Flashcards in 11.15 signal Transduction Deck (15):
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Hormones
Morphogens
Neurotransmitters
Signals that cells send out to (environment/other cells)
other cells
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Pheromones
Sex pheromones (mating between organisms of the same species)
Signals that cells send out to (environment/other cells)
environment
3
1.Contact-dependent
2.Paracrine
3.Synaptic
4.Endocrine
-development or immune response
contact dependent
4
1.Contact-dependent
2.Paracrine
3.Synaptic
4.Endocrine
-neighboring cells
paracrine
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specific target
1.Contact-dependent
2.Paracrine
3.Synaptic
4.Endocrine
synaptic
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1.Contact-dependent
2.Paracrine
3.Synaptic
4.Endocrine
-whole organism, hormones
endocrine
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1. endocrine
2. synaptic
-hormones are directly attached to target cell
synaptic
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which one has a membrane bound signal molecule
1.Contact-dependent
2.Paracrine
3.Synaptic
4.Endocrine
contact dependent
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What are the 4 signals a cell can give?
-survive
-divide
-differentiate
-die
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acetylcholine affect what body parts?
-heart, skeletal, salivary
11
Signal molecules depends on what two things
size and polarity
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Acytel choline is mediated by what two things?
nitric oxide synthase
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what does acytel choline do to smooth muscle?
relaxes it
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Nitric oxide synthase is in what cells?
-macrophages
-endothelial cells
-nerve cells
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