Core Themes: Mechanisms & processes Flashcards

1
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Nature hates ______

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Gradients

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2
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gluc=

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Glucose transporter

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3
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Gradient: a lot one side, ______

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little on the other

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4
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Gradients and Permeability

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Cells move from high to low, down pressure and concentration gradients, across permeable membranes

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5
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Celluar Differentiation

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Specialization of a cell because of gene expression

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6
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cell membrane mechanisms

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Determine entry of substances, responds to signals

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7
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insulin = ?

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communication signal

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8
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cell to cell communication….

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via membrane receptors

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9
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feedback loops

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homeostatic mechanisms for stability

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10
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Balance

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Replacement of lost substances, elimination of excesses

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11
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energy processes

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Keeps cells active

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12
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Growth

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increase in cell number and size and increase in body size

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13
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Reproduction

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Change in body position/ location; motion of internal organs

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14
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Movement

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Change in body position/ location; motion of internal organs

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15
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Metabolism

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energy production/ nutrient cycling

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16
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Metablism is what?

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all the chemical reactions in your body

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17
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Respiration is what?

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making energy

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18
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Digestion is what?

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Breaking down food into nutrients for absorption into the blood

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19
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Cell growing

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chemical reactions towards your DNA

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20
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cellular respiration is part of what?

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part of metabolism

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21
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What does it do?

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it’s how your body makes energy/oxygen. its a way to take away elections

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22
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Where do electrons come from?

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Food

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23
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When you break down food, you _______

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Break down electrons

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24
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Oxygen =

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electrons keep moving

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What is protein made out of?
Amino acids
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What does your body need
Amino acids
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Digestions takes ______ ______ into _______ ________
complex molecules, simpler molecules
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blood acts as a _______
highway
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Cells need the ____ _____
amino acids
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CO2 can ____ you faster than _____ _____
CO2 can kill you faster than little oxygen
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water has a ______ ______ __________-
high heat capacitator
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Little water makes body temp
unstable
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You can get energy from...?
food (protein, carbs & fat)
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Vitamin is NOT what?
A source of energy
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Water is NOT what?
A source of energy
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Water is inside and outside of what?
cells
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MOST water is inside of...?
the cell
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Life requires what environmental factors?
water, food, oxygen, heat, pressure
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what provides necessary nutrients for energy?
food
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what's the most abundant substance in the body?
water
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what's the environment for metabolic processes?
water
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what's needed for the transport of substances?
water
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water regulates what?
body temperature
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A lot of water keeps body temp ______
constant
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When you get rid of water .......
chemical reactions stop
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what releases energy from food?
Oxygen
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Oxygen is not what?
ENERGY
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Heat is a form of what?
energy
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what helps maintains the body temp? (not water)
heat
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Heat partly controls rate of _______ _______
metabolic reactions
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Whats the application of force on an object called?
Pressure
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Atmospheric pressure is important for...?
breathing
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Hydrostatic pressure keeps...?
blood flowing
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Homeostatic Mechanisms is when the body....
maintains homeostasis though a number of self-regulating control systems
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There are three parts to homeostatic mechanisms, what are they?
Receptors, control centrer, effector
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what detects and provides info about the stimuli?
Receptors
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a decision-maker that maintains set-points is the...
control center
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muscle or gland that responds to the control center, and causes the necessary change in the internal environment
Effector
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Homeostatic mechanisms are based on ......
feed loops
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what is water toxicity?
too much water consumed into your body, which is deadly
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what happens if you don't let body excrete fluid?
it'll harm you
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Main molecules are .... *hint* 95% of atoms are these elements
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
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the main 4 macromolecules are.....
DNA, protein, Lipids, carbs
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What does water have? And do we need them?
IONS, yes
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does distilled water have ions?
no