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Chapter 1: General Principles & Energy Production Flashcards

1
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What does the GI System Do?

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Digests and absorbs food

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What does the Respiratory System Do?

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Takes up oxygen and eliminates carbon dioxide

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What does the Cardiovascular System do?

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Distributes nutrients, oxygen, and the products of metabolism

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What does the Reproductive system do?

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perpetuates the species

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5
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What does the nervous+endocrine systems do?

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coordinate and integrate functions of the other systems

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6
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What is the average young males body make up?

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18% protein, 7% mineral, 15% fat, 60% water

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7
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What can body fluids be divided into?

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intracellular and extracellular fluid

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8
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What contains a very small amount of total body fluids

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transcellular

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9
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Are electrolytes and proteins distributed equally or unequally among the body fluids?

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unequally

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10
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What charge does protein have at physiologic pH?

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negative

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11
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What are the cells that make up the bodies of all but the simplest multicellular animals called?

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extracellular fluid

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12
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From extracellular fluid, what is taken up and discharged?

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oxygen and nutrients are taken up and metabolic waste products are discharged

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13
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Where did all life originate from?

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the ocean

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14
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What is the ECF divided into in animals with a closed vascular system?

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interstitial fluid, circulating blood plasma, and lymph fluid that brides these two

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Where is the interstitial fluid part of the ECF?

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outside the vascular and lymph systems, bathing the cells

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16
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What makes up total blood volume?

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plasma and red blood cells

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17
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How much of the total body water is extracellular?

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one third

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18
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How much of the total body water is intracellular fluid?

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two thirds

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19
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What is the buildup of body fluids extracellularly or interstitially in tissues called?

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Edema

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20
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What is the increased fluid of edema related to?

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Increased leak from the blood or increased removal by the lymph system

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21
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How much does the intracellular component of body water account for?

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40% of body weight

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22
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How much does the extracellular component of body water account for?

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20% of body weight

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23
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What percentage of the extracellular component accounts for the vascular system?

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25% of body weight (plasma=5%) and 75% outside the blood vessels

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24
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What is the total blood volume

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8% of body weight

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25
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What is more meaningful to consider when talking about important substances and interactions among them?

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number of molecules, electrical charges and particles of a substance per unit volume of a particular body fluid. IE moles, equivalents, or osmoles

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26
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What is a mole?

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A gram-molecular weight of a substance that is the molar weight of the substance in grams

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27
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What is a millimole (mmol)

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1/1000 of a mole

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27
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What does each mole consist of?

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6x10^23 molecules

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28
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What is the micromole (umol)

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1/1,000,000 of a mole

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What is the standard unit for expressing the amount of substances in the SI unit system?

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The mole

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30
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What is the molecular weight of a substance?

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The ratio of the mass of one molecule of the substance to the mass of one-twelfth the mass of an atom of carbon-12

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31
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Is molecular weight a ratio that is dimensionless?

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yes

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32
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What is a useful unit for expressing the molecular mass of proteins?

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The kilodalton

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33
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What is in the form of an electrically charged particle in the body?

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solutes

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34
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What does one equivalent of NaCl dissociate into?

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1 Eq Na+ and 1 Eq of Cl-

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35
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Is electrical equivalence the same as chemical equivalence?

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no

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36
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What is an ideal solvent for physiological reactions?

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water

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37
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Explain the dipole moment that the water molecule has?

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oxygen (-) in the molecule pulls electrons away from the hydrogen (+) atoms which makes the molecule polar. This allows water to dissolve charged atoms and molecules

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38
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What does the hydrogen bonding in water allow for?

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high surface tension, high heat of vaporization/heat capacity, and high dielectric constant

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39
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What transfers heat and conduction of current?

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water

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40
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What are electrolytes?

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Molecules that dissociate in water to their cation and anion equivalents

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41
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The separations in electrolytes and proteins that are unevenly distributed in body fluids play an important role in the establishment of what?

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membrane potential and action potential

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42
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What are some of the important electrolytes in physiology?

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Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl-, HCO3-

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43
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What is essential to life?

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The maintenance of a stable hydrogen ion concentration in body fluids

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44
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What is pH of water at 25 degrees C in which H+ and OH- ions are present in equal numbers?

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7.0

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45
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In the pH of healthy individuals, pH is slightly alkaline and maintained at what range?

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7.35-7.45

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46
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What is sensitive to pH?

A

enzymatic activity and protein structure

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47
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What is an acid?

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molecules that act as H+ donors

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48
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What is a base?

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molecules that remove H+ from solutions

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49
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What completely dissociates in water?

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strong acids and strong bases

50
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How is body pH stabilized?

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By the buffering capacity of the body fluids

51
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What is a buffer?

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A substance that has the ability to bind or release H+ in solution which keeps the pH of the solution relatively constant despite the addition of acids or bases

52
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What is the isohydric principle?

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All buffer pairs in a homogenous solution are in equilibrium with the same H+

53
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What is the excess of acid?

A

acidosis

54
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What is the excess of base?

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alkalosis

55
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How does acid-base disruption impact the body?

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It impairs the delivery of oxygen to and removal of carbon dioxide from tissues

55
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What are metabolic disorders that have to do with acid-base imbalances?

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metabolic acidosis and metabolic alkalosis

56
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What is diffusion?

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The process by which a gas or substance in a solution expands or moves from a region to another because of motion of its particles to fill the available volume

57
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When is a particle likely to move into or out of an area?

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When it is present in high concentration

58
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What is net flux?

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When solute particles from areas of high concentrations move to areas of low concentration

59
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What is Fick’s law

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The difference in concentration of the diffusing substance divided by the thickness of the boundary

60
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What is the concentration gradient?

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The magnitude of the diffusing tendency from one region to another separated by a boundary

61
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What is osmosis?

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The diffusion of solvent (often water) molecules into a region where there is a higher concentration of a solute (often sodium) to which the membrane is impermeable

62
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What is osmotic pressure?

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The pressure necessary to prevent solvent migration

63
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What does osmotic pressure depend on?

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The number of particles in a solution rather than the type

64
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What is an ideal solution?

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Osmotic pressure is related to temperature and volume in the same way as the pressure of a gas

65
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What determines osmotic capacity?

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The concentration in the body fluids. The more concentrated the solution, the greater the deviation from an ideal solution

66
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What is osmolarity?

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The number of osmoles per L of solution. it is affected by volume of solutes in solution and temperature.

67
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What is osmolality?

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The number of osmoles per kg of solvent

68
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What is the freezing point of normal human plasma?

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-0.54 degrees C

69
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What is tonicity?

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The osmolality of a solution relative to plasma

70
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What is isotonic?

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Solutions that have the same osmolality as plasma

71
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What is hypertonicc?

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Solutions that have greater osmolality than plasma

72
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What are the major electrolytes of plasma?

A

glucose and urea

73
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What is a nucleoside?

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A sugar linked to a nitrogen containing base

74
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What are the physiologically important bases?

A

purines and pyrimidines (rings)

75
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When an inorganic phosphate is added to a nucleoside what is formed?

A

nucleotide

76
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What are the backbones for RNA and DNA

A

nucleosides and nucleotides

77
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What are most purines and pyrimidines synthesized from?

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amino acids in the liver

78
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What are the pyrimidines catabolized into?

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B-amino acids

79
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What is the normal blood uric acid levels in humans?

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4 mg/dL or 0.24 mmol/L

80
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Where is uric acid reabsorbed, filtered, and secreted?

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the kidneys

81
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How much uric acid is filtered?

A

98%

82
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How much uric acid is secreted?

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2%

83
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What is gout?

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A disease characterized by recurrent attacks of arthritis; urate deposits in the joints, kidneys, and other tissues; and elevated blood urine uric acid levels

84
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Where is DNA found?

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In bacteria, nuclei of eukaryotic cells, and in mitochondria

85
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What is DNA made up of?

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Adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine

86
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What is DNA further compacted into?

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chromosomes

87
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What is the fundamental unit of DNA?

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gene; sequence of DNA nucleotides that contain the information for the production of an ordered amino acid sequence for a single polypeptide chain

88
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What is near the transcription start site of the gene?

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promoter; the site where RNA polymerase and its cofactors bind

89
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How many alleles will each gene have in a diploid cell?

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two

90
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SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) changes within or outside the coding region can do what?

A

have great consequences for gene function

91
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When do gene mutations occur?

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When the base sequence in the DNA is altered from its original sequence

92
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How do alterations occur?

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insertions, deletions, or duplications

93
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What are point mutations?

A

single base subsitutions

94
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What is a genome?

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A collection of genes within the full expression of DNA from an organism

95
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What is mitosis?

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somatic cell division where two DNA chains separate, each serving as a template for the synthesis of a new complementary chain. The DNA chain in each new daughter cell is the same as the parent cell

96
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What is mitosis catalyzed by?

A

polymerase

97
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What is meiosis?

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Reductive division which takes places during maturation. Half the DNA from the father and half from the mother result in a zygote.

98
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What is aneuploidy

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The condition in which a cell contains other than the haploid number of chromosomes or an exact multiple of it (common in cancerous cells)

99
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How does RNA differ from DNA?

A

It is single stranded, has uracil in place of thymine, and its sugar is ribose

100
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What is the production of RNA to DNA?

A

Transcription

101
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What is transcription catalyzed by?

A

RNA polymerase

102
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What is translation?

A

Protein synthesis with mRNA

103
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What are nutritionally essential amino acids?

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Amino acids that cannot be made in the body ie arginine and histidine

104
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How many amino acids make up a protein?

A

100 or more amino acids

105
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What are proteins made up of?

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Large numbers of amino acids linked into chains by peptide bonds joining the amino group of one amino acid to the carboxyl group of the next

106
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What are smaller chais of amino acids called?

A

peptides or polypeptides

107
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What is translation?

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The process of protein synthesis. Conversion of information encoded in mRNA to a protein

108
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Where does translation start?

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In the ribosomes

109
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Translation stops where?

A

UGA, UAA, or UAG

110
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What are fatty acids broken down into in the body?

A

acetyl-CoA

111
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What does Acetyl-CoA condense to form?

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acetoacetyl-CoA

112
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What is a ketone body?

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compounds that the liver produces when the body metabolizes fat for energy (acetoacetate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and acetone

113
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Two types of lipids in cells are

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structural lipids and neutral fat

114
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What are free fatty acids bound to?

A

albumin

115
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What are water insoluble vitamins?

A

A, D, E, K

116
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What is an essential constituent of cell membranes?

A

cholesterol

117
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How do statins work?

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They reduce cholesterol synthesis by inhibiting HMG-CoA

118
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What are the essential fatty acids

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linolenic, linoleic, arachidonic

119
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Why are essential fatty acids necessary?

A

They are precursors of prostaglandins, lipoxins, leukotrienes and other compounds

120
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What are prostaglandins

A

series of 20-carbon unsaturated fatty acids containing a cyclopentane ring. Important in female reproduction, cardio system, inflammation, and causation of pain

121
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