Lecture Exam 1 Flashcards
What is the hierarchy in levels of organization- from cells to organism? What is the difference between an organelle, organ and organism? Can you list a few systems in the body?
- Cells, Tissue, Organs, Organ systems, Organism
- An organelle is a structure in a cell that carries out a specific function. An organ is tissue that works together to perform a function. An organism is something that has organ systems that allow for metabolism
- Lymphatic system, Circulatory system, Digestive system, Nervous system, Respiratory system, Renal system.
Name the two major body cavities, and the divisions in each. What kind of structure is the respiratory diaphragm, and what is its relation to the body cavities?
Dorsal Body Cavity
- Cranial cavity
- Brain cavity
- Vertebral cavity
- Spinal cord
Ventral Body Cavity
- Thoracic Cavity
- R + L Pleural cavities contain the lungs
- Mediastinum
- Superior Mediastinum: contains blood vessels, trache, esophagus, thymus
- Inferior Mediastinum: Pericardial cavity (where the heart is located)
- Abdominopelvic Cavity
- Abdominal Cavity: contains digestive organs
- Pelvic Cavity: contains reproductive organs, rectum and bladder
The diaphragm is a divider between the abdominopelvic cavity and the thoracic body cavity. It is a sheet of muscle and fibers that are shaped like an umbrella
Be able to distinguish body membranes by location (visceral, parietal) and by secretions (serous, mucous.)
Serous:
- Membranes that line body cavities and cover organs. Allows organs to slide without friction
- Viseral: covers the organ
- Parietal: lines cavity
ex. Pleura (lungs), Pericardium (heart), Peritoneum (abdominal cavity)
Serous secretions stay inside the body cavities to protect against friction. Mucous secretions protect the inside of the body against the outside environment
What is superior vs inferior? Dorsal vs ventral? Anterior vs posterior? Distal vs medial? What is anatomical position?
- Above/below
- Back/front
- Front/back
- Distant from trunk/close to trunk
- Standing straight with palms facing forward and thumbs pointed outward
Understand and be able to name the three planes of section.
Frontal - Cut into anterior and posterior
Transverse plane - Cross section
Sagittal plane - Split in half down the forehead(could be mid sagittal)
What are the organ systems of the body and their functions?
- Integumentary - Provides protection from the environment
- Skeletal - Protects and supports organs as well as providing a framework to muscles
- Muscular - Allows for locomotion
- Nervous - A fast acting control system that responds to internal and external stimuli
- Endocrine - Hormone secretion
- Cardiovascular - Transportation of blood which carries nutrients to the body
- Lymphatic - Is responsible for mounting immune responses against foreign substances
- Respiratory - Rids the body of CO2 while maintaining O2 supply
- Digestive - Breaks down food into nutrients
- Urinary - Eliminated nitrogenous wastes and regulates blood
- Reproductive system - Responsible for reproduction of organisms
What are the nine regions and four quadrants of the abdomen and some of the viscera associated with these regions?
Nine Regions:
- Right hypochondriac region, Epigastric region, Left hypochondriac region, Right lumbar region, Umbilical region, Left lumbar region, Right inguinal region, Hypogastric region, Left inguinal region
Four regions:
- Upper right Q, Upper left Q, Lower right Q, Lower left Q
What is a cell, its basic activities and its three major regions?
The smallest unit of life. It is an organized structure that responds to stimuli, maintains homeostasis, grows, and reproduces with the help of organelle.
- Plasma membrane - Flexible semi permeable outer boundary
- Cytoplasm - Ocean in which boats (organelle) are contained
- Nucleus - Control center
How many chromosomes in a diploid human cell? In a haploid cell?
Diploid = 46n (23 pairs for cell growth)
Haploid = 23n (1/2 needed for sexual reproduction)
Which cells are haploid?
Gametes
Name the current model for the plasma membrane. Be able to describe it thoroughly and to give the role of each molecular component in the plasma membrane.
Fluid mosaic model
- Has a phospholipid bilayer with channels and gates as well as cholesterol to aid in fluidity, import and export of food and waste, and allows interactions with its surroundings with receptors and carbohydrates on the surface
What is meant by the term ‘selective permeability’ of the membrane?
The phospholipid bilayer has a hydrophobic component meaning polar molecules must pass through a channel or enter via vesicle.
Know the terms hydrophobic (water hating- like our lipid membrane), hydrophilic (water loving), polar and nonpolar and how do these terms relate to the layout of the membrane bilayer? Know the regions in the sketch of a phospholipid molecule.
Hydrophobic - hates water
Hydrophilic - water loving
Hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail
Be able to distinguish each intracellular organelle by its appearance and by its function. Which organelle is rich in hydrolytic enzymes? Which organelle pinches off small vesicles to package protein and be modified elsewhere?
Nucleus - contains genetic information vital to proteins production
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) - rough is responsible for protein manufacturing, smooth is responsible for lipid break down
Golgi apparatus - Processes and packages proteins and lipids for extracellular export
Lysosome - Membranous sacs filled with digestive enzymes that breakdown organelle, bones, glycogen, and bacteria
Peroxisome - Membrane bound sacs that are filled with oxidase to neutralize free radicals and protect DNA
** Mitochondria** - Where nutrients are sent to power the production of ATP via aerobic respiration
Ribosomes - responsible for translation of mRNA to protein
** Centrosome and Centrioles** - Responsible for facilitating cell division (mitotic spindle)
What is the role of ATP (know its full name) in the cell, where is it made?
Adenosine triphosphate is made in the mitochondria and is the energy currency of the cell
Know exocytosis and its reverse - endocytosis. Why are these processes classified as ‘bulk transport’?
Exo - Out
Endo - In
The process transports multiple molecules that would be too big or polar to pass the bilayer
Distinguish between microfilaments, intermediate filaments and microtubules of the cytoskeleton both in protein makeup and function in the cell.
Microfilaments - Strands made of actin, support cell shape
Intermediate filaments - Tough and insoluble fiber proteins(rope) bind organelle
Microtubules - Hollow spherical protein made of tubulins, facilitate transport
Can you appreciate the order of DNA - to RNA- to protein? Which step is transcription, translation?
DNA is transcribed into RNA which is processed into mRNA which it is exported. mRNA is then translated to form a polypeptide chain
What are proteins made of?
Amino Acids
What is DNA? Where is it stored?
Genetic information stored in the nucleus. Sequence of nucleotides, double helix.
What is the cell cycle? Know what G1 and S and G2 and mitosis are.
G1(gap1) is growth
S is growth and DNA synthesis
G2(gap 2) is growth for preparation for division