Applied lectures Flashcards
What are camel’s humps made out of? Chem formula?
Tristerin
C57,H110,O6
How do camel’s humps help them go without water?
Fat can turn to water when metabolized
Instead of using their humps, what do camels usually do to conserve water?
- Dry feces
- Condense water in nostrils
What’s so special about the bar-headed goose?
Highest flying goose
What did Dr. McClelland find about bar-headed geese?
High alt + long flight —> drop in blood sugar –> lipolysis
Describe the process of lipolysis
Fatty acids –> muscle cells–> mitochondria–> beta oxidation–> acetyl coa –> krebs
What did Dr. Scott find about bar-headed geese?
Adapted to flying high
- lungs are bigger
- more mitochondria in muscles
- heamoglobin grabs onto oxygen better
- more capillaries in wings
- higher vent rate
How did locusts survive the travel from south africa to here?
Dead ones float on top of water bc of wax coating
Others eat the dead ones
Tap into fats after 15mins
What did Kieren Clarke find?
Stress leads to more metabolism of fatty acids
What effect do ketones have on the body?
Make 38% more glucose
Lowers hunger
Increases endurance
Describe delta G (made by Kieren clarke)?
Less carbs
More ketones
Trick body to burn fat
Bad things about delta g?
Tastes like shit
$$$
Describe how the body normally uses mucus
Globlet cells make mucus
Cilia push mucus out
Airway surface liquid (ASL) provides enough volume for cilia to beat
Describe the CFTR gene (func and location)
Location: long arm of chromosome 7
Function: regulate function of CFTR channels
How do CFTR channels work?
Make Cl- go out
Bring Na+ (and water) in
Maintains ASL
