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Responsiveness is also known as

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Excitability

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Terminologia Anatomica

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Included Latin and commonly used English terms. Devised in 1998

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Nomina Anatomica

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Purged eponyms from terminology and included only Latin terms. Devised in the late 1800s

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Corpora is the plural form of

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Corpus

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Cortices is the plural form of

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Cortex

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Ganglia is the plural form of

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Ganglion

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The scientific method is based on an informed conjecture that is capable of being tested and potentially proven false by experimentation or data collection.

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False

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The scientific method is

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is a way of disciplined reasoning that includes observation, hypothesizing, experimentation, and conclusions. This statement refers to an hypothesis.

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Tissues are more complex than organs

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False

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Organs are composed of

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Tissues

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Organisms are composed of

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Composed of Organ System

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Organ System are composed of

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Composed of Organs

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Tissues are composed of

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Composed of Cells

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Cells are composed of

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Partially of organelles

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Organelles are composed of

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Composed of molecules

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Molecules are composed of

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Composed of atoms

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Organ Systems

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  • A group of organs with a unique collective function.
  • Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous, Endocrine, Circulatory, Lymphatic, Respiratory, Urinary, Digestive, and Reproductive
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Organ

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Structure composed of two or more tissue types that work together

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Tissue

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  • Is a mass of similar cells and cell products that form a discrete region of an organ and performs a specific function
  • Epithelial, Connective, Nervous, and Muscular Tissue
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Cells

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  • Smallest unit of an organism that carry out all the basic functions of life; nothing simpler than a cell is considered alive
  • One nucleus
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Organelles

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  • Microscopic structures is a cell that carry out its individual function
  • ex. Mitochondria, centrioles, and lysosomes
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The study of tissues

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Histology

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Changes in the environment, to which organisms respond

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Stimuli

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Metabolism

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  • Living things take in molecules from the environment and chemically change them into molecules that form their own structures, control their physiology, or provide them with energy
  • Sum of all chemical reactions in the body
  • Includes reactions where molecules are broken down
  • Also includes reactions where new molecules are synthesized
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Responsiveness and Movement

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The ability to react to stimuli, which is also called responsiveness or excitability

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Homeostasis

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The ability to maintain internal stability

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Development

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Any change in form or function over the lifetime of the organism

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Reproductive

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All living organism can produce copies of themselves, thus passing their genes on to new, younger, containers-their offspring

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Evolution

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All living species exhibit genetic change from generation to generation

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Physiology

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Study of function

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31
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Neurophysiology

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Physiology of the nervous system

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endocrinology

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Physiology of hormones

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Pathophysiology

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Mechanisms of disease

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Comparative Physiology

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Study of how biological processes cary in different animal species

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Histopathology

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Examines tissues for disease

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36
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Macromolecules

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  • Largest molecules
  • Proteins, fats, and DNA
  • Carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids are examples because they are made up of many repeating subunits.
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37
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Natural Selection

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Some individuals within a species have hereditary advantages over their competitors

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38
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Receptor

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A structure that senses a change in the body, such as the stretch receptors that monitor blood pressure

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Positive feedback

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Self-amplifying cycle in which a physiological change leads to even greater change in the same direction

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Down the gradient

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Matter or energy moves from a higher value to a lower value

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41
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Up the gradient

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Matter or energy moves from a lower value to a higher value

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Integration Center

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Processes information, relates it to tother information, and makes a decision of what a response should be

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43
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Negative feedback

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Mechanisms reverse the initial stimulus

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44
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Physiological Gradient

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A difference in chemical concentration, electrical charge, physical pressure, temperature, or other variable between one point and another

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Anatomy

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Study of body structure

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46
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Excitability

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The ability of nerve and muscle cells to produce quick reactions

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47
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Element

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Simplest form of matter to have unique chemical properties

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48
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Atomic Number

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Number of protons in the nucleus

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49
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Protons

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  • Single positive charge

- P^+

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50
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Neutrons

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  • No charge

- N^0

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51
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Atomic Mass

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Element approximately equal to its total number of protons and neutrons

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52
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Electrons

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  • Tiny particles with a single negative charge and very low mass
  • E^-
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Valance Electrons

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  • Electrons of the outermost shell

- Determine the chemical bonding properties of an atom

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isotopes

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Elements that differ from one another only in number of neutrons and therefore in atomic mass

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Deuterium

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One proton and one neutron

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Tritium

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One proton and two neutrons

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57
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Atomic weight

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  • Relative atomic Mass

- Accounts for the fact that an element is a mixture of isotopes

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Radioisotopes

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  • Unstable Isotopes

- Every element has at least one

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59
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Radioactivity

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Process of decay

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60
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Ionizing Radiation

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High-energy radiation, such as that emitted by radioisotopes, ejects electrons from atoms, converting atoms to ions

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Alpha Particle

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  • Two protons and two neutrons

- Too large to penetrate the skin

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Beta Particle

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  • Free electron

- Only penetrate a few millimeters

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Ions

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  • Charges particles with unequal numbers of proton and electrons
  • An atom that has gained or lost electrons
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Anion

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Particles that gain electrons acquire a negative charge

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65
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Cation

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Loses electrons acquires a positive charge

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66
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Electrolytes

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Substances that ionize water and form solutions capable of conducting electricity

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67
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Free Radicals

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Unstable, highly reactive chemical particles with and odd number of electrons

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Antioxidant

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Chemical the neutralizes free radicals

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69
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Molecules

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Chemical particles composed of two or more atoms united by a chemical bond

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70
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Compounds

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Molecules compose of two or more elements

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71
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Isomers

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Molecules with identical molecular formulae but different arrangements of their atoms

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72
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Molecular weight

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The sum of atomic weights of its atoms

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73
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Chemical bonds

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A molecule held together and molecules are attracted to one another

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74
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Ionic bond

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  • Relatively weak attraction between and anions and cation

- Easily disrupted in water, as when salt dissolves

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75
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Covalent bonds

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Sharing one or more pairs of electrons between nuclei

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76
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Single covalent

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Sharing of one electron pair

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Double covalent

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  • Sharing of two electron pairs

- Often occurs between carbon atoms, between carbon and oxygen, and between carbon and nitrogen

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Nonpolar covalent

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  • Covalent bone in which electron are equally attracted to both nuclei
  • May be single or double
  • Strongest type of chemical bond
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Polar covalent

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  • Covalent bond in which electrons are more attracted to one nucleus than the other, resulting in a slightly positive and negative region in one molecule
  • May be single or double
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80
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Hydrogen bond

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  • Weak attraction between polarized molecules or between polarized regions of the same molecule
  • Important in the three dimensional folding and coiling of large molecules
  • easily disrupted by temperature and pH change
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81
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Mixture

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Consists of substances that are physically blended but not chemically combined

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Solvency

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  • The ability to dissolve other chemicals

- Water is called the universal solvent because it does dissolve at a broader range of substances than any other liquid

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Hydrophilic

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Substances that dissolve in water, such as sugar

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84
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Hydrophobic

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Fats that do not dissolve in water

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85
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Adhesion

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Tendency of one substance to cling to another

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86
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Cohesion

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The tendency of molecules of the same substance to cling to each other

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87
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Chemical Reactivity

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Waters ability to participate in chemical reactions

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Solution

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Consists of particles of matter caller the solute mixed with a more abundant substance called the solvent

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Acid

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Any proton donor, a molecule that releases a proton H+ in water

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90
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Base

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A proton acceptor

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91
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Acidity

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  • Expressed in terms of pH

- A measure derived from the molarity go H+

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Neutral

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Solutions with the pH of 7

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93
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Acidic

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Solutions with the pH below 7

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94
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Basic

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  • Alkaline

- Solutions with pH above 7

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95
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Molarity

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  • One mole of a chemical is the number of grams equal to its molecular weight
  • Molarity is a measure of the number of moles of solute per liter of solution
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Energy

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The capacity to do work

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97
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Work

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Move something, whether is a muscle of a molecule

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98
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Kinetic Energy

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Energy of motion, energy that is doing work

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99
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Chemical energy

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Potential energy stored in the bonds of molecules

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100
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Electrical Energy

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Both potential and kinetic forms

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101
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Heat

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Kinetic energy of a molecular motion

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102
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Temperature

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The rate of which molecules are moving

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103
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Free energy

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The potential energy available in a system to do useful work

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Chemical reaction

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Process in which a covalent or iconic bond is formed or broken

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Decomposition Reactions

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A large molecule breaks down into two or more smaller ones

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Synthesis Reactions

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Two or more small molecules combine to form a larger one

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Exchange Reactions

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Two molecules exchange atoms of groups of atoms

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Reversible Reactions

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Go either direction under different circumstances

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Equilibrium

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The ration of products to reactants is stable

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Concentration

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Reaction rate increases when the reactants are more concentrated

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Catalysts

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Substances that temporarily bind to reactants, hold them in a favorable position to react with each other, and may change the shapes of reactants in ways that make them more likely to react

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Catabolism

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Consists of energy-releasing decomposition reactions

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Exergonic Reaction

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Energy releasing reaction

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Anabolism

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Consists of energy- storing synthesis reactions, such as the productions of protein or fat.

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Endergonic Reaction

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Reactions that require an energy input

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Oxidation

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Chemical reaction in which a molecule gives up electrons and releases energy

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Reduction

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Chemical reaction in which a molecule gains electrons and energy

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Biochemistry

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Study of the molecules and chemical reactions that occur in living cells

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Polymers

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Molecules made of a repetitive series of identical or similar subunits called monomers

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Carbohydrates

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Hydrophilic organic molecule

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Monosaccharides

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  • Simplest carbohydrate

- Simple sugars or sugar monomers

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Glucose

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Blood sugar- Energy source for most cells

123
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Galactose

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Converted to glucose and metabolized

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Fructose

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Fruit sugar- Converted to glucose and metabolized

125
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Disaccharides

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  • Sugars composed of two monosaccharides

- Can be broken down into monosaccharides

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Sucrose

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Cane Sugar- Digested to glucose and fructose

127
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Lactose

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  • Milk sugar- digested to glucose and galactose

- Important in infant nutrition

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Maltose

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Malt Sugar- Product of starch digestion, further digested to glucose

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Lipids

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  • Hydrophobic organic molecule
  • Usually composed only of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen with high ratio of hydrogen to oxygen
  • Fatty Acid, Fats, Phospholipids, steroids, and Prostaglandins
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Fatty Acid

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A chain of usually 4 to 24 carbon atoms with a carboxyl group at one end and a methyl group at the other

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Triglyceride

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Molecule consisting of a three-carbon alcohol called glycerol linked to three fatty acids

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Phospholipids

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  • Similar to neutral fats except that in place of one fatty acid
  • They have a phosphate group with, in turn, in linked to other fictional groups
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Protein

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Polymer of amino acid

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Amino Acid

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  • Has a central carbon atom with an amino and a carboxyl group bound to it
  • Radical (R group), Amino Group, Carboxyl Group
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Peptide

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Any molecule composed of two or more amino acids joined by a peptide bond

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Peptide Bond

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Formed by dehydration synthesis, joins the amino group of one amino acid to the carboxyl group of the next

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Functional group

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  • Carbon back bone
  • Small clusters of atoms that determine many of the properties of an organic molecule
  • Groups of atoms that are added to carbon backbones and that give organic molecules a variety of unique properties
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Macromolecules

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Molecular weights that range from the thousands (as in starch and proteins) to millions (as in DNA)

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Cytology

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Scientific study of cells

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Squamous

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  • Thin, flat, scaly shape, ofter with a bulge where the nucleus is, much like the shape of a fried egg.
  • Lines the esophagus and form the surface layer (epidermis) of the skin
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Cuboidal

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  • Squarish-looking in frontal sections and about equal in height and width
  • Liver cells
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Columnar

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Distinctly taller than wide, such as the inner lining cells of the stomach and intestines

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Fusiform

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Spindle-shaped; elongated, with a think middle and tapered ends, as in smooth muscle cells

144
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Polygonal

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Having irregularly annual shaped with four, five, or more sides

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Stellate

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  • Having multiple pointed processes projecting from the body of a cell, giving it a somewhat starlike shape
  • The cell bodies of many nerve cells
146
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Spheroidal to Ovoid

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Round to oval, as in egg cells and white blood cells

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Discoidal

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Disc-shapped as in red blood cells

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Fibrous

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Long, slender, and threadlike, as in skeletal muscle cells and the axons (nerve fibers) of nerves

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Cytoplasm

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Fluid between the nucleus and surface membrane

150
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Plasma (cell) Membrane

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Made up of proteins and lipids

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Cytoplasm

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  • Crowded with fibers, tubules, passaged and compartments

- Contains the cytoskeleton

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Cytoskeleton

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Supportive framework of protein filaments and tubules

153
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Inclusions

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Foreign matter or stored cell products

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Cytosol

Intracellular fluid

A

-Cytoskeleton, organelles, and inclusions are embedded

155
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Extracellular fluid

A
  • All body fluids not contained in the cell

- Blood, plasma, lymph, and cerebrospinal fluid

156
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Transmembrane Proteins

A

Pass completely through the phospholipid bilayer

157
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Receptors

A

Many of the chemical signals but which cells communicate cannot enter the target cell but bin to the surface proteins called receptors

158
Q

Second-Messenger Systems

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When a messenger binds to a surface receptor, it may trigger changes within the cell that produce a second messenger in the cytoplasm

159
Q

Enzymes

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Enzymes in the plasma membrane carry out the final staged of starch and protein digestion in the small intestine, help produce second messengers and break down hormones and other signaling molecules whose job is done thus stopping them from excessively stimulating a cell

160
Q

Channel Proteins

A

Channels are passaged that allow water and hydrophilic solutes to more through the membrane

161
Q

Carriers

A

Transmembrane proteins that bind to glucose, electrolytes and other solutes and transfer them to the other side of the membrane

162
Q

Glycocalyx

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Composed of the carbohydrate moieties of membrane glycolipids and glycoproteins

163
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Microvilli

A
  • Extensions of the plasma membrane that serve primarily to increase a cells surface area
  • Tastebuds, inner ear
164
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Cilla

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  • Hairlike process about 7-10 long.

- Respiratory tract, uterine tubes, internal cavities of the break and short ducks associated with he testes

165
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Flagellum

A

-Whiplike tail of a sperm

166
Q

Pseudopods

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Cytoplasm-filled extensions of the cell varying in shape from fine, filamentous processes to blunt fingerlike ones

167
Q

Selectively Permeable

A

Allows some things through, such as nutrients and wastes, but usually prevents other things, such as proteins and phosphates, from entering or leaving the cell.

168
Q

Simple difusión

A

Net movement of particles from a place of high concentration to a place of lower concentration as a result of their constant spontaneous motion

169
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Osmosis

A

Net flow of water from one side of a selectively permeable membrane to the other

170
Q

Tonicity

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The ability of a solution to affect the fluid volume and pressure in a cell

171
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Hypotonic

A

Solutions that have a lower concentration of non permeating solutes than the intracellular fluid

172
Q

Hypertonic

A

Solution has a higher concentration of non permeation solutes

173
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Isotonic

A

Total concentration of non-permeating solutes

No change in cell volume or shape

174
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Facilitated diffusion

A

Carrier-mediated transport of a solute through a membrane down is concentration gradient

175
Q

Primary Active Transport

A

Transport of solute particles through a selectively permeable membrane up their concentration gradient but a carrie that consumes ATP

176
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Filtration

A

In blood capillaries, blood pressure forces fluid through gaps in the capillary wall

177
Q

DNA

A

Long threadlike molecule with a uniform diameter of 2 nm

178
Q

Nucleotide

A

Consists of sugar, a phosphate group, and a single or double ringed nitrogenous base

179
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Chromatin

A

fine filamentous material

180
Q

Sister chromatids

A

Two parallel filaments

181
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Centromere

A

Pinched spot on a chromatid

182
Q

Genomics

A

Relatively young science concerned with the comprehensive study of the genome and how its genes and noncoding DNA affect the structure and function of the organism

183
Q

Genetic Code

A

System that enables these 4 nucleotides to code for the amino acid sequences of all proteins

184
Q

Stop Codons

A

UAG, UGA, and UAA

185
Q

Start Codon

A

AUG

186
Q

Messenger RNA

A
  • When a gene is activated
  • A mirror image of the gene more of less
  • Carries the genetic code from the nucleus to cytoplasm
187
Q

Protein Synthesis

A

DNA—>mRNA—>protein

188
Q

Transcription

A
  • The step from DNA to mRNA
  • Occurs in the nucleus, where the DNA is
  • In genetics, means the process of copying genetic instructions from DNA to RNA
189
Q

Translation

A
  • The step from mRNA to protein

- Occurs in the cytoplasm

190
Q

Transfer RNA

A

Relatively small RNA whose job is to bind a free amino acid in the cytosol and deliver it to the ribosome to be added to a growing protein chain

191
Q

Ribosomes

A

Little reading machines found in the cytosol and on the outside of the rough ER and nuclear envelope

192
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Initiation

A

mRNA passes through a nuclear pore into the cytosol and forms a loop

193
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Elongation

A

The next tRNA arrives, carrying another amino acid; it binds to the A site of the ribosome and its anticodon pairs with the second codon of the mRNA-GCU

194
Q

Termination

A

When the ribosomes reaches a stop codon, its A site binds a protein called a release factor instead of a tRNA

195
Q

G1

A
  • First gap phase, and internal between cell division and DNA replication.
  • During this time a cell synthesizes proteins, grows, and carries out its preordained tasks for the body
196
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S is the Synthesis phase

A

Cell makes a duplicate cops of its centrioles and nuclear DNA.
This is the point at hick the cell carrie the semiconservative replication

197
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G2 Second gap phase

A

interval between DNA replication and cel division.
a cell exhibits further growth, makes more organelles, finishes replicating its centrioles and synthesizes enzymes that control cell division.

198
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M is the Mitotic Phase

A

A cell replicates its nucleus and then pinches in two form new daughter cells.

199
Q

Prophase

A

At the outset of mitosis, the chromosomes shorten and thicken, eventually coiling into compact rods that are easier to distribute to daughter cells than the long delicate chromatin of interphase

200
Q

Metaphase

A

The chromosomes are aligned on the cell equator oscillation slightly and awaiting a signal that stimulates each of them to split in two at the centromere

201
Q

Anaphase

A

This phase begins with activation of an enzyme that cleaves the two sister chromatids from each other at the centromeres.

202
Q

Telophase

A

The daughter chromosomes cluster on each side of the cell

203
Q

Heredity

A

Transmission of genetic characteristics from parent to offspring

204
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Diploid

A

Any cell with 23 pairs of chromosomes

205
Q

Haploid

A

Sperm and egg cells

contain only 23 unpaired chromosomes

206
Q

Germ cells

A

Sperm and egg cells on their way to becoming sperm and eggs

207
Q

Homozygous

A

Individuals with two identical alleles

208
Q

Heterozygous

A

Homologous chromosomes hace different alleles

209
Q

Genotype

A

Paired alleles that an individual possesses for a particular trait

210
Q

Epithelial tissue

A
  • Tissue composed of layers of closely spaced cells that cover organ surfaces from glands and serve for protection secretion and absorption
  • Epidermis, inner lining of digestive tract, liver and other glands
  • Secretion, excretion, absorption, filtration, and sensation
211
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Connective Tissue

A
  • Tissue with usually more matrix than cell volume, often specialized to support and protect organs and to bind other tissues and organs to each other
  • Tendons and ligaments, cartilage and bone, blood
212
Q

Nervous Tissue

A
  • Tissue containing excitable cells specialized for rapid transmission of coded information to other cells
  • Brain, spinal cord, and nerves
213
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Muscular Tissue

A
  • Tissue composed of elongated, excitable muscle cells specialized for contraction
  • Skeletal Muscles, heart (cardiac muscle), walls of viscera (smooth muscle)
214
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Ectoderm

A

is an outer layer that gives rise to the epidermis and nervous system

215
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Endoderm

A

innermost layer that gives rise to the muses membranes of the digestive and respiratory tracts and to the digestive glands

216
Q

mesoderm

A

Layer of more loosely organized cells

217
Q

Simple Squamous

A

thin scaly cell

218
Q

Simple Cuboidal

A

Squarish or round cells

219
Q

Simple columnar

A

Tall narrow cells

220
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Pseudo-stratified Columnar

A

Not all cells reach the surface; the shorter cells are covered by taller ones

221
Q

goblet cells

A
  • Found in Simple columnar and pserdostratisfied columnar

- Wineglass shaped cells that produce protective mucous coatings over the mucous membranes

222
Q

Keratinized Stratified squamous

A

Epidermis of the sole of the foot

223
Q

Nonkerantized Stratified squamous

A

Mucosa of the vagina

tongue, esophagus

224
Q

Stratified cuboidal

A

Sweat gland ducts; egg-producing vesicles of ovaries; sperm-producing ducts of testis

225
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Stratifies columnar

A

Pharynx, larynx, anal canal and male urethra

226
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Nervous Tissue

A

Specialized for communication by mean of electrical and chemical signals

227
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Nuerons

A

Nerve cell or as a greater number neuroglia

228
Q

Glial cells

A

Protect and assist neurons

229
Q

Neurosoma

A

Cell body, that houses the nucleus and and most other organelles

230
Q

Dendrites

A

Extending from the neurosoma, multiple short branched processes

231
Q

Nerve fiber

A

Sends outgoing signals to other cells

232
Q

Muscular Tissue

A

Specialized to contact when stimulated, and thus to exert a physical force on the other tissue, organ, or fluids

233
Q

Skeletal Muscle

A

Long threadlike cells called muscle fibers

234
Q

Cardiac muscle

A

Limited to the heart

Striated

235
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Smooth Muscle

A

Lacks striation and is involuntary.

236
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Cellular Junction

A

Connection between one cell and another

237
Q

Tight Junction

A

Completely encircles an epithelial cell near its apical surface and joins it tightly to the neighboring cells

238
Q

Desmosomes

A

Patch that holds cells together somewhat like the snap on a pair of jeans.

239
Q

Gap Junction

A

Formed by a connexion, which costs of six transmembrane protein arranged in a ring

240
Q

Gland

A

A cell or organ that secretes substances for use elsewhere is the body or for the elimination as waste

241
Q

Exocrine glands

A

maintain their contact with the surface by way of a duct and epithelial tube that conveys their secretion to the surface

242
Q

Endocrine gland

A

Lose contact with the surface and have no ducts

243
Q

unicellular glands

A

Secretory cells found in an epithelium that is predominantly consecratory
can be exocrine or endocrine

244
Q

Serous gland

A

Produces relatively thin, watery fluid such perspiration, mils, tears and digestive juices

245
Q

Mucous glad

A

found in oral and nasal cavities among other places

246
Q

Eccrine gland also called Merocrine gland

A

Release their product by means of exocytosis

247
Q

Cutaneous membrane

A

Skin

stratified squamous epithelium

248
Q

Mucous Membrane

A

lines passages that open \to the exterior environment

249
Q

Serous Membrane

A

Composed of a simple squamous epithelium resting on a thin layer of areolar connective tissue

250
Q

Hyperplasia

A

Tissue growth through cell multiplication

251
Q

Hyperplasia

A

when most Childhood growth occurs

tissue growth through cell multiplication

252
Q

Hypertrophy

A

Where Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue grow

Enlargement of preexisting cells

253
Q

Neoplasia

A

Development of a tumor

254
Q

Regeneration

A

Placement of dead or damaged cells by the same type of cells as before; it restores normal function to the organ

255
Q

Fibrosis

A

The replacement of damaged tissue with scar tissue composed mainly of collagen produced by fibroblasts.

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