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Physiology
11th Grade
03/07/2014

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Protein Hormones
Definition
Hormone that binds to receptors; trigger secondary messenger molecules that affects cells activities
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Negative feedback
Definition
Feedback that reverses direction of a change
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Steroid Hormones
Definition
Hormone that enter cells and directly act on certain genes in a cell
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Melatonin
Definition
Hormone that regulates internal clock
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Positive Feedback
Definition
Feedback that accelerates a change
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Prostaglandins
Definition
Hormone produced in body tissues; tissue hormones
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Hypersecretion
Definition
Excess hormone secretion
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Hypo secretion
Definition
Insufficient hormone secretion
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Arteries
Definition
Blood vessel with most pressure
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Atelectasis
Definition
Collapsed lung
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Anaphylactic shock
Definition
Shock due to allergic reaction
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Varicose veins
Definition
Blood pooling
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Tuberculosis
Definition
Contagious; can be passed
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Pulmonary ventilation
Definition
Into and out of the lungs
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Cerebral Vascular Accident
Definition
Stroke
Term
Vital Capacity
Definition
Largest amount of air one can breathe out in one expiration
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Aneurism
Definition
Abnormal widening of arterial wall
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Aorta
Definition
1st route of systemic circulation
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Bradycardia
Definition
Less than 60 bpm
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Tachycardia
Definition
More than 100 bpm
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Insulin
Definition
Hormone that decrease blood sugar
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Thyroid
Definition
Gland that controls metabolic rate
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Endocardium
Definition
Smooth inside of heart
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I
Definition
Universal blood donor
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AB
Definition
Universal blood recipient
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Thrombosis
Definition
Stationary clot
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Embolism
Definition
Dislodged clot
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Veinules
Definition
Carry blood away from capillaries
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Melanocytes
Definition
Affect skin pigment
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Rbcs
Definition
Most numerous in blood
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Left Atrium
Definition
Carries blood from lungs
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Atherosclerosis
Definition
Hardening of arteries
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Redness,swelling,heat,pain
Definition
Signs of inflammation
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Hypovolemic shock
Definition
Shock caused by loss of blood volume
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Respiratory Distress
Definition
Relative inability to inflate alveoli
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