Science Flashcards
What causes osteoporosis
A disease caused brittle bones. A decrease in the osteoblast activity and normal osteoclast activity
Autonomic sympathetic system is responsible for what?
Regulating involuntary body functions such as heart beat, blood flow, breathing and digestion. Fight or flight.
What is the function of neurons?
To process and transmit information, creating electrical impulse
What is the function of myelin sheath?
To protect the neuron, provide insulation, and increase the speed of impulse transmission
What is blood cells made?
Bone marrow
What produce antibodies
Plasma cells ( different from white blood cells called B lymphocytes also called B cell )
A person who is sick may have?
Increase in whites blood cells
What attacks Antigen?
Antibodies
What is an example of a disease where the immune system attacks itself?
Multiple Sclerosis ( Auto immune disease )
What are the pores in the nuclear envelopes used for?
Regulate import and export of material between nucleus and cytoplasm
What organelles transport energy that comes from the food?
Mitochondria
What glands produce FSH?
Anterior pituitary
What glands produce TSH?
Posterior pituitary gland
What are the 2 major part of the nervous system ?
Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system
What produce bile?
Liver
Where is urine stored?
Bladder
What is active immunity?
Vaccinations
What is the job of the circulatory systems ?
To transport endocrine hormones
Where does fertilizations begins ?
End of the Fallopian tube
Where does meiosis occur ?
Ovaries and testes
Which of the following endocrine system gland located behind the thyroid gland? What does the parathyroid gland help the body control?
Calcium and phosphorous levels
What does the body make when In the sunlight?
Vitamin D
What method lungs use to diffuse O2 and CO2 ?
Simple diffusion against concentration gradients
What protects the skin from UV?
Melanin
What hormones decrease glucose level?
Insulin beta cell
What happens when alveoli is damaged?
Can’t provide gas exchanged, may cause emphysema
What kind of bonds in nucleotides is in double strand DNA ?
Hydrogen
What kind of tissue in the spinal cord?
Nervous
S and O are in the same periodic group and share chemical properties, but H2S is a gas at room temperature, which of the main reason for this?
H2O has a strong intermolecular bond that H2S
What bond are involved in S2O versus H2O ?
Covalent bond: H2O has a stronger intermolecular bond.
What layer of the skin is sebaceous gland found ?
Dermis
What is called when gametes produce zygotes
Fertilization
Biggest strongest bone
Femur