Biology Flashcards
Testosterone
- synthesized in male leydig cell of tests and aid in maturation
- androgen circulate through body promoting secondary sex characteristics
Estradiol
- Primary estrogen in women and synthesized in the theca cells of the ovarian follicle
- INCREASE secondary sex characteristics
- regulations of ovarian cycle
- control of certain metabolic processes
Cortisol
- synthesized in female/male
- INCREASE glycogen synthesis/gluconeoegenesis in skeletal muscle by DECREASE in glucose uptake + DECREASE in protien synthesis + INCREASE protien catabolism
Adipose tissue : INCREASE lipid mobilization and DECREASE glucose uptake
WANTS TO KEEP GLUCOSE IN BLOOD STREAM
Progesterone
- Mainly in females
- Protect Uterline lining
- stimulate mammallary tissues
- synthesis in low level of testes
Gram positive in bacteria
- more peptidoglycan
- stains red/pink
- readily digested by lysosome
- NO outermembrane - EASY TO PENETRATE
Gram Negative
thin Peptidoglycan
- YES to outer memberane - hard to kill/penetrate
Complement system
part of immune system that enhances( complements) the ability of antibodies/phagocytic cells to clear microbes/damanged cells from an organism
microtubule
Alpha-tublulin and beta tubulin
used in mitotic spindles
+ sing= adding and moving away from nucleus
- sign = moving toward nucleus
microfilament
smallest g actin = gobular F-actin = filamentou= polymerized Gactin \+ direction = polymerization - direction = depolymerization
What is the action of endonuclease
it acts on double stranded DNA
DNA measures in what form of energy
UV absorbtion = because single and double stranded DNA absorb different amounts due to base stacking * hyperchromic effect)
Why would replication come to a halt in the absence of topoisomerase?
movement of the replication complex would be energetically impossible
what do topoisomerase do?
it stablixes double stranded DNA that is wound or unwound.
tumor suppressing gene
if gene that leads to a cancer is knocked out gene
topoismerase
DNA becomes overwound when helicase unwinds- so it needs an enzyme to stablize.
without topoisomerase- replication cannot move energentically forward- tight coiling of DNA will halt replication
what is a proto-oncogene?
normal gene that could become an oncogene due to mutation or increase expression
( mneumonic = pro = likely
ongocene = cancer….. put both of them together, likely to develop into cancer)
What is used to open up an existing plasmid so that a new one can be interested
restriction site , but it need a primer
order: primer sequence - restriction site-(gene)
Vacuole
- holds water
- does not contain DNA/RNA
what do mitochondria and choloplasts have in common?
Both are unusual organelles because they contain nuclear encoded with organelles encoded protiens
heterotrophs
use energy derived from another organis’s metabolism
Prototropths
characterized by the ability to synthesize all compounds needed for growth
Mneumoic: = proactive.
C-amp ( cyclic AMP)
- second messenger triggered when a ligand binds to membrane bound receptor
- Through G-protien intermediate, adenylate cyclase enzyme converts ATP –> AMP
Where is adenylate cyclase attached
Adenylate cyclase is attached to inner layer of the phospholipid and not located in the cytoplasm
Gram-negative
- has an outer lipopolysaccaride layer which protects against certain antibiotic
what are cyclins
associated with protien kinase ensures a proper progression of cell division
- are phosphorylated protiens responsible for specific events in cycle divisions such as microtubule formation and chromatin remodeling
what is p53 used for in the cell cycle
P53 is a tumor repressor gene to stop/regulate cell cycle
when there is a p53 missing - the cell cycle goes AWALL and potentially causes cancer
What is congugation in terms of reproduction of cells
= sexual donor F+ ( male) sends its sex pilus to a F- ( female)
Transformation
uptake of DNA from surrounding
tranduction
pass down of genetic material through bacteriphage
What is (+RNA) look like
the same template as mRNA
what does (-RNA ) look like
need to be converted by template mRNA
Lyosome
- hydrolyzes protien, carbohydrate, and nuclecic acid
- pH interior is acidic! ph ~ 5
- has a single lipid bilayer
intermediate filaments
- middle sized compared to microfilaments and microtubules
- 8-12 nm in diameter
- differ based on location ( epithelial cells- keratin ) and ( muscle = desmin)
Where does the signal receptor protien bind
the signal receptor protien minds to tbe signal peptide and brings the protien into the ER
Desmosomes do what?
help maintain the skin barrier
Gap Junction are located where and do what?
Gap junctions are located in the heart
- used for transporting cytoplasmic calcium between cells to allow for synchorinzied contraction of smooth muscle
If you have 30 mmol of D,L glyceraldehyde, what {} D and what [L] do you ahve?
you have 15 mmol D glyceraldehyde and 15 mmol of L glyceraldehyde
If red blood cells lyse the intercellular ions will alter the blood plasma concentration levels because…
there is a higher level of potassium inside rather than outside. the potassium will now be outside since the RBC are lysed, and the plasma concentration will increase.
Cell cycle
Diploid is now much
2n
cell cycle
haploid is how much
n
G1, s, G2 is part of which phase in the cell cycle
Interphase
M in the cell cycle stands for what?
mitosis
Nerve cells are arrested in what phase in the cell cycle and why?
G0 because nerve cells do not divide and are just arrested in that position.
Adhesion
think water in the testtube…
- INTERmolecular attraction - like the water adheres to the side of the testtube–> hence there it makes a concave minicus.
cohesion
attraction to one another “ co-habitly” happens with water.
INTRAmolecular attraction is greater than the intermolecular attraction
+ w/ surgac
cohesion
attraction to one another “ co-habitly” happens with water.
INTRAmolecular attraction is greater than the intermolecular attraction
+ w/ surface tension –> pulls force toward center which makes a dome. `
Lyme’s disease
occurs by ticks = wood ( less wood in urban area)
Where do new blood cells originate from?
bone marrow! New blood cells are originated in the bone marrow
What is the trigger of coagulation?
The releasse of tissue factor from damaged endothelial cells trigger the pathway that ultimately results in clot formation
if someone has an hemmorrhage, there is a loss of blood. what will be affected… ADH or Aldosterone?
ADH?`
- afferent arteriole goes where to the kideny
toward the glomerulus
- efferent artiole goes where in the kindey
away from the glomerulus
define renal plasma flow
the volume of blood delivered to the kidneys per unit time
define glomerular filtration rate?
- how well the kidenys are working - how much blood passes through the glomellucli/minute
define glomerular filtration rate?
- how well the kidenys are working - how much blood passes through the glomellucli/minute
in the kidney what kind of transport system is used?
antiport ( secondary transport)
Calcitrol
important hormone control Calcium homeostatsis- synethesis on the proximal tubule.
glomemular filtration barrier
has podocytes, fenestrated endothelium+ glomerular basement membrane
Aldosterone
acts on the istal convoluted tubule
- promotes sodium reabsoption and water will follow– therefore blood volume increase and increase in blood presure.
- increase potassium and hydrogen excretion as well into the filtrate.
- KEEP THE BLOOD OSMOLARITY THE SAME
ADH (vasopressin0
- MNEUMINIC - Always Digging Holes
- makes H20 leave therefore changes osmolarity and concentrates urine.
example: when dehydrated increase in ADH and INcrease in Aldosterone to converve resourses therefore the Peepee is YELLOW and highly concentrated.
ADH (vasopressin0
- MNEUMINIC - Always Digging Holes
- makes H20 leave therefore changes osmolarity and concentrates urine.
example: when dehydrated increase in ADH and INcrease in Aldosterone to converve resourses therefore the Peepee is YELLOW and highly concentrated.
Arteriole - what is their function
arterioles are far more numerous than artieres and play the largest role in elevation of systemic vascular resistance
Prions
misfolded protien that does not activate the immune system
Bone marrow synthesize what types of cells of the immune system
Bone marrow synthesize B and T lymphocyte.
B mature in the Bone Marrow
T cells migrate to the thymus to mature
Thymus is the only lymphoid organ that does not directly fight antigens why?
because it is a site of maturation site for T lymphocytes precursors because these precursors must be isolated from the foreign antigens to prevent premature activation.
Monocytes and macrophages what types of immune cells?
nonspecific immune cells involved with phagocytosis of foriegn matter
Name the two chains of an immunoglobulin
light and heavy chains = it makes a Y shape
there are some constant regions and others are variable.
What is the constant region involved ?
the constant region is involved with the recrument and binding of other cells of the immune system - macrophage
when antibody bind to target (antigen)
- neutralization the antigen
- clumping together ( aggulationing) - the antigen and the antibody into large+insoluble protien complexes that can be phagozytized
- opsonization - mark pathogen for destruction
CAdherin
- group of glycoprotien that mediate CAlcium dependent cell adhesion –> cadherins often hold similsr types of cell together - such as epithelial cells
E=Epithelial cells = E-cadherein
N-cadherin= nerve cell
- they form tight junctions
Integrin
Mneumonic ( integrates)
- CAM (
Integrin
Mneumonic ( integrates)
- CAM (cell-adhesion molecule) - a group of protien that all have two member spanning chains called Alpha and Beta
- play an important role in cellular signaling and can greatly impact cellular function by promoting cellular d…( FINISH THIS CARDD).
Selectin
MNEUMONIC ( SELECTIVE)
- binds to a carbohydrate molecule that project from other cell surfaces
- expressed on white blood cells and endothelial cells that line the blood vessels
Arteries to which organ normal carry both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood?
LUNG
the pulmonary artery = carrying blood away from theheart to the lung to be oxygenerated. Normally it is deoxygenated.
also recruits blood supply of full oxygenated blod supply
Upon inspiration - diaphragm does what?
Contract
upon expiration - disphragm does what?
relaxes
Total Lung capacity ( TLC) - definition
total amount of air the lung can hold
Tidal Volume
- the amount of air exchnaged in a normal breath
Residual volume
mimimum amount of air that remains in the lung at all times
vital capacity
the maximum amount of air that can be moved in a single respiratory cycle
Define Congugation ( bacterial reproducition”)
MNEUMONIC “ congugal”
sexual reproduction in eukaryotes aka sex pilus
Define Transduction ( reproduction)
transduction is the transferring of information between bacterial species requires a virus as as vector
Define Transformation ( Reproduction
Transformation transforms itself by taking DNA form the surrounding and insert into genome “ Naked DNA” NO VECtOR needed
the central dogma - define
DNA– RNA – Protien
Sense strand RNA
is made of the coding strand
“ it makes sense that it will look like RNA”
antisense strand
- read 3’ –> 5’ but RNA is synthesized 5’ to 3’
Negative sense strand
-viral RNA with base of complementary to that of mRNA. -> during replication it serves as a template for the transciption of the complement RNA and it makes cRNA ( complementary RNA) - serves as a template for protien synethesis
positive sense strand
- complementary RNA which serves as a template fro protein synthesis.
Complement system in the immune system
There are two types of methods
- classical pathway - requires antigen binding
- alternative pathway - requires antibody independent
interferon
a cytokine that can recruit immune responses
Tendons connect what to what
Tendon connect bone to muscle
MNEUMONIC “ meat tenderizer”
Ligaments connect what to what
ligament connects bone to bone
GLUT means what
glucose transporters
GLUT II ( 2)
- low affinity ( HIGH KM)
- high concentration of glucose
- liver takes up extra glucose
- pancreas - uptake glucose - signals insulin to kick in
GLUT 4
high affinity (low km)
- medium or low concentration of glucose
- regulates sugar in body
exocytosis stimulatess insulin
endocytosis inhibits insulin
MNEUMONIC “ 4 greater affinity than 2 … 4 is a greater number than 2”
GLUT 1
low glucose concentration used in ubiquitous tisue
GLUT 2
HIGH glucose concenration action to pancreas and liver
GLUT 4
normal glucose concentration action to adipose, skeletal muscle and cardio muscle
When there is an elevated amount of glucose it goes through ______ tranporter which then ATP is produced and activates the release of insulin
GLUT 2
What are the 4 tenants of the cell theory?
- All living things are composed of cells
- Cells are the basic functional unit of life
- cells only arise from other cells
- cells store information using nucelic acid
Sertoli cells
supportive cells
Leydig cells
secretes testosterone
Totipotent cells
Cells are capable of becoming any cell in the human body or even the placenta
Pluripotent
pluripotent cells are capable of becoming many cells but not all cell types
determined cells
aka ( committed cells) are tired to one lineage .
cannot be turned into any other type of cell.
” its fate it determined”
differntiated cells
have under gone differentiated, which means that they are no longer capable of becoming all cell types
ductus venous
reduce blood flow from the liver
ductus arterisus
reduce blood flow from the lungs
forman ovale
move blood from right artium to left atrium
calcitonin
” tones down” calcium in the blod
parathyroid hormone( PTH)
increaes calcium blood levels
Chymotrypsin
prefenetially cleaves peptide bond next to the large hydrophophic aromatic amino acids
alpha- D- glucose and beta -D-glucose have opposite absolute configurations because…
they are not enantiomers because enantiomers means that every carbon must be different
Chief cell
secrets pepsinogen
MNEUMONIC “( the chief is the main ruler… we need pepsinogen for anything to break down!”
parietal cells
secrets HCL
converts pepsinogen to pepsin ( active form)