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Biology
Finals Review
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
12/08/2008

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Term
Animal Tissues
Definition
Surface Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Inner Endoderm
Term
Body Plans
Radial (center)/ Bilateral (F2B)
Definition
1. Body Symmetry
2. Cephalization: sensory cells in head/ anus
3. Embryo tissue layers
4. Type of gut
5. Body cavities: Acoelomate
6. Segmentation: repetitive units
Term
Coelom
Definition
Fluid filled cavity between gut and body wall
Term
Chordates
Definition
Notochord: support/ body lengeth extension
(parallel to Nerve Cord)

Gills slit open and muscular tail extends
Term
Bony Fishes
Definition
1. Ray Finned: flexible fin, thin scales
2. Lobe Finned: ventral fins are extended
--> internal skeletal elements
3. Lungfishes: gills and lung like sacs
Term
Amphibians
Definition
Early: Lungs --> effective
Heart chambers separated: efficient circ.

Modern: Requires H20 (eggs in water)
Legs are less efficient --> resp. organ
Term
Amniotes (eggs like birds)
Definition
Tough, scaly skin, internal fertilzation
Term
Birds
Definition
Resp/circ systems support energy for flight
--> Wings: Bones attached to powerful muscles
Term
Mammals
Definition
Hair, mammary glands, teeth/care for young
Term
4 Types of Tissues
Definition
Epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous
Term
Epithelial
Definition
1. Squamous: diffusion of nutrientsand gases
2. Cuboidal and Columnar: secretion/absorption
Term
Cell Junctions
Definition
1. Tight: prevent links
2. Adhering: cement cells together
3. Gap: connect cytoplasms
Term
Connective
Definition
Cartilage, bone, adipose tissue and blood

Adipose converts sugar and lipid into fat.
--> energy storage
Term
Bone Tissue
Definition
Support/protect internal organs

Red: transports O2
White: defense against pathogens
Platelets: repairs broken vessels
Term
Muscle Tissue
Definition
Cells contract --> moves body parts

1. Skeletal: locomotion/posture
2. Cardiac: pumps blood in circ. system
3. Smooth: arterial blood flow
Term
Demographics
Definition
Growth is affected by size, density, distribution and age structure
Term
Population Distribution
Definition
Clumped, Uniform and Random
Term
Population Size
Definition
Immigration (in)/ Emigration (out)
J CURVE

Logistic Curve: S CURVE
"new carrying capacity"
Term
Biotic Potential (ideal)
Definition
Rate of increase for a species
Term
Major Factors
Definition
Geographic expansion, agriculture, medical and technical innovations
Term
Limiting Factors
Definition
Any essential resource in short supply

1. Density dependent: disease (crowding)
2. Density independent: tsunami (non)
Term
Niche
Definition
Sum of activities needed for survival

1. Fundamental: absence of competing species
2. Realized: species actually occupies
Term
Symbiosis
Definition
1. Mutualism: both benefit
2. Commensalism: 1 benefits, not other
3. Parasitism: parasite benefits from host
Term
Competition
Definition
Interspecific: between species

Intraspecific: between SAME species
Term
Pioneer species
(colonize barren habitats)
Definition
1st: new environment
2nd: community destroyed/displaced
Term
Biochemical Cycles
Definition
1. Hydrologic: water
2. Atmospheric: N & C
3. Sedimentary: Phos and Sul
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