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Science for Medicine

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Decks in this class (50)

Autonomic and NMJ Pharmacology
What is a nmj,
What happens to acetylcholine aft...,
What does hemicholinium do
33  cards
Autonomic Physiology 1
What is the purpose of the autono...,
What does the autonomic nervous s...,
How can the autonomic nervous sys...
25  cards
Autonomic Physiology 2
What are responses dependent on,
Sympathetic ciliary muscle relaxe...,
Sympathetic radial muscle contrac...
30  cards
Bone
What are the functions of bone,
What is the gross anatomy of bone,
What is compact bone organised into
37  cards
Carbohydrates 1
What are the properties of carboh...,
In what form are carbohydrates st...,
Where do carbohydrates exhibit st...
50  cards
Carbohydrates 2
What carbohydrates are there in o...,
Where in the body does carbohydra...,
Describe the digestion of carbohy...
42  cards
Carbohydrates 3
Glycolysis,
Where does glycolysis take place,
How many steps are there in glyco...
12  cards
Carbohydrates 4
What tissues rely completely on g...,
What happens if we do a lot of ex...,
What is gluconeogenesis not
35  cards
Carbohydrates 5
What are other names for the citr...,
What fuel molecules go through th...,
Where does the tca cycle occur
18  cards
Enzymes 1
What is an enzyme,
What does an enzyme do,
Ribozyme
38  cards
Enzymes 2
Isozyme,
What reaction do glucokinase and ...,
What happens when blood glucose i...
60  cards
Essential Pharmacology 1
What can be chemical messengers,
How can variety of responses in r...,
What can receptors do
22  cards
Essential Pharmacolgy 2
What is a drug,
What are sources of drugs,
How do drugs act
14  cards
Forces Acting Across Membranes 1
What does the cell membrane do,
What is a major difference betwee...,
What is the ecf sub divided into
38  cards
Forces Acting Across Membranes 2
Why is there a difference in char...,
What does the electrochemical gra...,
What are 5 mechanisms of movement...
34  cards
Forces Acting Across Membranes 3
Osmosis,
Diffusion,
How is osmotic equilibrium mainta...
28  cards
Foundations in Immunology 1
Tolerance,
How is self tolerance maintained,
What does the bodys immune defenc...
70  cards
Foundations in Immunology 2
What are the functions of the lym...,
What direction does the lymphatic...,
What are the 3 phases of immune d...
59  cards
Foundations in Immunology 3
Where are t cells produced and ma...,
What are t cells responsible for,
What is the cell surface receptor...
19  cards
Health and Disease
What is health,
What aspects are covered by the d...,
What contributes to good health
18  cards
How Nerves Work 1
What structures are part of the n...,
What are the subdivisions of the ...,
What are the parts of the brain
27  cards
How Nerves Work 2
How do neurones send electrical s...,
What is the rmp,
What is the equilibrium potential
12  cards
How Nerves Work 3
When is an ap sent,
What causes the depolarisation of...,
What is a synapse
22  cards
How Nerves Work 4
What is the threshold potential,
What happens once the threshold p...,
In ap what causes depolarisation
30  cards
How Nerves Work 5
What are most synapses,
What is the basis of a chemical s...,
Where is muscle contraction trigg...
16  cards
Infection Prevention and Control
Why is infection prevention and c...,
What are the 6 links in the chain...,
Infectious agent
12  cards
Introduction to Blood
What is the normal distribution o...,
What are 6 functions of blood,
What does blood consist of
42  cards
Life at a Cellular Level 1
What is a cell,
Describe a prokaryotic cell,
Describe a eukaryotic cell
45  cards
Life at a Cellular Level 2
What elements do we need large am...,
What are the four lightest atoms,
What kind of bonds can c form
41  cards
Life at a Cellular Level 3
What is the 1st law of energy cha...,
What is the 2nd law of energy cha...,
What happens as usable energy dec...
23  cards
Life at a Cellular Level 4
What does water do,
Describe the structure of water,
What does the polarity of water a...
32  cards
Lipids 1
What are lipids,
What forms can lipids take,
What are the biological functions...
58  cards
Lipids 2
Where does beta oxidation occur,
What is produced from b oxidation,
What are the 3 stage of b oxidati...
37  cards
Lipids 3
Where do we get fatty acids,
Where does fa synthesis occur,
Describe de novo synthesis of fa
32  cards
Muscle 1
What are the 2 subclasses of muscle,
What kind of muscles are striated,
Where would you find smooth muscle
38  cards
Muscle 2
Where does the energy for contrac...,
Muscle fatigue,
What is fatigue dependent on
41  cards
Nitrogen 1
What do amino acids and nucleotid...,
Where does the nitrogen in our bo...,
How do the plants animals we eat ...
38  cards
Nitrogen 2
What is the fate of nitrogen in a...,
What is the fate of nitrogen in t...,
What is the fate of nitrogen in b...
31  cards
Nitrogen 3
What is an inherited metabolic di...,
How can the incidence of iem be d...,
What is normally the cause of iem
19  cards
Proteins 1
What occurs during protein synthesis,
Codon,
What is a codon defined by
34  cards
Proteins 2
Name 3 types of proteins which co...,
What is a glycoprotein,
How are glycoproteins formed
31  cards
Reflexes
What is the simplest reflex of all,
What is the best example of the s...,
What does the knee jerk reflex us...
31  cards
Sensory Receptors 1
What are sensory receptors,
What do sensory receptors do,
Sensory modality
54  cards
Sensory Receptors 2
What are proprioceptors,
What do proprioceptor include,
What do muscle spindles monitor
33  cards
Skin
What are the 4 primary tissue types,
What are epidermal cells termed as,
What is the function of the epide...
36  cards
Terminal Respiration
Where is the only site of oxidati...,
Where do nadh and fadh have to be...,
How does the nadh and fadh that i...
32  cards
Tissues 1
Describe epithelial tissue,
Describe connective tissue,
Describe muscle tissue
26  cards
Tissues 2
Describe the formation of exocrin...,
Describe the formation of endocri...,
What types structures of exocrine...
39  cards
Homeostasis 1
Tissues,
Organs,
What is the equation of life
30  cards
Homeostasis 2
Where is the water in our bodies,
What is transcellular fluid,
How is water distributed in an av...
26  cards

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