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Zoology 101 - Third Exam
Protection, Support, and Movement - Excretion and Osmoregulation
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Undergraduate 1
11/13/2011

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Term
Epidermis
Dermis
Definition
Name the two layers that make up skin.
Term
Epidermis - Outer layer Dermis - Inner layer with blood vessels
Definition
Describe the two layers of the skin.
Term
Hypodermis
Definition
What lies under the dermis?
Term
Loose connective tissue
Fat
Definition
What makes up the hypodermis?
Term
Their thick, keritanized stratum corneum.
Definition
What helps reptiles resist abrasion on land?
Term
Stratum Corneum
Definition
Feathers are epidermal derivatives that arise in the ___ ___.
Term
Hair
Nails
Sweat and Sebaceous glands
Definition
What are some epidermal derivatives of mammals?
Term
Produce oil
Definition
What is the function of Sebaceous glands?
Term
Dermis
Definition
Blood vessels and nerves are found only in which layer of the skin?
Term
Arrector Pili Muscles
Definition
What makes your hairs "stand on end?"
Term
Hair bulb
Definition
The hair growth starts at the base, called the ___.
Term
Hydrostatic Skeleton - Annelids
Exoskeleton - Arthropoda
Endoskeleton - Echinodermata
Definition
What were the three invertebrate support systems used that we learned? Give an example of a Phylum that uses each.
Term
Endoskeleton
Definition
Term: All vertebrates have this type of skeleton.
Term
Cartilage
Bone
Definition
What are the two main supportive tissues?
Term
Site for muscle attachment
Definition
What is the function of cartilage, besides support?
Term
1. Support/protect internal organs
2. Store Calcium and Phosphorus
3. Make RBCs and some WBCs
Definition
What are the three functions of bone?
Term
Osteocytes are enclosed in lacunae in concentric circles at osteonic canals with blood vessels and nerves.
Definition
Describe the structure of bone.
Term
Vertebrates
Definition
Cartilage and a bony skeleton are first found in what?
Term
Formation of our structure required difficult and complex processes.
Definition
Why did adaptations for support and movement on land take 200 million years?
Term
More bones and intervertebral disks
Definition
What added support do we find in the tetrapod skeleton that differs from primitive support systems?
Term
Axial skeleton
Appendicular Skeleton
Definition
What two parts of the skeleton make up the human body?
Term
Skull
Vertebrae
Sternum
Ribs
Definition
What does the axial skeleton in humans consist of?
Term
Upper limbs
Lower limbs
Pectoral girdle
Pelvic girdle
Definition
What does the appendicular skeleton consist of?
Term
Ciliary
Flagellar
Cytoplasmic Streaming (amoeba)
Definition
What three types of nonmuscular movement have we seen in primitive organisms?
Term
Smooth
Skeletal
Cardiac
Definition
What are the three types of muscular tissue?
Term
1 nucleus
Involuntary
Non-striated
Definition
Describe smooth muscle.
Term
Multinuceated
Voluntary
Striated
Definition
Describe skeletal muscle
Term
1 nucleus
Involuntary
Striated
Interculated disks
Definition
Describe cardiac muscle.
Term
Pedal Locomotion
Definition
Term: Using waves of contractions for moving over soft substrate.
Term
Planaria
Snails
Hydra
Definition
What animals use pedal locomotion?
Term
Nematodes only use longitudinal muscles
Earthworms use both longitudinal and circular muscles.
Definition
What is the difference in muscle usage between Nematodes and Earthworms?
Term
Circular Muscles
Definition
What type of muscles is an Earthworm using when it's long and thin?
Term
Longitudinal muscles
Definition
What type of muscles is an Earthworm using if it's short and fat?
Term
Looping movements
Definition
What type of movements do leeches use?
Term
Parapodia (flaplike appendages)
Definition
What do Polychaetes use to move?
Term
True
Definition
True/False: Setae are NOT appendages.
Term
Tube feet that drag body
Water-vascular System
Definition
What do Echinoderms use to move?
Term
Tendons
Definition
Term: Attach skeletal muscle to skeleton.
Term
Myomere Segments
Definition
Term: Lateral undulations of trunk and tail.
Term
Fish
Definition
What type of animal uses myomere segments for movement?
Term
Appendages (for locomotion)
Back Muscles
Definition
What two parts of the body became more important in the transition to land?
Term
Actin
Myosin
Definition
What are the two types of contractile protein?
Term
Thin filaments
Z lines attached
Definition
Describe Actin.
Term
Thick filaments
Z lines NOT attached
Definition
Describe Myosin.
Term
Sarcomere
Definition
Term: Functional unit of muscle contraction.
Term
Sarcomere
Definition
Term: From one Z line to the next.
Term
Thin filaments slide towards each other by forming crossbridges with thick filaments.
Definition
Explain the Sliding Filament Theory of Muscle Contraction.
Term
Tropomyosin blocks crossbridges.
Definition
What happens to muscles when Calcium is absent?
Term
Tropomyosin is pulled of the crossbridges by Troponin, allowing crossbridges to form between myosin heads and thin filament. A rachet like mechanism shortens sarcomere and in turn, the whole muscle.
Definition
What happens to muscles when Calcium is present?
Term
Motor Unit
Definition
Term: Nerve impulse via motor nuerons to all muscle fibers it innervates.
Term
Sarcolemma
Definition
Term: Membrane around muscle fiber.
Term
Nueromuscular Junction
Definition
Term: Cleft where motor nueron and muscle fiber meet.
Term
Synaptic vessels (in axon terminal) realease Acetocholine (ACh).
Definition
What happens when a nerve impulse reaches the end of a nueron?
Term
It diffuses across the nueromuscular junction and binds to receptors which reverse the normal polarity of muscle membrane and causes waves of altered polarity across the sarcolemma to T tubules, causing the release of Calcium from sacs.
Definition
What does Acetocholine do once released?
Term
Terminal Cisternae
Definition
Term: Sacs in muscle that contain Calcium.
Term
The presence or absence of Calcium.
Definition
What is skeletal muscle controlled by?
Term
Nutrition
Definition
Term: Animal ingests, digests, absorbs, stores, and uses food to meet its metabolic needs.
Term
Digestion
Definition
Term: Chemical/Mechanical breakdown of food into smaller molecules that can be absorbed.
Term
Autotrophs
Definition
Term: Organisms that synthesize their own food.
Term
Phototrophs - use Photosynthesis
Chemoautotrophs - no light, do not use photosynthesis
Definition
Name the two types of autotrophs and the difference between them.
Term
Heterotrophs
Definition
Term: Organisms that cannot synthesize all foods.
Term
Plant
Definition
Give an example of an autotroph.
Term
Animals
Fungi
Some bacteria
Definition
Give an example of a heterotroph.
Term
8
Definition
How many of the 20 amino acids available are essential to humans?
Term
Herbivores
Omnivores
Carnivores
Definition
List the three types of Heterotrophs.
Term
Herbivore
Definition
Term: Animal that eats plants, not animals.
Term
Omnivore
Definition
Term: Animal that eats both plants and animals.
Term
Carnivore
Definition
Term: Animal that eats animals, not plants.
Term
Deer
Definition
Give an example of an herbivore.
Term
Bear
Definition
Give an example of an omnivore.
Term
Hawk
Definition
Give an example of a carnivore.
Term
Macronutrients
Definition
Term: Nutrients needed in large quantities.
Term
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Definition
What are the primary macronutrients we learned about?
Term
Micronutrients
Definition
Term: Nutrients needed in small quantities.
Term
Vitamins
Minerals
Definition
Give an example of a micronutrient.
Term
True
Definition
True/False: Dietary requirements require both macro- and micronutrients.
Term
Calorie
Definition
Term: Amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1g of water 1 degree.
Term
Sugars
Starches
Definition
Give an example of a carbohydrate.
Term
Polysaccharides
Disaccharides
Monosaccharides
Definition
What are the three different types of carbohydrates?
Term
Plants
Cellulose provides fiber which is needed for a healthy colon.
Definition
What provides cellulose to the body when eaten, and what does this do?
Term
Most concentrated energy source
Lipids have 2x the amount of energy than carbohydrates or protein.
Definition
What's so special about lipids?
Term
Metabolic Pathways
Definition
Term: These convert food into useful molecules.
Term
Calcium (Ca)
Phosphorus (P)
Potassium (K)
Sodium (Na)
Magnesium (Mg)
Definition
What are the most essential minerals?
Term
Deamination
Definition
Term: Amino acids split to form acetyl.
Term
At least 21
Definition
At the very least, a fatty acid makes how many molecules of pyruvic acid?
Term
Iodine (I)
Iron (Fe)
Definition
What are the most important trace minerals in our bodies?
Term
Maintains strong bones and teeth
Clots blood
Maintains normal muscle, nueron, and cellular function
Definition
What is the function of Calcium in the body?
Term
Component of many coenzymes
Carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Definition
What is the function of Magnesium in the body?
Term
Major constituent of bones and blood plasma
Needed for energy metabolism
Part of DNA, RNA, and ATP
Definition
What is the function of Phosphorus in the human body?
Term
Major positive ion in cells
Influences muscle contraction and nueron excitability
Definition
What is the function of Potassium?
Term
The most common ion in extracellular fluid
Important in fluid balance
Essential for conduction of action potentials and active transport
Definition
What is the function of Sodium in the body?
Term
Component of thyroid hormones
Definition
What is the function of Iodine in the body?
Term
Component of hemoglobin, myoglobin, enzymes and cytochromes
Definition
What is the function of Iron in the body?
Term
Vitamins
Definition
Term: Small organic chemicals needed in small amounts.
Term
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Definition
What are three fat soluable vitamins?
Term
Abscorbic acid
Definition
What is another name for Vitamin C?
Term
Retinol
Definition
What is another name for Vitamin A?
Term
Tocopherol
Definition
What is another name for Vitamin E?
Term
Helps synthesize visual pigments, mucoproteins, and mucopolysaccharides
Promotes normal development of bones and teeth
Involved in maintenance of epithelial cells
Definition
What is the function of Vitamin A (retinol) in the body?
Term
Promotes absorbtion of Calcium and Phophorus
Promotes development of teeth and bones
Definition
What is the function of Vitamin D in the body?
Term
Antioxidant: Prevents oxidation of Vitamin A and polyunsaturated fatty acids
Maintains stability of cell membranes
Definition
What is the function of Vitamin E (Tocopherol) in the body?
Term
Intercellular
Definition
Digestion is _____ in simple animals.
Term
More complex animals
Definition
What types of animals use extracellular digestion?
[Hint: Very general answer]
Term
Extracellular Digestion
Definition
Term: Digestion in which enzymes break down large units.
Term
Continuous feeder
Discontinuous feeder
Suspension feeder
Deposit feeder
Herbivory
Predation
Surface-Nutrient Absorption
Fluid feeder
Definition
What are the eight different strategies of obtaining food?
Term
Sessile, filter feeder (always taking in nutrients).
Definition
What does it mean to be a continuous feeder?
Term
Mobile, non-continuous feeding (not always eating at every moment).
Definition
What does it mean to be a discontinuous feeder?
Term
Carnivores
Most herbivores
Definition
Give an example of a discontinuous feeder.
Term
Capture food particle with part of body and send it to the mouth.
Definition
What does it mean to be a suspension feeder?
Term
Daphnia
Sponges
Mussels
Definition
Give an example of a suspension feeder.
Term
Get nutrients from sediment.
Definition
What does it mean to be a deposit feeder?
Term
Eat plants
Definition
What does it mean to be herbivory?
Term
Capture prey
Definition
What does it mean to be predatory?
Term
Absorb nutrients through the body surface.
Definition
What does it mean to be a surface nutrient absorption feeder?
Term
Molluscs
Many birds
Rabbits
Deer
Cows
Mice
Definition
Give an example of an herbivory animal.
Term
Lions
Wolves
Jellyfish
Most fish
Whales
Definition
Give an example of a predatory animal?
Term
Tapeworms
Definition
Give an example of a surface-nutrient absorption feeder.
Term
Ectoparasites
Nectar/Plant juice feeders
Definition
What are the two types of fluid feeders?
Term
Leeches
Mosquitoes
Lamprey
Ticks
Vampire Bat
Definition
Give an example of an ectoparasite.
Term
Moths
Aphids
Definition
Give an example of a Nectar/Plant juice feeder.
Term
Intracellular
Definition
What type of digestion do protozoa use?
Term
Gastrovascular cavity
Definition
What type of digestive system do hydra use?
Term
Crop, Stomach, Intestine, Rectum
Definition
What type of digestive structures do grasshoppers use?
Term
"Tube within a tube"
Definition
What type of digestive system do Nematodes use?
Term
There are teeth on it.
Definition
What is special about a lamprey's tongue?
Term
"Rolled carpet" long tongue
Definition
What is special about a frog's tongue?
Term
Turtles
Birds
Baleen whales
Definition
Most vertebrates have teeth but there are some that don't. Name a few of these.
Term
Frogs
Toads
Definition
___ and ___ have modified teeth.
[Hint: Vertebrates]
Term
Birds
Definition
All vertebrates except ___ have salivary glands.
Term
To the crop or stomach
Definition
The pharynx and esophagus move food where?
Term
HCl (Hydrochloric Acid)
Pepsin
Definition
What chemicals does the stomach contain?
Term
Digests proteins by breaking them down into amino acids (peptides).
Definition
What is the function of pepsin?
Term
Muscular sac that grinds food.
Definition
What is the function of a gizzard?
Term
Birds
Crocodiles
Definition
Name a Vertebrate that uses a gizzard.
Term
Blind pouch with more space for bacteria.
Definition
What is the function of the ceca?
Term
It is stored in the bile until it is needed to emulsify large fat globules into small fat globules.
Definition
What happens to the bile once the liver synthesizes it?
Term
True
Definition
True/False: Every Vertebrate has a pancreas.
Term
Insulin
Glucagon
Definition
What two hormones does the pancreas secrete?
Term
Increases glucose in tissues
Definition
What is the function of insulin?
Term
Increases glucose in blood.
Definition
What is the function of glucagon?
Term
1. Digestion
2. Absorption
Definition
What are the two functions of the small intestine?
Term
Small intestine
Definition
The process of breaking down food ends in the ____.
Term
Water absorption
Mineral absorption
Forms feces
Definition
What is the purpose of the colon?
Term
Diarhhea
Constipation
Definition
The two extremes for the colon's water absorption are...?
Term
Fibers
Definition
Colon cancer is very common, but can be prevented by ___.
Term
1. Ingestion
2. Peristalsis
3. Segmentation
4. Secretion
5. Digestion
6. Absorption
7. Defacation
Definition
What are the seven steps in digesting nutrients?
Term
Esophagus
Definition
Where does Peristalsis take place?
Term
Rings of smooth muscle contract behind bolus and relax in front of it
Definition
What happens in peristalsis?
Term
Ball of food
Definition
Term: Bolus
Term
Small intestine
Definition
Where does segmentation occur at?
Term
Rings of smooth muscle repeatedly contract and relax to mix food with food enzymes.
Definition
What is segmentation in the digestive system?
Term
Hormones, enzymes, chemicals, and ions that take part in digestion are secreted.
Definition
What is secretion in the digestive system?
Term
Large molecules are broken down into smaller molecules.
Definition
What happens during digestion?
Term
Ileum, because it is very long so there is a lot of surface area for absorption.
Definition
Where does absorption occur and why does it occur there?
Term
Uptake of small molecules into blood vessels called capillaries, and fat is taken into the lymph vessels.
Definition
What happens during absorption?
Term
It enters the hepatic portal vein and is brought to the liver.
Definition
What happens to the nutrient rich blood once absorbed??
Term
Egestion
Definition
Term: Defacation
Term
FALSE! Excretion is ONLY urine.
Definition
True/False: Excretion is the removal of feces.
Term
Undigested food is voided through the anus.
Definition
What happens during defacation?
Term
Sphincters
Definition
Term: Rings of smooth and skeletal muscle that prevent backflow.
Term
Anus
Cardiac valve
Pyloric sphincter valve
Definition
Give an example of a sphincter.
Term
Lips, teeth, tongue, and saliva from salivary glands
Definition
What does the oral cavity consist of?
Term
Moistens food
Forms bolus
Definition
What is the function of the oral cavity?
Term
Bicarbonate ions (HCO3-)
Salivary amylase
Definition
Name the two buffers of the oral cavity.
Term
Nuetralizes alkalinity
Definition
What does it mean to be a buffer in the oral cavity?
Term
Small clusters of sugars linked together
Definition
What are oligosaccharides?
Term
Carry fat through lymphs and empty them into the circulatory system.
Definition
What is the function of lacteals?
Term
Hepatic
Definition
Term: Applying to liver
Term
Gastric
Definition
Term: Applying to stomach.
Term
Renal
Definition
Term: Applying to kidney.
Term
Starts digesting carbohydrates.
Definition
What is the function of salivary amylase?
Term
Common passage for air/food
Definition
What is the function of the pharynx?
Term
1. Stores/mixes food
2. Secretion of enzymes, mucus, and HCl to digest foods
3. Controls rate of food entering small intestine through pyloric sphincter
Definition
What are the three main functions of the stomach?
Term
Gastric
Definition
The stomach lining has ___ glands.
Term
Chief cells
Parietal cells
Definition
What are the two types of cells that make up the stomach lining?
Term
Secrete pepsinogen
Definition
What is the function of chief cells?
Term
Secrete HCl
Definition
What is the function of parietal cells?
Term
It converts inactive pepsinogen into pepsin.
Definition
What is the purpose of HCl in the stomach?
Term
2
Definition
What is the pH level of HCl?
Term
Digests proteins into polypeptides
Definition
What does pepsin in the stomach do?
Term
Protects the stomach lining from acid
Definition
What is the mucus's purpose in the stomach?
Term
Chyme
Definition
Term: Semi-liquid mass of mixed food and pepsin.
Term
Pyloric Sphincter Valve
Definition
Chyme passes through what structure in the stomach?
Term
7-8 meters
Definition
The small intestine of a human is how long?
Term
Villi and microvilli
Definition
What structures in the small intestine increase surface area for absorption?
Term
Duodenum
Definition
Digestion that occurs in the small intestine primarily occurs in which part?
Term
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Definition
What are the 3 sections of the small intestine?
[List in order]
Term
Jejunum
Ileum
Definition
In the small intestine, absorption primarily takes place through capillaries in which parts?
Term
Capillaries of villi
Definition
In the small intestine, what are sugars and amino acids taken up by?
Term
Columnar epithelium cells of villi;
Glycerol;
Triglyceride
Definition
In the small intestine, fatty acids are absorbed by what?
After these are absorbed, what do they combine with, and what does this combination make?
Term
Proteins called Chylomicrons
Definition
Triglycerides are covered in what?
Term
Small intestine --> Lacteals of villi --> Lymph vessels --> Blood vessels
Definition
Describe the path that triglycerides take once they are absorbed in the small intestine.
Term
Three
Definition
Glycerol is a ___ carbon molecule.
Term
14-22
Definition
Fatty acids are usually ___ to ___ carbon molecules.
Term
3 fatty acids attach to a glycerol molecule
"Tri-" "-Glyceride"
Definition
Describe why the "triglycerides" have this name.
Term
Cecum
Definition
Term: Structure of attachment between small and large intestine.
Term
Evolutionary remains of larger functional cecum in herbivores
Definition
What is the appendix?
Term
Feed on residue
Secrete amino acids and vitamin K
Definition
What is the function of fungi/bacteria in the colon?
Term
Enzymes are ALWAYS proteins and bile is NOT a protein.
Definition
Why is bile NOT an enzyme, even though it has a similar function?
Term
Small fat globules;
Disaccharides/Monosaccharides
Definition
Large fat globules + bile = _______ + pancreatic lipase = _______
Term
Trypsin
Pancreatic Lipase
Pancreatic Amylase
HCO3-
Definition
What are the four most important enzymes secreted by the pancreas?
Term
Chymotripsin
Carboxypeptidase
Definition
Along with Trypsin, what other two enzymes, secreted by the pancreas, break down proteins/peptides into small peptides/amino acids?
Term
Breaks down triglycerides into glycerol and fatty acids
Definition
What is the purpose of pancreatic lipase, secreted by the pancreas?
Term
Breaks down polysaccharides into disaccharides/monosaccharides
Definition
What is the purpose of pancreatic amylase, secreted by the pancreas?
Term
Nuetralizes acid pH level in chyme from 2 --> 7
Definition
What is the function of HCO3-, secreted by the pancreas?
Term
Liver
Definition
What is the biggest organ in the body?
[Not including the skin]
Term
1. Conversion of sugars to form glucose
2. Conversion of excess calories into glycogen or fat
3. Synthesis of nonessential amino acids
4. Removal of amino acids from organic compounds
5. Urea formation from proteins
6. Synthesis of most blood plasma proteins (ex. Albumin)
7. Destruction of worn out RBC's
8. Main storage center of vitamins A, D, E, K, fats, and glycogen
Definition
What are the eight functions of the liver?
Term
Stores bile synthesized by the liver
Definition
What is the function of the gall bladder?
Term
Alkaline
[basic]
Definition
Is bile alkaline or acidic?
Term
Bile salts
Definition
What component of the bile is responsible for emulsification of the large fat globules into small fat globules?
Term
Forming micelles
Definition
Besides emulsifying large fat globules into small fat globules, what is the other function of bile salts?
Term
Micelles
Definition
Term: These structures coat the surface of clumps of fatty acids + glycerol.
Term
Across intestine epithelium into lymphatic lacteals
Definition
How are micelles absorbed?
Term
Fatty acids
Definition
What do lacteals absorb?
Term
Emulsion droplets
Definition
Term: Small fat globules
Term
Pepsin
Definition
Term: Main digestive enzyme in stomach
Term
Peptidases
Definition
What are peptides broken down by?
Term
Simple diffusion
Integumentary exchange/cutaneous
Gills
Trachea
Book lungs
Definition
What are the five ways intertebrates exchange gases?
[Respiration]
Term
Protozoa, simple life, Platyhelmenthes, Hydra
Definition
Which invertebrates use simple diffusion for respiration?
Term
Insects and Myriapoda
Definition
Which invertebrates use tracheae for respiration?
Term
Annelida
Definition
Which invertebrates use cutaneous/integumentary surface for respiration?
Term
The most advanced aquatic invertebrates
(octopus, crab, shrimp)
Definition
Which invertebrates use gills for respiration?
Term
Arachnids
Definition
Which invertebrates use book lungs for respiration?
Term
Chitin-lined branching tubes throughout body used for respiration
Definition
What are tracheae?
Term
Lamellae and ventral spiracle
Definition
Book lungs consist of...?
Term
Bimodal Breathing
Cutaneous Exchange
Gills
Lungs
Definition
What are the four ways vertebrates exchange gases?
[respiration]
Term
Bimodal breathing
Definition
Term: Respiration in both air and water
Term
Lungfish Barnacle
Definition
Give an example of a vertebrate that uses bimodal breathing.
Term
Capillaries are just below the epidermis
Definition
How does cutaneous exchange work?
Term
Frog
Toad
Definition
Give an example of a vertebrate that uses cutaneous exchange.
Term
Countercurrent flow
(Air flows in opposite directions near each other)
Definition
How do gills work?
Term
Birds
(they also use air sacs)
Definition
What animal is one of the most efficient lung users?
Term
There is a huge amount of thin, moist respiratory epithelium that greatly increases area for gas exchange.
Definition
Why are lungs so efficient?
Term
1. Ventilating Lungs
2. Oxygen diffusion
3. Bulk flow of RBCs
4. Internal Exchange
5. Cellular Respiration
Definition
What are the five phases of respiration?
Term
True
Definition
True/False: The five stages in respiration occurs in all air-breathing animals.
Term
Bulk flow of air is ventilated in and out of lungs
Definition
What happens during the first phase of respiration?
Term
Oxygen diffuses across the aveolus, capillary wall, and RBC membrane, then binds to hemoglobin.
Definition
What happens during the second phase of respiration?
Term
Hemoglobin
Definition
What is the most common protein in the human body?
Term
4
Definition
How many oxygen (O2) molecules does one hemoglobin molecule carry?
Term
A bulk flow of RBCs occurs through the lungs --> left atrium --> left ventricle --> Systemic circuit --> capillaries
Definition
What happens in the third phase of respiration?
Term
Oxygen diffuses across capillary wall into interstitial fluid across the cell membrane and across the mitochondrial membrane.
Definition
What happens during the fourth phase of respiration?
Term
Steps #4-#1 occur in a reverse sequence after cellular respiration occurs in the mitochondria. This time, however, CO2 (carbon dioxide) is being transported and is carried by a bicarbonate ion in the plasma, not a RBC.
Definition
What happens during the fifth phase of respiration?
Term
CO2 + H2O -> H2CO3 -> HCO3-
Definition
What is the chemical equation that occurs in cellular respiration to form a bicarbonate ion?
Term
Carbon Dioxide
Definition
Term: CO2
Term
Water
Definition
Term: H2O
Term
Carbonic Acid
Definition
Term: H2CO3
Term
Bicarbonate Ion
Definition
Term: HCO3-
Term
55;
45;
Platelets, RBCs, WBCs
Definition
Plasma makes up __% of the blood. The other __% is made up of ___, ___, and ___.
Term
Trachea -> Bronchi -> Bronchioles -> Respiratory bronchioles -> Alveoli
Definition
List the path of respiration starting at the trachea.
Term
Capillary beds
Definition
Alveoli have extensive ___ ___ where gas exchange takes place.
Term
Pulmonary arteries (low O2 content)
Pulmonary veins (high O2 content)
Definition
What two structures in the body are the exceptions for the fact that arteries have high O2 content and veins have low O2 content?
Term
Alveoli
Definition
Term: In the lungs, these structure have huge amounts of area for gas exchange "like a tennis court."
Term
Simple diffusion
Definition
Gas exchange takes place through walls to capillaries through ___ ___.
Term
Alveolar epithelium
Definition
What type of tissue is always moist and causes the mist on windows that we sometimes see?
Term
Ventilation
Definition
Term: Breathing by inhaling and exhaling
Term
The diaphragm pulls downward and both it and the intercostal muscles contract which elongates the thoracic cavity, creating negative pressure, creating a vacuum which rushes the air into the lungs to inflate them.
Definition
What occurs during inhaling?
Term
The diaphragm and intercostal muscles relax and thoracic cavity returns to normal size, forcing air out.
Definition
What happens during exhaling?
Term
Abdominal muscles contract, pushing abdominal organs against the diaphragm to increase pressure in thoracic cavity.
Definition
What happens during forcible breathing?
Term
Alveolar pressure becomes less than atmospheric pressure which expels air from lungs.
Definition
What happens when lungs compress air in alveoli?
Term
Oxygen is needed for both the respiratory AND circulatory systems.
Definition
Why do advanced animals have an increased need for oxygen than simpler animals?
Term
Respiratory pigments
Definition
Term: Organic compounds with copper or iron that binds to oxygen.
Term
RBCs, blood plasma, and coelomic fluid
Definition
Hemoglobin is carried in what?
Term
Hemoglobin
Definition
What makes the blood red?
Term
Hemocyanin
Definition
What makes the blood blue?
Term
Hemocyanin
Definition
Organic component combined with Copper
Term
Mollusks and certain crustaceans
Definition
What animals have blue blood due to hemocyanin?
Term
Glycolysis -> Linking Step -> Krebs Cycle -> Electron Transport Chain
Definition
What are the steps in breaking down glucose into something the body can use?
Term
Glucose;
Pyruvic Acid
Definition
___ goes through Glycolysis and becomes ___.
Term
6
Definition
Glucose is a __ carbon molecule.
Term
3
Definition
Pyruvic acid is a __ carbon molecule.
Term
Pyruvic acid;
Acetyl
Definition
___ goes through the linking step and is changed into ___.
Term
2
Definition
Acetyl is a __ carbon molecule.
Term
Krebs Cycle
Definition
Coenzyme A is used during which step in breaking down glucose?
Term
Carbon is oxidized
Definition
What happens during the Krebs cycle?
Term
Energy from NADH is used to pump H+s across the inner-mitochondrial membrane. That energy is later captured to form ATP.
Definition
What happens during the electron transport chain?
Term
Oxygen
Definition
What is the final electron acceptor?
Term
3
Definition
How many ATP are produced from 1 NADH?
Term
ATP Synthetase;
Synthesizes ATP
Definition
What is the most important enzyme in the electron transport chain and what is its function?
Term
Lowers the amount of energy needed for a reaction to occur.
[ATP synthetase is a catalyst]
Definition
What is the function of a catalyst?
Term
Gastrovascular cavity
Psuedocoel
Closed Circulatory System
Open Circulatory System
Definition
What are the four types of transport systems in invertebrates?
[In humans, this would be our Closed Circulatory system]
Term
Fish
Amphibians
Definition
Which vertebrates have RBCs WITH nuclei?
Term
Small Intestine
Definition
All macronutrients are absorbed by the end of what?
Term
Cnidaria
Platyhelmenthes
Definition
Which animals use the gastrovascular cavity as a transport [circulatory] system?
Term
Nematoda
Rotifera
Definition
Which animals use their psuedocoel as a transport [circulatory] system?
Term
Phylum Mollusca
Definition
What animal is the first separate circulatory system observed in?
Term
The heart pumps hemolymph (blood) through the heart --> blood vessels --> hemocoel --> blood vessels --> heart
Definition
How does an open circulatory system work?
Term
Blood is contained in blood vessels; there is no hemocoel.
Definition
How does a closed circulatory system work?
Term
Trunks
Definition
Term: Large arteries
Term
True
Definition
True/False: All vertebrates have a closed circulatory system.
Term
Only 1 cell layer thick
Definition
How many cell layers thick are capillaries?
Term
Heart -> Arteries -> Arterioles -> Capillaries -> Venules -> Veins -> Heart
Definition
Briefly describe the path of the circulatory system.
Term
Transport O2, CO2, nutrients, and hormones
Defend against pathogens
Clots
Helps body regulate temperature and pH levels
Definition
What is the function of blood?
Term
Plasma and formed elements (RBCs, WBCs, Platelets)
Definition
What are the two general blood contents?
Term
90% water
7% proteins
3% other
Definition
What does plasma consist of?
Term
Albumin
Fibrinogin
Globulin
Definition
In blood plasma, what are the three major proteins? List these from most abundant to least abundant.
Term
Ions
Amino acids
Glucose
Enzymes
Hormones
Wastes (CO2)
Definition
In blood plasma, what does the "3% other" category consist of?
Term
Erthrocytes
Definition
Term: RBCs
Term
Mammals vs Fish/Amphibians
no nucleus -- nucleus
biconcave disk -- oval
small -- large
Definition
What are the differences between the RBCs of mammals and other vertebrates compared to the RBCs of fish and amphibians?
Term
Oxyhemoglobin
Definition
Term: Hemoglobin carrying oxygen
Term
Pulmonary (to the lungs and back)
Systemic (to rest of body and back)
Definition
What are the two circuits in the circulatory system called, and what do they consist of?
Term
Leukocytes
Definition
Term: WBCs
Term
Destroy pathogens at cuts
Remove cell debris
Definition
What is the function of a leukocyte?
Term
Nuetrophils
Basophils
Lymphocytes
Eosinophils
Monocytes
Definition
What are the five types of leukocytes?
Term
Nuetrophils
Definition
What are the most common white blood cells?
Term
Nuetrophil
Definition
The first cell to arrive at a cut is the..?
Term
Attracted to sites of inflammation because they are active phagocytes (engulf foreign particles).
Definition
What is the function of a nuetrophil?
Term
Release histamine which causes blood vessels to dilate/leak fluid at site of inflammation.
Definition
What is the function of a basophil?
Term
Lymphocytes
Definition
What is the second most common white blood cell?
Term
60-70%;
20-30%
Definition
Nuetrophils make up __% of all WBCs, while lymphocytes make up about ___%.
Term
Important in immune response
Definition
What is the function of lymphocytes?
Term
B-lymphocytes (or B-cells)
T-lymphocytes (or T-cells)
Definition
What are the two types of lymphocytes?
Term
Bone marrow
Definition
Where are B-cells synthesized?
Term
Thymus;
Immune response
Definition
Where are T cells synthesized and what is their function?
Term
Thrombocytes
Definition
Term: Platelets
Term
Parts of blood cells are broken off in blood vessels
Definition
How are platelets formed?
Term
Attach/plug damage blood vessels and start clot
Definition
What is the function of platelets?
Term
Transport colorless fluid into circulatory system
Definition
What is the function of the lymphatic system?
Term
Blue = veins
Red = arteries
Definition
When veins and arteries are displayed in color, which colors usually represent them?
Term
Heart Murmur
Definition
Term: Condition in which bicuspid or tricuspid valves leak, causing some blood to flow the wrong way.
Term
Specialized "nerves" only in heart
Definition
What are bundles?
Term
Hydrostatic pressure
Definition
Term: Pressure caused by beating of heart.
Term
Osmotic pressure
Definition
Term: Pressure caused by concentration of solutes.
Term
Tricuspid valve
Pulmonary valve
Bicuspid valve
Aortic valve
Definition
What are the names of the four valves in the heart?
Term
Right atrioventricular valve
Definition
What is another name for the Tricuspid valve?
Term
Pulmonary semilunar valve
Definition
What is another name for the pulmonary valve?
Term
Left atrioventricular valve;
Mitral valve
Definition
What is another name for the Bicuspid valve?
Term
Aortic semilunar valve
Definition
What is another name for the aortic valve?
Term
2 vena cavae veins
Definition
The right atrium receives blood from what?
Term
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Definition
Term: Natural pacemaker of heart
Term
SA node -> Across atria -> AV node -> Bundle of His -> Bundle branches (fibers) -> Purkinje fibers
Definition
Describe the flow of the wave of excitation in the heart.
Term
True
Definition
True/False: The heart does NOT require stimulation from nerves.
Term
Corner of four chambers
Definition
Where is the AV node located?
Term
At the Bundle of His
Definition
At what point does the wave of excitation in the heart cross the septum?
Term
True
Definition
True/False: The atria first contracts, sending the blood into the ventricle, which then contracts and sends blood on its way through the body.
Term
Superior part of right atrium
Definition
Where is the SA node located?
Term
True
Definition
True/False: The Lymphatic system has a one way flow.
Term
On the arterial end of capillaries, there is a slight net flux of pressure caused by subtracting the hydrostatic pressure minus the osmotic pressure.
Definition
What causes the slight excess of interstitial fluid (which causes need for lymphatic system to transfer it to blood)?
Term
Solvent = liquid
Solute = solid
Definition
In solutes and solvent, which is the liquid and which is the solid that is dissolved by the liquid?
Term
Excretion
Definition
Term: Elimination of metabolic wastes from body.
Term
Osmoregulation
Definition
Term: Excretion of nitrogenous wastes and regulation of water and solutes.
Term
Osmoconformers
Definition
Term: Animal whose osmotic concentration of body fluids = osmotic concentration of environment.
Term
Osmoregulators
Definition
Term: Animals whose fluids are at a different osmotic concentration than the environment.
Term
Hypoosmotic;
They must compensate by conserving H20 and have very small, concentrated amounts of urea.
Definition
Are marine animals hypo/hyperosmotic to their environment? What does this mean they have to do?
Term
Hyperosmotic;
Compensate by excreting H20; they excrete large volumes of very dilute urea.
Definition
Are freshwater animals hyper/hypoosmotic to their environment? What does this mean they must do?
Term
Contractile vacuoles
Protonephridia
Metanephridia
Green Glands
Malpighian Tubules
Coxal Glands
Definition
What were the several types of invertebrate excretion techniques we learned about?
Term
Protozoa
Porifera
Cnidaria
Echinodermata
Definition
What organisms use contractile vacuoles?
Term
Yes
Definition
When freshwater protozoa and sponges use contractile vacuoles to expel water, does it require energy?
Term
Flame cells;
These filter fluids through excretory canals and finally through a nephridopore.
Definition
What structures do protonephridia contain and what do these do?
Term
Platyhelmenthes;
Rotifera;
Mollusk larva
Definition
What organisms use protonephridia?
Term
Earthworms and most annelids
Definition
What animals use a metanephridia?
Term
Excretion takes place through the nephridostome -> tubule -> bladder -> nephridopore
Definition
What is the function of the metanephridia?
Term
Eliminate water
Reabsorb ions
Void nitrogenous wastes
Definition
What is the function of green glands?
Term
Crayfish
Definition
What animal has green glands?
Term
Insects
Definition
What animal uses malpighian tubules?
Term
Void uric acid into gut
Absorb potassium ions from hemocoel
Definition
What is the function of malpighian tubules?
Term
Arachnids
Definition
What animals use coxal glands?
Term
Move uric acid through sacs -> ducts -> pores
**Nutrients reabsorbed along ducts**
Definition
What is the function of coxal glands?
Term
Their closed circulatory system's heart forces blood through membrane filter in kidney where the three functions of osmoregulation occur.
Definition
How do vertebrates achieve osmoregulation?
Term
1. Filtration
2. Reabsorption
3. Secretion
Definition
What are the 3 processes of osmoregulation?
Term
Between the Glomerulus and Bowman's capsule
Definition
Where does filtration (of osmoregulation) occur?
Term
About 1 million nephrons
Definition
What important structure does the kidney contain?
Term
Blood passes through a filter and retains cells (RBCs, WBCs and platelets) and large molecules (proteins), while small molecules/ions are passed through to be reabsorbed if needed.
Definition
What happens during osmoregulation's filtration step?
Term
Selective ions/molecules are reabsorbed back into the blood from filtrate in nephron.
Definition
What happens during osmoregulation's reabsorption step?
Term
Filtrate
Definition
Term: Fluid that passes through nephron.
Term
Select larger ions/molecules in blood that did not pass through the filter are absorbed into any part of the nephron (from the peritubular capillary) and pass out of the body with urine.
Definition
What happens during osmoregulation's secretion step?
Term
Diabetes
Definition
Term: Condition in which the body has a hard time reabsorbing glucose.
Term
Renal artery -> Afferent artery -> Glomerulus -> Efferent artery -> Peritubular capillaries -> Renal vein
Definition
Describe the path of the blood when going through osmoregulation.
Term
Mouth; Polysaccharides -> di/monosaccharides
Definition
For the following digestive substance, answer where it is synthesized, the substrate acted upon, and what that substrate is broken down into: Salivary Amylase
Term
Stomach;
Proteins -> peptides
Definition
For the following digestive substance, answer where is is synthesized, the substrate acted upon, and what that substrate is broken down into:
Pepsin
Term
Liver;
Large fat globule -> Small fat globules
Definition
For the following digestive substance, answer where is is synthesized, the substrate acted upon, and what that substrate is broken down into:
Bile
Term
Pancreas;
Small fat globules -> monoglycerides
Definition
For the following digestive substance, answer where is is synthesized, the substrate acted upon, and what that substrate is broken down into:
Pancreatic Lipase
Term
Pancreas;
Peptides -> amino acids/small peptides
Definition
For the following digestive substance, answer where is is synthesized, the substrate acted upon, and what that substrate is broken down into:
Trypsin, Chymotrypsin, Carboxypeptidase
Term
Pancreas;
Polysaccharides -> di/monosaccharides
Definition
For the following digestive substance, answer where is is synthesized, the substrate acted upon, and what that substrate is broken down into:
Pancreatic Amylase
Term
From matrix -> inter-membrane space
Definition
During the electron transport chain, in which direction are the protons moving?
Term
NADH
FADH2
Definition
During the breakdown of glucose, what are the two high energy coenzymes used?
Term
Krebs Cycle
Definition
Most of the NADH is synthesized in what step of glucose breakdown?
Term
Glycolysis: 1
Linking Step: 1
Krebs Cycle: 3
Definition
Describe how many and where each NADH comes from during the breakdown of glucose.
Term
Krebs Cycle (only 1 is synthesized though)
Definition
When is FADH2 synthesized?
Term
FADH2 and NADH
Definition
What molecules give up their high energy electrons for the ETC?
Term
Proton
Definition
Term: H+
Term
To pump protons from matrix -> inter-membrane space.
Definition
What are the electrons used for in the ETC?
Term
3
Definition
How many ATPs are produced per NADH?
Term
FADH2 skips the first channel
NADH actually uses this channel
Definition
How is the process of FADH2's electrons going through the ETC different from NADH's?
Term
2
Definition
How many ATP does FADH2 produce?
Term
None
Definition
How many CO2 molecules are given off during glycolysis?
Term
Substrate-level Phosphorilation
Definition
Term: Forming ATP directly without NADH or FADH2
Term
During Glycolysis and Krebs Cycle
Definition
When does substrate level phosphorilation occur?
Term
Insulin
Definition
Term: Hormone dominant after eating.
Term
Glucagon
Definition
Term: Hormone dominant after fasting.
Term
Micelles
Definition
Term: Temporary storage structure to protect fatty acids and monoglycerides from water.
Term
Glomerulus -> Bowman's Capsule -> Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT) -> Loop of Henle (Ascending and Descending branches) -> Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT)
Definition
Describe the path of the nephron in order.
Term
Lower branch of ascending Loop of Henle
Definition
Where is the only place in a nephron where simple diffusion of NaCl occurs?
Term
Diuretic
Definition
Term: Large volume of dilute urine
Term
Antidiuretic
Definition
Term: Small volume of concentrated urine
Term
Ascending branch of Loop of Henle
Definition
What part of the nephron tubule is water impermeable?
Term
Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT)
Definition
By the middle of the ___ of the nephron, 70% of water and sodium have already been reabsorbed.
Term
90-95%
Definition
__% of molecules are reabsorbed by the end of osmoregulation in the nephron.
Term
Anti-diuretic hormone
(Causes urine to be different colors)
Definition
Term: ADH
Term
Distal Convoluted Tubule
Definition
What portion of the nephron is most infected by ADH?
Term
Proximal Convoluted Tubule
Distal Convoluted Tubule
Definition
Which parts of the nephron are hypotonic?
Term
Loop of Henle
VERY END of distal convoluted tubule
Definition
Which parts of the nephron are hypertonic?
Term
Urine is more concentrated because there is less water
Definition
What happens if ADH is present at the collecting duct?
Term
Ectotherm
Definition
Term: Organism that obtains heat from its environment.
Term
Endotherm
Definition
Term: Organism that obtains heat from metabolism.
Term
Metabolism
Insulation
Shivering
Vasoconstriction of peripheral blood vessels
Definition
What are several ways an endotherm obtains heat?
Term
Panting
Sweating
Licking
Vasodilation of peripheral blood vessels
Definition
What are several ways an endotherm regulates heat loss?
Term
Temperature-regulating center with fixed set point
Controls basic drives (Hunger, thirst, sex)
Definition
What is the function of the hypothalamus?
Term
In the lower portion of the brain above the pituitary gland.
Definition
Where is the hypothalamus located?
Term
During hibernation or tarpor
Definition
At what points can the set point of the hypothalamus change?
[Hint: Not necessarily in humans]
Term
Hibernation
Definition
Term: Period of dormancy used by large animals.
Term
Tarpor
Definition
Term: Period of dormancy used by small animals.
Term
Estivation
Definition
Term: Summer dormancy.
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