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1
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Necessary life functions:

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  1. Maintains boundaries
  2. Movement
  3. Responsiveness
  4. Digestion
  5. Metabolism
  6. Excretion
  7. Reproduction
  8. Growth
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Responsiveness

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Ability to sense changes in the environment and respond

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Digestion

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Breaking down food into molecules that can be absorbed by the bloodstream

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Metabolism

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Chemical reactions that occur within the body’s cells

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Excretion

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Process of removing waste from the body

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Reproduction

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Occurs cellularly and organismally

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Homeostasis

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Maintaining internal conditions in response to external stimuli
blood sugar example

Involves receptor, control center, and effector

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Negative Feedback Loop

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Output will shut off original stimulus or reduce the intensity

EX: blood sugar

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Positive Feedback Loop

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Enhances the original stimulus so that the response it accelerated

EX: childbirth

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10
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Matter

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Anything that occupies space and has mass

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Solids

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Definite shape and volume

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Liquids

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Definite volume but shape takes form of container

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Gas

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Neither definite shape nor volume`

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14
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Electrical Energy

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Results from movement of charged particles

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15
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Mechanical Energy

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Directly involved in moving matter

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16
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Radiant Energy

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Travels in waves

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17
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Chemical Energy

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Stored in the bonds of chemical substances

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18
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Kinetic Energy

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Energy in motion

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19
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Potential Energy

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Stored energy

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20
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Elements that compose the majority of the body:

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Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen

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What drives electrons in chemical reactions?

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Octet Rule: atoms desire 8 electrons in their valence shells

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22
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Ionic Bond

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Formed by the transfer of one or more electrons from one atom to another

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23
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Anion

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Atom that gains an electron- negative charge

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24
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Cation

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Atom that loses an electron- positive charge

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25
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Covalent Bond

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Formed by the sharing of electrons

-polar: unequal
-nonpolar: equal

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Electronegative

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Greater electron-attracting capability

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Electropositive

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Less electron-attracting capability

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Hydrogen Bond

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Attraction between electropositive hydrogen of one molecule and the electronegative atom of another molecule

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Synthesis Reactions

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Building things up or combining atoms/molecules

30
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Decompositon Reactions

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Breaking down or reducing a larger molecule into simpler molecules

31
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Reduction-Oxidation Reaction

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OIL RIG

EX: Cellular respiration

32
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Biochemistry

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The study of the chemical composition and reactions of living matter

33
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Inorganic

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Chemicals in the body that don’t contain carbon

EX: water, salts, acids and bases

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Organic

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Molecules unique to living systems that contain carbon

35
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Water properties:

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  1. High heat capacity
  2. High heat of vaporization
  3. Polar solvent properties
  4. Reactivity
  5. Cushioning
36
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Salts

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Contain cations other than Hydrogen and anion other than Hydroxyl; when dissolved in water, they dissociate into their component ions

37
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Salts in body:

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Calcium Phosphates are responsible for making bones and teeth hard.
Electrolytes of sodium/potassium are critical for nerve impulses and muscle contractions.

38
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Acids

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Substances that release hydrogen ions in detectable amounts

39
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Bases

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Substances that take up hydrogen ions in detectable amounts

40
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pH Scale

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Neutral= 7
>7 basic
<7 acidic

41
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Buffers

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Resist abrupt and large changes in pH

42
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Carbonic Acid-bicarbonate System

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When pH rises and blood becomes basic, carbonic acid dissociates to release protons.
When pH drops and blood becomes more acidic, the bicarbonate binds to those protons.

43
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Carbohydrate

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Provides ready, easy-to-use sources of fuel

44
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Starch

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Storage carbs formed by plants

45
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Glycogen

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Storage carbs formed in animal tissues

46
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Triglycerides

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Provide the body’s most efficient and compact form of stored energy

47
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Phospholipids

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Chief material in building cell membranes

48
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Fibrous Proteins

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Structural proteins

49
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Globular Proteins

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Functional proteins; unstable

50
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Protein Denaturing

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Any shift from “normal” causes the proteins to be outside of their norm and can cause them to unfold and lose their shape, therefore their function

51
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Enzymes

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Globular proteins that act as biological catalysts; lower activation energy

52
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Three basic cell parts:

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Plasma membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus

53
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Plasma Membrane

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Acts as a selectively permeable barrier

54
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Cytoplasm

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Intracellular fluid packed with organelles

55
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Nuclues

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Controls cellular activities and provides blueprints for protein production

55
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Extracellular Materials:

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Interstitial fluid, blood plasma, cerebrospinal fluid

55
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Functions of Plasma Membrane:

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  1. Mechanical barrier
  2. Selective permeability
  3. Electrochemical gradient
  4. Communication
  5. Cell signaling
55
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Integral Proteins

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Firmly inserted into the membrane; function as transport proteins, enzymes, or receptors

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Desmosomes

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Rivet-like junction formed when linker proteins of neighboring cells interlock like a zipper; allows give between cells

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Glycocalyx

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Enables cell-to-cell recognition

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Peripheral Proteins

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Loosely attached to integral proteins; function as enzymes, cell-to-cell connections, motor proteins

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Tight Junctions

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Integral proteins of adjacent cells fuse to form an impermeable junction that prevents fluids and most molecules from moving in

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Gap Junctions

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Transmembrane proteins form tunnels that allow small molecules to pass from cell to cell

56
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Chromatin

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Arranged in fundamental units of nucleosomes; the unwrapped and uncondensed form of DNA

57
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Histones

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A way for the nucleus to pack up the long DNA molecules into a compact and orderly way

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