FINAL Flashcards
Which cholesterol is the good kind and what does it do?
HDL
- takes cholesterol from cells back into the liver
What does LDH do?
Takes cholesterol from liver into cells
During the 7th week of gestation, what is developed?
Mullarian / Wolffian ducts
Local control restricted to ____.
Reflex control restricted to _____.
- tissue
- systems
A hormone cannot act on a cell to cause a response unless it has a ___.
ligand
What is a half-life?
The time is takes for the hormone to reach half its concentration
What is indirect calorimetry?
Measure of the amount of O2 consumed
What is direct calorimetry?
Measure of heat produced
What are 4 things that BMR is determined by?
- age
- sex
- amount of lean muscle
- hormones
What is leptin and what does it do (and inhibit)?
- Peptide hormone
- released from adipose tissue when fat stores are sufficient to decrease eating by INHIBITING NPY
What is the law of thermodynamics?
Total energy content = energy stored + output energy + input energy
What is the difference between METABOLIC RATE and BASAL METABOLIC RATE?
METABOLIC RATE: total energy output
BMR: lowest energy expenditure
Metabolic rate = L O2 x _____
4.8Kcal / L O2
The 3 ways to produce heat OUTPUT
- Conduction : cold bath
- Evaporation : sweat
- Convection : wind carries heat away
What is hyperthermia and the 2 kinds?
When body T is too high
- heat exhaustion
- heat stroke
What is hypothermia?
When body temperature is too low
When body T is too low, what happens to arterioles and blood flow?
VasoCONSTRICTION
- to decrease risk of heat loss
BLOOD FLOW DECREASES