Lecture 1 Flashcards
What work was Rosalyn Yallow famous for, and won the nobel peace prize for
It was Yalow’s idea to attach radioactive iodine atoms to insulin molecules. The energy released by the atoms as they decayed was great enough to make the insulin molecules measurable.
do type 2 diabetics have more or less insulin than non diabetics
Type 2 diabetics, in the
early years of the disease, may have more
insulin than non-diabetics.
tera
10^12 trillion
the power in the average lightening strike is
a terawatt
Giga
10^9 billion
Mega
10^6 million
what is a watt
a unit of energy that is used in 1 second
a unit of power is known as a
watt
kilo
10^3 thousand
Hecto
10^2 hundred
Deka
10^1 ten
1 ml is equal to
1 cm^3
1 cm^3 is equal to
1 ml
1 kg is equal to how many pounds
2.2 lbs
Deci
10^- 1 one tenth
Centi
10^-2 one hundredth
the left ventricle wall is bigger or smaller in wreslters
bigger
milli
10^-3 one thousandth
the diameter of a healthy coronary artery is about how big
2 or 3 millimeters
micro
10^-6 one millionth
what does an ostoclast do
it munchs away at bone
nano
10^-9 one billionth
what is the function of LDL
It transports cholesterol and some fat through blood stream to cells
angstrom
10^-10 a tenth of nanometer
what does the angiotensin molecule do
it raises blood pressure
what does IgG do
it helps to fight infection
pico
10^-12 1 trillionth
femto
10^-15 quadrillionth
G
giga
M
mega
k
kilo
h
hecto
da
deca
d
deci
c
centi
u
micro
n
nano
p
pico
what is the unit of pressure
pascal
what unit do airports use to measure pressure
hectopascals
how many cm in an inch
2.54
what is the function of insulin
lowers blood sugar
what is the function of glucagon
a hormone that raises the level of blood sugar
