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Physiology
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02/05/2008

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intracellular fluid
Definition
fluid that is contained within cells
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extracellular fluid
Definition
fluid that is located outside cells
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plasma
Definition
fluid that is located outside cells and found in the blood
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interstitial fluid
Definition
fluid that is located outside cells and found outside the blood
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Define homeostasis and explain how it enables the body to adapt to changes in the environment.
Definition
Homeostasis is maintaining a stable internal environment. If something gets out of whack the body will send out a messenger and a series of things will happen to bring it back down or up to normal.
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What are the two major systems that control homeostasis?
Definition
Nervous and endocrine systems
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ion
Definition
An ion has an uneven number of protons and electrons.
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cation
Definition
cation is a positively charged and loses electrons
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anion
Definition
an anion is a negatively charged and gains electrons.
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covalent bond
Definition
A covalent bond shares electrons and is strong.
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ionic bond
Definition
An ionic bond is weak and does not share electrons.
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1.     What is a polar covalent bond?  How does this type of bond contribute to the cohesion of water molecules?
Definition
A polar covalent bond is a bond in which there are regions of negative or positive charge. Hydrogen is positively charged and oxygen is negatively charge and opposites attract.
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solvent
Definition
liquid in which solutes dissolve
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solute
Definition
substance dissolved in liquid
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concentration

Definition
the amount of the solute present in a unit volume of solution
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hydrophilic
Definition
dissolvable in water
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hydrophobic
Definition
not dissolvable in water
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What are the four types of organic molecules in the body?
Definition
Carbohydrates; lipids; nucleic acids; proteins.
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What is the most prevalent monosaccharide found in the plasma?
Definition

glucose

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What is the polysaccharide stored in animals?
Definition
Glycogen
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What are the polysaccharides stored in plants?
Definition
starch and cellulose
Term
1.     Peptide bonds join what monomers?
Definition
Amino acids and proteins
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1.     Name and briefly describe the functions of the four tissue types in the body.
Definition
epithelial-consists of epithelia and glands; connective; muscle; nervous.
Term
Where is the genetic information of a cell stored?
Definition
In the DNA in the chromosome in the nucleus.
Term
1.     What is a metabolic pathway?
Definition
Sequence of enzymes mediated reactions a->b->c->d
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1.     What is the difference between catabolism and anabolism?
Definition
Catabolism- degrades substrate into simpler and smaller products- breakdownAnabolism -synthesizes that results in a more complex and larger- build up
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1.     What is the role of enzymes in metabolic pathways?
Definition
They act as catalyst that make the pathway occur and they speed up the process and control biomedical reactions.
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Describe the process of covalent modulation.  What is its importance for the functioning of enzymes?
Definition
Covalent bonding of charged chemical groups that alter the configuration of a binding site. It is important in the functioning of enzymes because when you change the shape you change the function and it speeds things up.
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1.     What is the difference between the active site and the functional site of an enzyme?
Definition
A molecule goes in the active site and changes the affinity of the functional site. And the functional site carries out a proteins function.
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1.     Describe what is meant by end-product inhibition.  How and why does it occur?
Definition
End-product inhibition ends the production of a product and occurs when there is enough of something.
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1.     What is an inborn error of metabolism?
Definition
Error due to defects of single genes that code for enzymes.
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Affinity
Definition
chemical attraction strengh of attraction of a binding site ofa ligand important at the active site.
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allosteric regulation (modulation)
Definition
non covalent bindingt oregulatory site that alters the ahpe of covalent modulation; same except for the covalency; important funtional site is alters changes what protein is used.
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Ligand
Definition
any molecule that is bound to the surface of a protein.
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Phosphorylation
Definition
changes a proteins acgivity by covalent modulation; phosphate group attaches to molecule
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Kinase
Definition
enzyme causeing the phosphorylation
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Phosphatase
Definition
enzyme removing phosphate
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1.     What is ATP?  What is its significance for cellular functioning?
Definition
Compound that serves as a primary direct energy source for cell activities; cell depends on ATP for energy which is used to do biological work; example-contraction in muscle.
Term
1.     How does the composition of the plasma membrane affect how molecules and ions can cross it?
Definition
Plasma membrane is selectively permeable and can be altered when altered different things can cross it; phospholipids bilayer- hydrophilic heads hydrophobic tails.
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1.     What is meant by the statement that plasma membranes are selectively permeable?
Definition
Only lets certain things pass through it.
Term
1.     What determines the chemical driving force?  the electrical driving force? the electrochemical force?
Definition
chemical- concentration; electrical- charge; electrochemical- both.
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1.     What are the differences between active and passive transport?
Definition
Active requires energy and passive doesn’t not require energy.
Term
What is diffusion?  What is facilitated diffusion? How are they the same and how are they different?
Definition
Diffusion is movement of molecules form a high to low concentration; facilitated diffusion uses carrier proteins the move; they both are diffusing but facilitated has to use a protein.
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osmosis
Definition
Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a semi permeable membrane to an area of higher solute concentration
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hypertonic
Definition
olution with greater concentration of solutes
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Hypotonic
Definition
solution with lower concentration of solutes.
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Isotonic
Definition
same concentration of solutes
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If the extracellular fluid of a cell becomes hypertonic, such as in dehydration, what will happen to the cell size?
Definition
shrink
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What role does specificity and saturation play in carrier transport?
Definition
they are specific to certain molecules and saturation means that it can only transport so much.
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What are protein pumps?  What is their function?  Why are they named with ATPase in the name?
Definition
Protein pumps are like channel and gates just made of protein are a means of transportation for molecules to go through a membrane. They are named with ATPase because they break down ATP.
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What role do pumps play in membrane transport?
Definition
Pumps transport and serve as enzyme to break down ATP; it can either fuse with a lysosome or is passed through the cell to the other side.
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1.     Describe the steps in how the Na+/K+ ATPase pump works
Definition
Non phosphorated carrier is attracted(affinity) to Na. the carrier undergoes posphorylation which changes the conformation and decreases its attraction to Na and increase its attraction to K. P1 is removed (dephosphorylation) and the carrier returns to its original conformation and loses its attraction to K.
Term
Phagocytosis
Definition
type of endocytosis in which large particles are engulfed and destroyed by lysosomes
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Exocytosis
Definition
intracellular vesicle fuses with plasma membrane and the vesicle opens and its contents enter the ECF; add component to plasma membrane
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Edocytosis
Definition
plasma membrane folds into the cell forming small pockets that pinch off to produce intracellular, membrane-bound vesicles
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Transcytosis
Definition
a molecule can pass right through cell tissue and is released on the other side
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1.     Distinguish among a paracrine, hormone, and  neurotransmitter.  Of those three, with which would the effects last the longest?
Definition
Paracrine-a substance secreted by a cell into extracellular fluid diffuses to adjacent cells.Hormone- enters into blood stream and circulates realeased by endocrine cellsNerotransmitter-released by nueron and diffused close.Hormones effects would last the longest.
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What determines whether a chemical messenger requires a protein carrier in the plasma
Definition
Whether a molecule is hydrophobic or hydrophilic
Term
What is meant by receptor activation
Definition
A messenger is released and is binded to a receptor to change its shape. Then binding initiates a sequence of events, leading to a cells response
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Generally, how does receptor location differs for lipophilic and lipophobic messengers
Definition
Lipophilic receptors are inside the cell and lipohophbic receptors are on the cell membrane
Term
 ligand-gated channel
Definition
A ligand-gated channel is an ion channel that opens or closes in response to the binding of a chemical to a receptor or to the channel.
Term
Explain the difference between a fast-ligand gated channel and a slow-gated ligand channel.
Definition
A fast-ligand gated channels have the receptor and channel are the same protein and the slow channels have the receptor and channel with different proteins and are coupled together by a G protein.
Term
1.     What is a G protein?  How is it activated and what is its function?  What is meant by heterotrimeric structure?
Definition
A G protein is a linked receptor that activates an intermediary which affects gate opening and closing. heterotrimeric means that it has 3 parts alpha beta and gamma
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1.     What are second messenger systems?  Why are they necessary?
Definition
Second messenger systems account for most of the communication through G protein-regulated enzymes. They activate kinases.
Term
Describe the steps which occur that form cAMP.
Definition
First messenger binding to receptor on membrane activates G protein which activates enzyme and then AC catalyzes the conversion of ATP into Cyclic AMP (cAMP)
Term
What does cAMP activate?
Definition
cAMP activates protein kinases.
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1.     Describe how a chemical messenger which activates cAMP could turn on a metabolic pathway.
Definition
a metabolic pathway is a sequence of enzymes and in the activation of cAMP the chemical messenger is making a reaction for a chain of events to happen
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What is the role of phosphodiesterases
Definition
Phosphodiesterases deactivate cAMP
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What would be the effect on cell functioning if a substance inhibits a phosphodiesterase?
Definition
If it was inhibited then the cAMP would continue to be made.
Term
Explain the concept of signal amplification
Definition
Small amount of messenger can elicit large response in cell.
Term
Explain the terms agonist and antagonist as related to receptor activation.
Definition
Agonist-chemical binds, initiate cell responseAntagonist- binds, blocks other substances, no action
Term

homeostasis requires cell to cell comomunication via 2 chemical messengers what are they

Definition
neurotransmitters and hormones
Term
in homeostasis 2 major control systems are...
Definition
nervous and endocrine
Term
in homeostasis 2 primary effectors are...
Definition
muscles and glands
Term

what are three inorganic molecules

Definition
minerals gases and water
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What do organic molcules contain
Definition
carbon and hydrogen
Term
substances are dissolved beause they are charged and water molecules can form ____ around them
Definition
hydration spheres
Term
macromolecules
Definition
made of smaller parts
Term
nucleic acids
Definition

form genetic material, DNA RNA

transfer energy

ATP

Term
what is the function of a cell dependent on
Definition
the protein it produces
Term
what do genes code for
Definition
proteins
Term

tissues

Definition
aggregatiosn of similar cells that perform specific funtions
Term
epithelia
Definition
layer of cells which covers an exposed surface or lines an internal cavity or passageway.
Term
glands
Definition

secretory structures derived from epitelia

secretion transport and protection

Term
what are specialized cell junctions
Definition
tight junctions, desmosomes, and gap junctions
Term
what is DNA composed of
Definition
nucleotides; sugar, phosphates,and bases (adenine, thymine, cytocine, guanine)
Term
complimentary base pairing
Definition
AT;GC
Term
2 essential functions of DNA
Definition
Replicate and containing instructions
Term
mitosis
Definition
the duplications and splitting of two identical daughter cells
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gene
Definition
nucleotide sequence of the DNA which codes for a specific protein product
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triplet
Definition
a sequence of three nucleotides "codes for" a particular amino acid.
Term
after proteins are assembled what three things can happen to them?
Definition

1.used by the cell

2.exported as a product of a cell

3.packaged and held inside the cell until somthing signals its release

Term
RNA definition and what is its function
Definition

nucleic aid found inthe cuclei and in the cytoplasm

funtion- to assemble proteins as "directed" by the DNA

Term
what are the three types of RNA
Definition

mRNA,rRNA,tRNA

Term
DNA transcription
Definition
process of making an RNA strand from a DNA template triplets are transcribed to mRNA to form codons by complimentary base pairing (uracil substituted for thymine
Term

what does rRNA do in translation

Definition
reads the mRNA codon and translates it
Term
what does mRNA do in translation
Definition
delivers the directions to ribosomes, reads the ribosomes, and then leaves the nucleus and enter cytosol
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what does tRNA do in translation

Definition
It contains anticodon and picks up amino acid and delivers to the ribosome
Term
what is a catalyst
Definition
substance that accelerates a chemical reaction but is not consumed or changed permanently therby
Term

enzyme

Definition
acts as a biological catalyst and speeds up the rate of reaction
Term
allosteric modulation
Definition
noncovalent binding to regulatory site alters the shape of the functional site
Term
covalent modulation
Definition
covalent binding of charged chemical group alters configuration of binding site
Term
interphase
Definition
time when the cell is not dividing and it is functioning
Term
how do cells communicate
Definition

directly- gap junctions

indirectly- chemical messengers

Term
primary active transport
Definition
uses ATP directly
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