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MODULE 2 Flashcards

1
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Anabolic

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small molecules assemble into large ones
* energy is required

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Catabolic

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large/complex molecules break down into smaller ones
* energy is released

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Oil Rig

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oxidation involves loss, reduction involves gain

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NAD+/FAD involved in a lot of ____ reactions

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catabolic

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5
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ATP abbrev.

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adenosine triphosphate

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ADP abbrev.

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adenosine diphosphate

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7
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Heterotrophy

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Organisms that eat other organisms or preformed organic matter

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Autotrophy

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Create their own food from inorganic nutrients
* Photosynthesis

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9
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Light reaction: cyclic photophosphorylation

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Uses sunlight to make proton gradient
* Leads to formation of ATP

Evolutionary advantage over heterotrophs
* Werent dependant on depletable resources

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10
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Light reaction: non-cyclic photophosphorylation

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Built on the earlier version
Uses sunlight to make ATP and NADPH
* Have everything they need to convert CO2 to organic compounds (glucose)
* Evolutionary advantage over cyclic photophosphorylation

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Proton pumping

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High proton in Lumen, low in stroma
Travel to stroma through ATP Synthase
Diffuse back through it
Catalysed the phosphorylation of Pi onto ADP -> ATP

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12
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Endosymbiotic origin of photosynthetic eukaryotes

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Engulfed prokaryotes > developed symbioses > lived as individual organelles > eukaryotes

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13
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3 stages of calvin cycle

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  1. Carboxylation
  2. Reduction
  3. Regeneration
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Carboxylation

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1st
Carboxylation of RuBP with CO2 pulled by Rubisco > 6C molecule is unstable > 2x 3-PGA

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Regeneration (calvin)

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2nd
ATP + NADPH used to change 3-PGA into G3P

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Reduction

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3rd
5/6 G3P stay in cycle > modified with ATP to make more RuBP

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17
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Photorespiration

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Fixation of oxygen by rubisco
* 2-phosphoglycolate
* Detoxified by Chloraplast, Mitochondrion, Peroxisome
* ATP expended, CO2 released

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18
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C4

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Adjustments exploiting PEP carboxylase to concentrate CO2 around Rubisco

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19
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CAM

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Saves water
* stomata only open at night
* humidity is higher
* CO2 stored as C4 in vacuole

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20
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In what kind of plants do you tend to see CAM photosynthesis

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Plants that live in dry climate
* E.g. cactus

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21
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Aerobic respiration

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  1. Glycolysis
  2. Link reaction
  3. Krebs cycle
  4. Oxidative phosphorylation
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22
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where does respiration occur?

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Mitochondria
1. Gly - outside
2. Kreb’s - matrix
3. ETC - inner membrane

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Glycolysis

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Sugar splitting
1. Energy investment
2. Energy payoff

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24
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Net output of Glycolysis

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  • 2 ATP
  • 2 pyruvate + H2O
  • 2 NADH + 2 protons
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25
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Krebs cycle

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Remove electrons from products of glycolysis
* Pyruvate > Acetyl CoA
* small ATP produced
* 3 NADH + H+
* 1 FADH2
* 2 CO2

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ETC

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NADH -> NAD+ + H+ & FADH2 -> FAD + 2H+
* Pump protons into IM space
* High conc. Of H+ in IM space
* Low conc. in matrix
* Want to flow back
* Only way, through ATP synthase
* Produce ATP

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27
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Special adaptations to increase SA of inner membrane

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  • Thylakoids stacked into granum - in stroma
  • Elaborate folding into crista - in matrix
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28
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AOX and UCP

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Downregulate production of ATP when the plant already has enough
* AOX - bypass
* UCP - uncoupling protein, diffuse back

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29
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Composition of the Body

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  • 60% water
  • 18% protein
  • 16% fat
  • 6% Carbohydrates, minerals etc. micro nutrients
    Changes as animal gets older
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30
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Condensation/dehydration of carbs

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CONDENSATION - ANA
HYDROLYSE - CATA

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31
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Glycogen is stored many places including…

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  • LIVER: breaks down carbs, releases sugar into bloodstream
  • MUSCLES: trap sugar within individual muscles cells, do not share energy
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32
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What hormone causes catabolism of glycogen?

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glucagon

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33
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When you eat food, your blood stream does not absorb protein…

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Absorbs amino acids
* Food broken down to AA
* Absorbed in villus
* Brought to blood

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34
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Amino acid structure

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Amino group (NH2)
Carboxyl group (COOH)
R group

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35
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Non essential amino acids

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The cell can make it itself

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36
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Essential amino acids

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Cannot be manufactured in body
* must be in food

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37
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All essential amino acid components of protein are made by…

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Plants
* Every animal has to derive the essential amino acids from plants
* Carnivore eats herbivore who has eaten this amino acid

38
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Fat is stored in ____ tissue

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Adipose
* Omentum - large flat adipose tissue layer nestling on the surface of the intra-peritoneal organs

39
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Is phosphate hydrophilic or hydrophobic?

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5 bonds, 2 O dont have H attached
* Hydrophillic

40
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Omentum role

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  1. Protection
  2. Storage
  3. Release energy for metabolism at a later stage
41
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Adenosine triphosphate

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Stores a lot of energy from breaking food molecules
* Ribose sugar (5 carbon)
* Base adenine - rings with nitrogen
* 3 phosphate molecules attached
* - charge on oxygen
* When it loses P generates energy

42
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Fats, proteins and carbohydrates are interconvertible?

43
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Endocrine cells

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Respond to homeostatic signals and release hormones
* Travel through bloodstream > affect physiology of cells.

44
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Fibroblasts

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Repair wounds
* Move to site of injury, lay down fibrin and close down wound

45
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Prokaryotes

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Single cell, no membrane bound nucleus

46
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Bacteria

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Peptidoglycan (sugar and amino acid lattice) major constituent of cell wall

47
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Archaea

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Do not have peptidoglycan as major constituent of cell wall, often live in extreme conditions

48
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Protists

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Single-celled eukaryotes

49
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Animal plasma membranes are stabilised with _____

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cholesterol

50
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Cholesterol

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  • Hydrophillic (attarcted to phosphate heads)
  • Hydrophobic (attracted to fatty acid tails)
  • Side chain
51
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Evolution of nucleus (theory)

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Invagination
* Folds in (nuclear envelope)
* More pockets (ER)

52
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Evolution of the mitochondria (theory)

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Absorb aerobic prokaryotic cell
* Membrane derived from eukarotic cell
* Now has enzymes to break down pyruvic acid (energy)

53
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Fibrous proteins

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  • Make up cytoskeleton - shape, hang rest of tissues on
  • Pathways
54
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Key differences in animal cell

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No cell wall
No big vacuole
No chloroplasts

55
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Key differences in plant cell

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Cell wall
Chloroplasts
Huge central vacuole

56
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The Plant Cell Wall

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Made of cellulose
* Long strings, carbohydrate
* Good for structure

57
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is connected to the ____

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Nucleus
* Nucleus has pores

58
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Describe the flow of information from DNA to protein in the context of the cell.

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Nucleus > DNA > transcription > mRNA > Ribosome > translation > protein.

59
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Flagellum

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Propels bacteria
* Harvest power of H ions, passing through channels in the apparatus

60
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Vesicles carry protein cargo

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Come from ribosomes in rough ER
* Travel into vesicles
* Travel into cis-face of golgi apparatus
* Disengage from trans face
* Exocytosis: Take to exterior of cell , fuse with membrane
* Endocytosis: proteins bind to surface of plasma membranes - receptors, folds in, draw into cell

61
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When a protein is fully drawn into a cell

62
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What happens to protein that has entered the cell?

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Fed to golgi or lysosome - break down

63
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F0, F1 complexes

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Mito
* take molecule of ADP and phosphate > ATP

64
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Name 3 major biological functions of mitochondria

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  • Production of ATP (ATP synthesis)
  • Steroid synthesis
  • Apoptosis - packaged then eaten by immune system
65
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Mitochondria are often attached to

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Microtubules of the cytoskeleton
* Pathways
* Hold in place
* Actin & myosin
* Motor proteins

66
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Motor proteins

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  1. Portion attaches to mitochondria/vesicles
  2. Feet
67
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3 components of the cytoskeleton

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  1. Microfilaments - made of actin
  2. Microtubules - made of tubulin, train tracks
  3. Intermediate filaments - made of various proteins, strong, reinforcing, resist stress, often keratin.
68
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Passive diffusion

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Semi-permeable membrane
* molecules and charged molecules

69
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Powered transport

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Push molecules against a gradient
* ATP
* Phosphorylation event
* Top close off, bottom open up

70
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Phagocytosis

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Engulf bacterial cell
* Close over

71
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Pinocytosis

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Drinking
* Fluids along with dissolved molecules

72
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Receptors in endocytosis

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Specifically take in one type of molecule
* recognise 3D structure
* Proteins line up under membrane - help bud off

73
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Most multicellular animals are made out of just 4 major tissue types

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  1. Epithelium 🦶🏻
  2. Connective 🪢
  3. Nervous 🧠
  4. Muscle 💪🏼
74
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Connective tissue

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  1. Fibres
  2. Cells
  3. Ground substance (proteins, water, slats, minerals, cells)
    Varying densities
    Blood - coagulate
75
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Epithelial tissue

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Covering on all internal and external surfaces of your body, lines body cavities and hollow organs

76
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Muscle

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  1. Cardiac
  2. Smooth - hollow organ
  3. Skeletal - voluntary, movement
77
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Epithelia is anchored to the ____

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Basal lamina
* Surround muscle and fat tissues

78
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Desmosome

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Mediate cell-cell contact and strong adhesion.

79
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Hemidesmosome

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One plaque on the inside portion of the cell
* Use connecting proteins to anchor down directly into basal lamina

80
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Cancer originates in ____ tissue

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Epithelial
* Basal lamina can hold back metastasis for a while

81
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Nervous tissue

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Coordinated movement and behaviour

82
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Use ____ which signal cells to change their physiology

83
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Steroid hormones

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  • Go straight through plasma membrane
  • Receptor in cytoplasm/nucleus
  • Produce a protein
84
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Neurotransmitters

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Binding to a receptor coupled to a channel

85
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Protein hormones

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  • Interact with receptor outside of cell, in plasma membrane
  • Interact with series of relay proteins
86
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The stress response

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  1. CRH enters bloodstream that connects hypothalamus to pituitary
  2. Stimulates ACTH > into bloodstream
  3. Reaches adrenal cortex, releases cortisol
  4. Goes into fat supplies > breakdown (fuel)
87
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Plant cell gradients

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Hyper - Plasmolysed
Iso - Flaccid
Hypo - Turgid (optimal)

88
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A260:A280 values and purity

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  • 1.8 - 2 = pure DNA
  • < 1.8 = protein contamination
  • > 2 RNA contamination
89
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A260:A230 values and purity

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  • > 1.8 = pure nucleic acid
  • < 1.8 = organic compunds
90
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The stress response is a ____ feedback loop

91
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Steroids are hydro… and proteins are hydro…

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  1. Phobic
  2. Phillic
92
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Cytoplasmic reticulum

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Hold lots of calcium
* Send message to release this to activate muscles
* Go to actin binding sites

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