Chapter 6: Part 1 Human Systems Flashcards

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What is negative feedback?

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  • mechanism by which the body the keeps a variable stable, maintaining homeostasis
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What is homeostasis?

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  • Tendency to maintain a constant, internal environment (equilibrium)
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What are the 3 components of Homeostasis?

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1) Sensor: Detects change in internal environment
2) Effector: brings condition back to normal
3) Control Center: activates effector based on sensory information

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What are macromolecules?

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  • macromolecules are large complex organic molecules
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What is an organic molecule?

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  • Molecules that contains C bonded to H and other atoms like O, S and N
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What are the 4 classes of macromolecules?

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1) Carbohydrate
2) Lipids (fat)
3) Proteins
4) Nucleic Acids

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Are macromolecules polymers? Why or why not?

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  • They are polymers (poly=many)
  • Long molecules formed by linking small similar subunits (monomers) together
    ex) A-A-A-A , linking railroad cars to form a train
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What are the 2 processes of complex macromolecules?

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1) Dehydration Synthesis (lose water)
2) Hydrolysis (gain water)

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Explain what is and the process of Dehydration Synthesis

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  • Assembling
  • chemical reaction that BUILDS macromolecules
    ( A+B —> AB + H2O)
    Process:
  • 2 smaller molecules are joined together by removing H2O molecule
  • OH- from one subunit and H+ from the other subunit
  • requires enzyme to speed up the reaction
  • “Anabolic” reaction (smaller —> large)
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What is hydrolysis? What is the process

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  • chemical reaction that BREAKS down macromolecules into their subunits by adding H2O
    Process:
  • H+ from water is attracted to one subunit and the OH- group is bonded to another subunit (breaking a covalent bond in the macromolecule)
  • AB + H2O —> A+ B
  • requires enzymes
  • “Catabolic” reaction (larger than—> smaller)
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Match the processes:
Catabolic reaction, Anabolic reaction, Hydrolysis, Dehydration Synthesis

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Anabolic reaction = Dehydration Synthesis
Catabolic reaction = Hydrolysis

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What is an example of a subunit of Carbohydrates?

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  • sugars (such as glucose)
  • polymers of glucose
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What is a main function of carbohydrates

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  • energy storage
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what is an example of a macromolecule in carbohydrates

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  • sugars
  • starches
  • glycogen
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Examples of subunits in Lipids

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  • glycerol and three fatty acids
  • glycerol with two fatty acids
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What is the main function of Lipids

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  • energy storage
  • cell membranes
  • transport blood
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What is an example of macromolecules in Lipids

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  • fats
  • oils
  • phospholipids
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What are examples of subunits in proteins?

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-polymers of amino acids

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What are the main functions of proteins

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  • clotting
  • support
  • immunity
  • catalysis
  • muscle action
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what are example of macromolecules in proteins

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  • hemoglobin
  • fibrin
  • collagen
  • antibodies
  • enzymes
  • actin
  • myosin
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What are subunits for Nucleic acid

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  • polymers of nucleotides
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what is the main function of nucleic acid

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  • transfer and expression of genetic information
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Examples of macromolecules in Nucleic Acid

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  • DNA and RNA
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What molecules are in carbohydrates? to what ratio?

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  • C: H:O
  • 1: 2: 1
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25
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How is carbohydrates made?

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  • produced by photosynthesis
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What are the types of carbohydrates?

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1) Simple Sugar
a. monosaccharides
b. disaccharides
2) Complex Sugar
a. polysaccharides

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What is a monosaccharide

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  • Simple sugar (mono=1)
    ex) glucose, fructose, galactose, all C6H12O6
  • Can have 3-7 C’s or pentose (5C)
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What does isomers mean

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  • same molecular formula, different structural formula
  • so different chemical properties (same chemical amount but different arrangement)
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What is a disaccharide

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  • a simple sugar as well
  • 2 monosaccharides joined together by dehydration synthesis
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30
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what are 3 important disaccharides ?

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1) malt sugar/ honey = glucose + glucose
2) lactose = glucose + galactose
3) sucrose = glucose + fructose

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What are the 3 important monosaccharides

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1) glucose
2) fructose
3) galactose

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What are polysaccharides and examples and their roles

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  • Complex carb - many linked simple sugar
    ex) glycogen, starch, cellulose
    Roles of each:
    1) glycogen - storage form of carbs in animals
    2) starch - storage form of carbs in starch
    3) cellulose - in plants (insoluble fibre in plant cell walls)
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What are lipids and their functions

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  • diverse group of macromolecules
  • contains C-H-O
  • Non-polar (equal sharing of electrons) makes them all insoluble in water
  • glycerol = 3 carbon chain
  • 3 fatty acids
    FUNCTION:
    fats and oils - long term energy storage molecules
    -Phospholipid - cell membranes
  • Steroids - sex hormones, estrogen and testosterone
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Explain saturation for lipids

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Saturated: only single C-C bonds, maximum amount of H’s making it very stable
Unsaturated: has double C=C or triple C bonds (C =_C) , easier to breakdown

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35
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What are 2 types of lipids

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1) Fats
- solid
-Long saturated fatty acids
- carries cholesterol
2) Oils
- liquid
- short unsaturated fatty acids
- no cholesterol
- usually in plants

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Difference between saturated and unsaturated

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1) saturated
- C-C only single bonds
- saturated with H bonded ti the maximum # of H atoms
- Fat is solid at RT
- In animals
- Associated in cardiovascular **
- diseases
2) Unsaturated
- C=C double bonds
- not saturated with H- not bonded to the maximum # of H Fat us liquid at RT
- Plant
-Healthier choice

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What are proteins

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  • C, H, O, N, S
  • produced by ribosomes
  • make up most cellular structures
  • Most abundant organic molecule
  • energy is not a main function
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What are the functions of proteins

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  • Transport = hemoglobin (O2 carrying molecule in blood)
  • Blood clotting = fibrin
  • Support = collagen
  • Immunity = antibodies
  • Catalysts - enzymes
  • Muscle Action = actin and myosin
  • Chemical messengers = some hormones
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What is the subunit of proteins and why is it important?

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  • subunits are amino acids
  • the R-group is unique to each amino acid
  • makes 20 amino acids in total in the body ( body makes 11, 9 from diet)
  • amino acids are bonded together in long chains to form proteins (by dehydration synthesis)
40
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What is the bond between amino acids called?

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  • peptide bond
41
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What happens to attraction and repulsion of R-groups in amino acids

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  • charged R-groups attract water (outside of protein - enzymes, hemoglobin)
  • uncharged R-groups repelled by water (outside of protein - Keratin in fingernails)
42
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What are nucleic acids?

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  • contain the chemical code that directs growth and development
  • transfer and expression of genetic information
  • consists of long chains if linked subunits called nucleotides
  • Subunits contain Phosphate, five-carbon sugar, nitrogen containing base
    2 types:
    DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid
  • contains genes , information needed to build the cell
    RNA: ribonucleic acid
  • involved in making protein
43
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What are vitamins

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  • organic compounds that often helps enzymes function
  • small amounts needed by body fir tissue development, growth, and resistance tissue disease
  • vitamins are COENZYMES - chemicals needed to make enzymes function
44
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What are minerals

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  • inorganic compounds
  • small amounts needed for body
  • help some chemical reaction to happen
  • help build bones/cartilages
  • readily absorbed into bloodstream
  • essential parts of molecules such as hemoglobin, hormones, enzymes, and vitamins
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What are enzymes

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  • protein catalysts
  • have specific “substrates” = molecule on which an enzyme works ex) lactase —> lactose
  • have an active site to which substrate attaches
  • they are reusable (do not get consumed)
  • may be assisted by coenzymes (vitamins) to help bind substrates or cofactors (from inorganic minerals)
  • identified by the suffix - “ase” which is added to the name of the substrate (the molecule on which the enzyme works) ex. carbohydrases break down carbohydrates
46
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What is denatured in enzymes?

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  • high temperature proteins lose their 3D shapes and can no longer carry out their functions
47
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What are factors that affect enzymes?

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  • temperature
  • pH
  • substrate molecule concentration
  • inhibitors (something that stops it)
48
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What does temperature do with enzymes

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  • may help increase enzyme activity
  • but high temps may cause the enzyme to be denatured
49
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What are examples of pH’s of enzymes in specific places in the body

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  • each enzyme has their desired pH level to work functionally
    ex) stomach = 2
    mouth = 7
    intestine = 8
50
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What are substrate concentration?

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  • reactions occur faster with more substrate until mac speed and concentration reached
51
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What are competitive inhibitors

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  • interferes with active site of enzyme so substrate cannot bind
52
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What is a feedback inhibitor?

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  • when the competitive inhibitor is often the end product of the enzymatic reaction. As more end product is created and binds to the active site, enzyme activity is inhibited.
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what are Non-competitive inhibitors?

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  • changes shape of enzyme so substrate cannot bind
  • inhibitor is attached to the allosteric site changing the shape of the enzyme
54
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What is digestion and ingestion

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ingestion- taking in nutrients
digestion - breaking down nutrients

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What are the important parts of the mouth?

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1) tongue
2) teeth
3) salivary glands
4) pharynx
5) esophagus
6) sphincters. a) esophageal sphincter b) pyloric sphincter

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What does the tongue do?

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  • mechanical digestion
  • contains taste buds
  • mixed food with saliva to form it into bolus
57
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What does the teeth do?

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  • mechanical digestion
  • creates greater surface area for enzymatic reaction
58
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what do salivary glands do?

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  • chemical digestion
  • produce saliva (1L/day)
  • moisten food
    *** salivary amylase - breaks down starches into disaccharides
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What is salivary amylase?

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  • breaks down starches into disaccharides
60
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What are pharynx and epiglottis

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P - place where nasal and oral cavities meet. *** Last place where digestion is voluntary
E - covers trachea (wind pipe) when food is swallowed.

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What is the esophagus

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  • pushes the bolus toward the stomach
  • uses peristalsis which is smooth muscle contraction
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What is sphincters and the different types

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  • it controls the passage way of materials with smooth circular muscle
    1. Esophageal Sphincter: controls the opening from the ESOPHAGUS to STOMACH
    2. Pyloric Sphincter: controls the opening from the STOMACH to SMALL INTESTINES
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What type of digestion happens in the stomach: mechanical or chemical?

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  • both
  • mechanical: churns food
  • chemical: releases enzymes
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What is rugae? where is it found

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  • found in the inner folds of the stomach lining
  • increases surface area for reactions
65
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what protects the stomach from acids going into the stomach

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mucus

66
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What are gastric juices and what do they include

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  • include H2O, mucus, salts, enzyme, HCl )hydrochloric acid)
  • they help kill bacteria and soften food
67
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what is the pH of the stomach and why

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  • 1-3
  • the acidic environment helps breakdown food and with digestion
68
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What enzyme break down proteins in the stomach?

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  • pepsinogen (inactive) when it comes in contact with HCl it becomes pepsin (active)
  • breaks down proteins into polypeptides
69
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what is chyme

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  • thick liquid made in the stomach after peristalsis pushes the food to the bottom of the stomach churning it and mixing with gastric juice
  • churned food + gastric juice = chyme
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What is gastric juice responsible for

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  • chemical digestion in the stomach
71
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What is bile?

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  • emulsify fats (cause it to form tiny globules)
  • those globules have large surface area: to volume ratio so that lipase (enzymes for fats) can work with them more effectively
72
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where is bile made and stored

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  • made: liver
  • stored: gall bladder
73
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what triggers bile to be released

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  • when the chyme in the duodenum stimulates the gallbladder it releases the bile
74
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what is found in the surface of small intestines

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  • villi (microscopic is microvilli)
  • increases the surface area of absorption
75
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most absorption takes place in the ____

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small intestine

76
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which macromolecules are actively transported in the villi

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  • glucose(carbohydrate) and amino acids(protein) are actively transported and sent to the blood vessels
77
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what macromolecules are transported through diffusion in the villi of the small intestine

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  • fats (glycerol and 3 fatty acids)
  • they diffuse into the intestinal wall and resynthesized into fats then get coated with proteins
  • eventually going to the lymph vessels
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what happens when acidic chyme arrives in the small intestine

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  • duodenum secretes SECRETIN, CCK (cholecystokinin), and GIP (gastric inhibitory peptide)
  • these hormones decrease stomach contractions so no additional chyme can enter the stomach until previous one is digested
79
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what is the colon

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  • main function is to eliminate waste
  • absorbs water
  • includes nutrients/vitamins (B-12 and K)
80
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what are protections of the stomach (3)

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  1. does not secrete gastric juices until food is present
  2. secretes mucus which prevents gastric juice from harming the inside of the stomach
  3. produces a protein digesting enzyme (pepsin) which only becomes active when HCl is present
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what is are the function of small intestine

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  • complete digestion of macromolecules
  • absorb macromolecules subunits
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what are the parts of the small intestine

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  1. duodenum
    - 30 cm
    - u shaped
    - shortest but widest of them all
    - physical digestion occurs and chemical digestion
  2. jejunum
    - continues to break down food
  3. ileum
    - contains smaller villis
    - absorbs remaining nutrients then pushes undigested materials into the large intestine
83
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which part of the small intestine pushes undigested materials into the large intestine

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  • ileum
84
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What are pancreas

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  • deliver 1L of pancreatic fluid to the duodenum each day
  • contains ENZYME
  • has bicarbonate which helps neutralize HCl in the stomach
  • pH of 8
    like:
    1. pancreatic amylase - carbohydrate
    2. trypsin and chymotrypsin - for proteins
    3. lipase - fats
85
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what is the main function of the respiratory system

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  1. to ensure that O2 is brought to each cell in the body
  2. CO2 is removed from cells and body
86
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What does the upper respiratory tract include

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  1. nostrils
  2. nasal passages
  3. pharynx
  4. glottis
  5. larynx
  6. trachea
87
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what does the lower respiratory tract include

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  1. bronchi
  2. bronchioles
  3. lungs
  4. alveoli
88
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what are alveolis? why are they effective?

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  • tiny clusters located at the end of bronchioles
  • they are the site of gas exchange
    They are effective because:
    1. they are enclosed by a single celled membrane
    2. surrounded by capillaries (blood vessels)
    3. membranes kept moist by a lubricating substance called surfactant
89
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what prevents bad particles in the respiratory system

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  1. cillia: traps pathogens
  2. mucus: moisten air and trap pathogens
  3. coughing: forces the particles out of the
90
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What is external and internal respiration

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external: exchange of gases between the lungs and the blood
internal: exchange of gases between the blood and cells

91
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how does air go in and out of the lungs

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  • due air pressure
    1. diaphragm located in the floor id the thoracic cavity
    2. rib muscles (intercostal muscles)
92
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what happens to the 2 components during inhalation and exhalation

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inhale:
1. rib muscle contract causing the ribs to form up and out
2. diaphragm contracts going down

exhale:
1. ribs relax and move down
2. diaphragm relax and moves up

93
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what is a Spirograph

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  • represents the amount of air that mo es into and out of the lungs with each breathe