Lab Bio Test 2 Flashcards
Choroid?
Middle layer of eye, black, pigmented
Sclera?
White outer layer of eye, maintain shape of eye
Retina?
Inner layer of eye, photoreceptors, red
Vitreous humor?
Jelly like fluid
Aqueous humor?
Watery like fluid
Iris?
Colored part of eye, regulates light entrance
Lens?
Regulates amount of light, biconcave in shape
Cornea?
Covers and protects the iris and pupil
Pupil?
Regulates the amount of light entering the eye
Ciliary?
Body helps nourish eye, regulates amount of light
Fovea?
Centrals slight depression of eye
Macula lutea?
Yellowish spot
Optic?
Nerve carries impulses from brain to eye muscles
Mitosis?
- 2 identical daughter cells
- a sexual reproduction
- function in repair, nourishment, development
- use 1 parent strand
Meosis?
- 4 daughter cells but not identical
- use 2 parent strands
- used by gametes
Interphase?
Resting stage, chromosomes are duplicated
Prophase?
- Chromosomes are formed
- Nucleolus and nuclear membrane disappears
Metaphase?
Chromosomes lined up in the center equator of the cell
Anaphase?
Chromosomes moves to opposite poles of cell
Telophase?
- Cytokinesis division of cytoplasm
- Formation of 2 identical daughter cells
DNA?
- Deoxyribonucleic acid
- Double helix
- Heredity
- Genes blue prints
- Deoxyribose sugar
- Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine, Thymine
RNA?
- Ribonucleic acid
- Single stranded helix
- Protein synthesis
- Ribose sugar single
- Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, Guanine
Ovaries?
Produce eggs
Uterus?
Normal site of fetal development
Oviducts?
Moves eggs and normal site of fertilization
Cervix?
- Dilates during childbirth
- Opening to the uterus
Vagina?
- Birth canal
- Femsle copulatory organ
Clitoris?
- Erectile organ
- Sexual intense feeling
Scrotum?
Sac that his the testis
Testes?
Produces sperm
Epididymis?
Sperm is stored and matured
Vas deferens?
Transports sperm to the urethra
Urethra?
Transports urine and sperm out the body
Penis?
Organ used for sex and urination
Glans penis?
Sensitive tip of the penis
Semicircular canals?
Rotational equilibrium
Auditory tube?
Equalizes air pressure
Auditory canal?
Filters air
Cochlea?
Hearing
Pinna?
Collects sound waves
Tympanic membrane?
Amplify sound waves
Cell body?
Where nucleus resides
Axon?
Carries impulses away from the cell body
Dendrite?
Carries impulses to the cell body