Lecture 2 Flashcards
what is the role of transferrin
it carries iron through the blood stream
hecto
hundred
kilo
thousand
mega
million
giga
billion
deci
tenth
centi
hundreth
milli
thousandth
micro
millionth
nano
billionth
pico
trillionth
what are cardiomyocytes
heart muscle tissue
what is cardiac Troponin
a protein involved in contraction of cardiac muscles
1cm^3 = 1ml= 1g for what
water
the volume of the left ventricle is what
100ml
what is blood glucose measured in
mg/dL
What does the left ventricle do
recieves oxygen rich blood from the lungs and sends it out to the body
what are the 2 phases the describe the pumping of the heart
diastole and systole
expansion of the heart is known as
diastole
contraction of the heart is known as
systole
what happens during systolic heart failure
it occurs when the heart is weak and enlarged , and the muscle of the left ventricle loses its ability to contract or shorten
what happens during diastolic heart failure
there is impaired cardiac relaxation
what do islets of langerhans do
they are insulin producing cells
where are islets of langerham found
in the pancreas
as a rat gets fatter do the lslets get bigger or smaller
bigger and they produce more insulin
what happens when blood travels through the glomeruli
it becomes filtered of waste
where are glomeruli found
in the kidneys
how thick is epidermis
50-150 microns
what are the names of the 3 cells where sun induced cancer can occur
basal cell
squamous cell
melanocytes
what kind of cell is melanin found in
basal cells
what kind of cell produces melanin
melanocytes
what does melanin protect us against
damage from solar radiation
