroids
- Long term storage & insulation
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Proteins
- Peptides
- Dipeptides
- Polypeptides
- Muscles structure, hair & nails, enzymes
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Nucleic Acids
- Neuclotides
- DNA
- RNA
- ATP
- Storage of information, information transfer, and high energy
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Dehydration synthesis
(A)H + (B)OH → AB + H2O
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Hydrophillic
Attracts water
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Saturated Fat
All carbon atoms of the molecule are filled with hydrogen atoms.
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Unsaturated Fats
A lipid chain where one or more carbons along the chain have double bonds, and only one hydrogen linked. It causes a bend in the chain
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Cholesterol
Used to maintain cell membrane, and are also important in cell division
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micelle
A phospholipid like molecule with a hydrophillic head and hydrophobic tail
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Denaturation
a temporary or permanent change in the three dimensional shape of a protein.
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Active site
part of an enzyme that accepts substrates
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Substrates
the reactants in enzymatic reactions
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Enzyme Specificity
Enzymes only accept certain substrates. Dictated by size, shape, and charge.
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Differences between DNA and RNA
- Function
- Shape
- Nitrogenous Bases (No U in DNA)
- Number of neuclotides
- Sugars
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What molecule provides energy for the vital functions in a cell?
- ATP
- adenosine triphosphate
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Cell theory
- Cells are the building blocks of all plants and animals
- All new cells result from division of old cells
- Cells are the smallest units that perform all vital physiological functions
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Cytoplasm
The space between the plasma membrane and the nucleus
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Cytosol
The fluid that fills the cytoplasm
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What does the Exoskeleton do?
- Gives strength and support to the cell
- facilitates movement of cellular structures and materials
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What are the five types of proteins found in the plasma membrane
- Anchoring proteins
- recognition proteins
- receptor proteins
- carrier proteins
- channel proteins
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Three basic components of the cytoskeleton
- Microfilaments
- Microtubules
- Intermediate filaments
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Functions of Cillia
Propel fluids or solids across the cell surface
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Chromatin
Loosely coiled DNA prior during interphase
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Chormosomes
Tightly coiled sister chormatids in preparation for cell division
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Genes
are functional units of heredity, a gene has all he nucleotides needed to produce a specific protein
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Dogma of Molecular Biology
- Transcription from DNA to RNA to protein
- Transcription copies of the DNA onto RNA, translation translates the information from nucleotide to nucleic acid form
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mRNA
Transcribes genetic info from DNA and delivers it to the cytoplasm
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rRNA Ribosomal RNA
directs translation of mRNA
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tRNA Transfer RNA
Brings amino acids to the ribosomes that correspond to each codon of mRNA
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Genetic Code
- Information stored in a sequence of base pairs.
- T:A
- C:G
- U=T (No T in RNA)
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Active Transport
Channel Protein requires ATP to move solutes across the plasma membrane
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Selective Permeability of Plasma Membranes
Lipids, CO2, and O2 can pass through freely. Other particles must go through facilitated diffusion or active transport
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Diffusion
The tendency of solutes to become evenly distributed
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Osmosis
The tendency of water to move across a membrane towards the more concentrated solution.
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Isotonic
solutes are equally concentration cell stays the same size
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hypertonic
cell has greater concentration inside, and will swell as water comes in
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Hypotonic
greater concentration outside the cell, the cell will shrivel
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Endocytosis
The bringing of particles into the cell via a vesicle of plasma membrane
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Exocytosis
Expelling of particles via a plasma membrane vesicle
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Phagocytosis
the engulfment of a pathogen in a plasma membrane vesicle, before expelling it from the cell.
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Interphase
time between mitosis, cell prepares for division
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Prophase
- First stage of mitosis
- Chromosomes form
- Nucleus breaks down
- Spindle apparatus forms
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Metaphase
The stage of mitosis where chromosomes line up along the equator
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Anaphase
The stage of mitosis where the chromatid pairs are separated and move towards the opposite poles of the cell
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Telophase
- The final stage of mitosis
- Spindle apparatus disappears
- cellular membranes reappear
- chromosomes disappear
- completion of cytokinesis
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Cancer
A disease characterized by mutations that influence cell division
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Metastasis
Where the growth of a tumor accelerates and malignant cells begin to spread
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Benign Tumor
tumors that remain in their point of origin
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