Review Quiz Flashcards
study of biological functions of organs and their interrelationships
physiology
regulatory mechanism in which a change in a controlled variable triggers a response that opposes the change
negative feedback
flow of water molecules from the region of higher water potential to lower water potential through a semipermeable membrane
Osmosis
Three primary factors influencing impulse transmission
- axon diameter
- myelination
- temperature
physiological, biochemical, or anatomic change within an individual animal durings its life that resutls from an animal’s chronic exposure in its native habitat to new, naturally occuring environmental condition
acclimatization
receptive surface that brings signals from other neuros toward the cell body
dendrites
Four key events in signaling of hormones
- reception
- signal transduction
- amplification
- response
Father of Modern Physiology
Claude Bernard
hydrostatic pressure that puts cell walls in tension
turgor pressure
- secreted by neurons at many synapses
- diffuse a very short distance
- bind receptors on target cells
- play a role in sensation, memory, cognition, and movement
neurotransmitters
- type of intercellular communication where the secreted molecules diffuse into the bloodstream and trigger responses in target cells anywhere in the body
- relatively slow
endocrine signaling
- chemical signals that travel over short distances by diffusion
- help regulate blood pressure, nervous system function, and reproduction
local regulators
Six major classes of enzymes
- oxidoreductase
- transferase
- ligase
- lyase
- hydrolase
- isomerase
Subdisciplines of Physiology
- comparative physiology
- environmental physiology
- evolutionary physiology
- developmental physiology
- cell physiology
- conducts signals away from the cell
- carry information for long distances with high fidelity and without loss
axon