General Exam Revision unit 1/2 Flashcards
Cell theory
- The cell is the smallest unit of life
- All living things are composed of cells
- Cells arise from pre-existing cells
Prokaryotes
Groups of organisms
- bacteria
- archaea
Unicellular
Eukaryotes
Groups of organisms
Mulitcellular
* plants
* animals
Uni or multicellular
* protista
* fungi
steps of apoptosis
- Cell
- condense
- fragment (blebbing)
- apoptotic bodies
- recycled by other cells
Apoptosis
Intrinsic pathway
- via internal disruption eg. DNA damage
- release of pro-apoptotic proteins from mitochondria
Apoptosis
Extrinsic pathway
- death receptors recieve external ligands on cell surface
- initiates a cascafde of pro-apoptotic sygnals
Apoptosis
purposes
- to create structures in a developing foetus
- removed infected or cancerous cells
Cancer
caused by
- mutations to proto-oncogenes
* they become oncogenes
* mutated genes cause cell cycle to become unregulated - mutated tumor supressor genes (anti-oncogenes)
* supress cell cycle progression and prevent apoptosis
* apoptotic sygnals are nto recieved
Stem cells
properties
- slef renew
- potency (differentiation)
Biethical Approaches
- consequence based
- duty based
- virtue based
ethical concepts
integrity
justice
non-maleficence
beneficence
respect
consequence based
bioethical approach
focus on outcome not process
weigh up positives and negatives
aim is to increase positive, decrease negatives
duty based
bioethical approach
do what is right by the rules, regardless of the eventual outcome
virtue based
bioethical approach
looks at what a “good person” would do, takes into account the different effects of actions on different people
integrity
ethical concept
a commitment to searching for knowledge and the honest reporting of all findings that are accesible to all members of the community
justice
ethical concept
a moral obligation to make the medecation or service available to everyone