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BIOL 208 Exam 2 Vocab
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Undergraduate 2
10/25/2012

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Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Filter feeding
2. Suspension feeding
3. Deposit feeding
4. Selective feeding
Definition
1. filtering out organisms or nutrients in the water
2. same as filter (porifera, bivalvia, baleen whales)
3. feeds on detritus on bottom (annelida)
4. individual food items ingested (predator/prey)
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Hydrolases
2. Segmentation
3. Peristalsis
Definition
1. hydrolytic enzymes- break organic molecules by adding water
2. mixing in intestine and stomach
3. movement through intestine
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Epiglottis
2. Crop
3. Gizzard
Definition
1. small flap of cartilage that block food from going into windpipe
2. used for storage in many invertebrates and birds
3. grinding; muscular subdivision of stomach; stones and grit swallowed (birds, annelids, insects)
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Cellulase
2. Pepsin
3. Bicarbonate
4. Trypsin/Chymotrypsin
5. Protease
6. Lipase
7. Amylase
8. Nuclease
Definition
1. digests cellulose; not produced in animals
2. splits proteins; in gastric juice; activated by HCl
3. neutralizes acidic chyme
4. proteases; split proteins after pepsin
5. split proteins
6. splits fats into fatty acids and glycerol
7. splits carbs
8. splits RNA and DNA into nucleotides
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Bile
2. Villi
3. Microvilli
4. Vitamin
Definition
1. breaks up fat; made in liver; stored in gallbladder
2. folds in small intestine to increase surface area
3. cellular folds that further increase surface area
4. simple organic molecules that are essential in diet
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Aminopeptidase
2. Sucrase
3. Lactase
4. Alkaline Phosphate
Definition
*membrane enzymes in small intestine lining
1. terminal amino acids
2. breaks sucrose into glucose and fructose
3. breaks lactose into glucose and galactose
4. breaks phosphate compounds
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Mantle
2. Radula
3. Trochophore
4. Veliger
Definition
1. thin fleshy sheath that protects body and secretes shell
2. toothed, rasping tongue
3. simple free swimming feeding larval stage of mollusc (oyster)
4. more complex larva
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Periostracum
2. Prismatic
3. Nacreous
Definition
1. outer part of shell; resists acids, attacks and used for camoflouge
2. middle; CaCO3 for strength
3. inner; smooth mother of pearl to protect soft body
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Chiton
2. Torsion
3. Pen
4. Chromatophores
Definition
1.class Polyplacophora; dorsoventrally flattened, 8 overlapping protective plates
2. during embryonic development, body twists 180 (gastropoda)
3. narrow internal chitin strip that protects ganglia (cephalopods)
4. organelles in cells that contain pigment that change color (ceph)
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Osmotic conformer
2. Hyperosmotic regulator
3. Hypoosmotic
Definition
1. organism that does not need to and cannot regulate body's osmotic concentration (invertabrates)
2.in a hypo environment (freshwater), they maintain a hypertonic state; excrete water and take in ions
3. in a hyper environment (saltwater), they maintain a hypotonic state; excrete ions and take in water
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1.Neprhidium
2. Flame cell
3. Antennal gland
4. Malphigian tubules
Definition
1. functions as a kidney in intevertebrates
2. protonephridium; flatworm
3. excretory gland near head in molluscs
4. excretory system in insects
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Nephron
2. Ureter
3. Urethra
Definition
1. functional unit of the kidney
2. tubes that the urine leaves the kidney through
3.tube from ureters where kidney leaves body
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Ammonia
2. Urea
3. Uric acid
Definition
1. filtered out in glomerulus
2. nitrogen based compound filterd by kidneys
3. build up and lead to gout and kidney stones
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Counter-current circulation
2. Air sacs
Definition
1. gills: effecient way of transferring oxygen from water to blood
ex. fish, amphibian, athropod larvae
2. air flow goes one way
-stored in air sacs then flows over lungs
ex. birds
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Book lungs
2. Trachael respiration
3. Spiracles
Definition
1. lung-like but simple in structure
ex. spider, scorpions
2. branching tubes directly to cells
ex. insects
3. openings that lead to tracheoles
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Pharynx
2. Larynx
3. Trachae
Definition
1. throat
2. voice box
3. wind pipe
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Bronchi
2. Bronchioles
3. Alveoli
Definition
1. lungs
2. large air passageways in the lungs
3. final branching in the lungs that exhachanges gases with the capillaries
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Metamerism
2. Septum
3. Setae
4. Prostomium
Definition
1. segmentation
2. interior division between segments
3. hair like bristles, locomotion
4. first segment with mouth
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Sedentary
2. Errant
Definition
1. spend most of the time in tubes/burrowns; filter or deposit feed
ex. Featherduster
2. active, leave burrow; predatory
ex. clam worm
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Statocysts
2. Parapodia
3. Pygidium
Definition
1. sensory system for equilibrium
2. paired appendages on each segment; used for movement and respiration
ex. polychetae
3. last segment, with anus
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Polycheta
2. Oligochaeta
Definition
1. marine worms, many setae
2. earthworm, small number of setae
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Nuchal organ
2. Calciferous gland
3. Chloragogen tissue
Definition
1. chemoreceptor/food detection on head
ex. poly
2. regulate calcium ion levels
ex. oligo
3. makes/stores energy
ex. oligo
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Typhlosole
2. Clitellum
3. Hirudinea
4. Hirudin
5. Ectoparasite
Definition
1. infolding of intestinal wall to increase absoprtion
2. secretes mucous for reproduction and a cocoon to hold eggs
3. Leeches
4. anticoagulant that leeches have
5. outside parasite; taxon specific
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Open circulation
2. Closed circulation
3. Intracellular fluid
4. Intercellular
5. Interstitial
Definition
1. blood not always confined to vessels (molluscs)
2. blood is entirely confined to vessels (humans)
3. within cells
4. between cells
5. around blood vessels
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Plasma
2. Erythrocyte
3. Leucocyte
Definition
1. liquid part of blood; water, dissolved solids and gases
2. RBCs, no nucleus, ribomes, or mtDNA, biconcave disk
3. WBCs, body's defense system
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Platelet
2. Hemostasis
3. Cascade
Definition
1. irregularly shaped cell fragments used for blood clotting
2. blood clotting
3. catalytic sequence
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Sphygmomanometer
2. Systole pressure
3. Diastole
4. Systemic circulation
5. Pulmonary
Definition
1. pressure cuff used to measure blood pressure
2. pressure at heart contraction (strong)
3. pressure at heart relaxation (weak)
4. circulation of oxygenated blood to body
5. circulation of deoxygenated blood to lungs
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Innate defense
2. Acquired defense
3. Humeral response
Definition
1. body's non specific defense system; composed of skin, mucous, fever, etc
2. body's specific defense system; antibody and cell mediated immunity
3. antibody-mediated response; occurs in body fluids
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Lysozyme
2. Inflammation
3. Vasodilatation
4. Phagocytosis
Definition
1. kills bacteria in mucous
2. chemicals released, capillary permeability increased, stiffness hinders movement; promotes healing
3. capillaries expand; more blood with 02, nutrients, etc
4. some WBCs eat invaders
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Macrophages
2. Natural killer cells
Definition
1. types of phagocytes that eat cells; some in blood and lymph nodes, spleen, liver
2. doesn't eat cells; uses chemicals to lyse cells
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Antigen
2. Antibody
3. B lymphocyte
Definition
1. any substance stimulating an immune response
ex. microbes, viruses, toxins, pollen, drugs (ag)
2. proteins released in response to ag that bind to it (ab)
3. primary WBC of anti-mediated immunity found in lymph system
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Agglutination
2. Opsonization
3. Autoimmune disorder
Definition
1. occurs when ab binds to ag and ag is slowed or inactivated
2. pathogen is marked for destruction by phagocyte
3. body's self recognition breaks down; body attacks itself
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. MHC proteins
2. APCs
3. Cytotoxic T cells
Definition
1. major histocompatibilty complex; protein that signals "self" to our body
2. antigen-presenting cell; WBC ingest ag and complex a fragment with a MHC, and mount it in the WBC membrane
3. lymphocyte; WBC of cell-mediated immunity that destroy antigen
Term
Define the following vocabulary:

1. Allergy
2. Mononucleosis
3. HDN
Definition
1. over sensitivity to certain antigens
2. virus damages B cell system
3. Hemolytic disease of the newborn; Rh incompatibility leads to the mother's ab cross the placenta and destroying fetal rbcs
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