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Unit 4 Lab Flashcards

1
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Define metabolism

A

Chemical process that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life

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2
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Define incidence

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The frequency of a disease in a specified population over a period of time

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3
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Define absorption

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transfer of substance from the GI tract to extracellular space

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4
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Define digestion

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The process of mechanically and enzymatically breaking down food into substances for absorption into the blood stream

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5
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Define metabolism

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chemical reactions throughout the body

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6
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Define hyperglycemia

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Excess glucose in blood stream often associated with diabetes mellitus

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7
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Define anabolism

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metabolic pathway in which energy is needed in order to synthesis small molecules into bigger ones

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8
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Define diabetes mellitus

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Disease where insulin production is impaired resulting in abnormal high blood glucose levels

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9
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Hypoglycemia

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Lack of glucose in blood stream

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10
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What type of signal molecule is secreted from the endocrine cell in the blood?

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Hormone

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11
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What to target cells have that will receive the signal molecule to bind

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Receptors

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12
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What chemical class is epinephrine

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Amino acid

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13
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Growth hormone is produced where

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Anterior pituitary gland

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14
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What is the process to breakdown stored carbohydrates into it monomer form

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Glycogenolysis

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15
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What is the process name of breaking down stored fat into its monomer

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Lipolysis

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16
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What energy pathway does (glucose) enter?

A

Glycolysis

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17
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What is the final product of glycolysis?

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Pyruvate (2 of them)

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18
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What happens to pyruvate under aerobic conditions

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Enter the mitochondria & converted to triglycerides

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19
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What is the process of breaking down fatty acids into acetyl CoA

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Beta oxidation

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20
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What are normal values for glucose test

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Glucose should never exceed 200 mg/dL

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21
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What are the blood glucose levels for hyperglycemia individuals

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100-125 mg/dL

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22
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What test is used to identify glucose levels

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Hemoglobin A1C test

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23
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Define glycated , why is it bad

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When glucose attachments to proteins that changes their structure and function negatively. This may cause a autoimmune reaction

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24
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What are blood glucose levels for hypoglycemia?

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Below 70mg /dL

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25
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What are the 3 basic types of chemical classes of hormones?

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Amino acids, peptides and steroids

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26
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Which of the 3 basic types of chemical class of hormone are polar?

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Peptide

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27
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Which of the three basic chemical class add non-polar?

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Steroids

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28
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Where must peptide hormone receptors be located for target cells?

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On plasma cell membrane of cells

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29
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Where must steroid hormone receptors be located for target cells?

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Inside the cell

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30
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Feed back loop for ⬆️ glucose level

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• ⬆️ blood glucose
• pancreatic B-cells
• pancreatic B-cells
• ⬆️ insulin released into blood
• hepatocytes w/ insulin receptors
1. ⬇️ glucose concentrations inside hepatocytes
2. ⬆️ glucose transport into hepatocytes via glut 2 transporters
3. Glucose is converted into glycogen for storage
4. ⬆️ glycogenesis
• ⬇️ blood glucose levels

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31
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Feed back loop for ⬇️ glucose levels

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• ⬇️ blood glucose level
• pancreatic Alpha cells
• pancreatic alpha cells
• ⬆️ release of glucagon into blood
• hepatocytes into blood w/glucagon receptors
1. ⬆️ glycogenolysis
2. ⬆️ glucose concentrations inside hepatocytes
3. ⬆️ released glucose to blood through GLUT2 transporter
• ⬆️ blood glucose

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32
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How much of the population make up type 2 diabetes? Type 1?

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Type 1: 10%
Type 2: 90%

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33
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How is type 2 diabetes treated

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Through exercise (associated with better glut -4 transporter) and dietary changes (eat food with low glycemic index)

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34
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What are the transporter responsible for glucose from blood to the liver cells?

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GLUT - 2 transporter

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35
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What are the transport responsible for transporting glucose from blood to the muscle and fat vells?

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GLUT - 4 transporters

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36
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Fatty acids must be converted into acetyl CoA which pathway does this molecule enter?

A

Kreb cycleor citric acid cycle

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37
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What are the monomer forms for proteins, carbs, lipids and nucleic acids

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Carbs: monosaccharides
Lipids : fatty acids
Protein: amino acids
Nucleic acids : nucleotides

38
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What bio molecules have storage molecules? What are they?

A

Carbs and lipids.
Carbs : glycogen
Lipids : triglycerides

39
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What type of hormone or chemical class is produced in the pancreas?

A

Peptide

40
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What are the names of the hormones produced by the pancreas

A

Insulin , glucagon , somatostatin, pancreatic polypeptide

41
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What hormones are secreted from the posterior pituitary gland?

A

Oxytocin & vasopressin

42
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What chemical class do oxytocin and vasopressin belong?

A

Peptides

43
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What chemical class does aldosterone fall into

A

Steroid

44
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What hormone is produced by the skin

A

vitamin D-3

45
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Which type of chemical class hormone is vitamins D-3

A

Steroid

46
Q

What is the functional unit of the kidney called?

A

Nephron

47
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What if the fluid that leaves blood and moves through the nephron

A

Filtrate

48
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What does the kidney affect that are the major affect it’s for blood pressure

A

Total blood volume

49
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What is the process where fluid is suspended substances moving out of the glomerular capillaries and into the tubule

A

Filtration

50
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What is the process of substances being taken out of the nephron tubule and returned to the blood

A

Reabsorption

51
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Urine is removed from what major component of blood?

A

Plasma

52
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What are the sensors detecting when the body is dehydrated or overhydrated

A

Osmorereceptors

53
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The elimination of material from the body is called ?

A

Excretion

54
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What is the technical term for urinating is called?

A

Micturition

55
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What stimuli affect the nephron?

A

Total blood volume
Blood osmolarity
Blood pH

56
Q

Epinephrine is what type of chemical class hormone

A

Amino acid

57
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Growth hormone is produced here

A

Anterior Pituitary gland

58
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Hormones produced by the adrenal gland are of what chemical class

A

Steroid

59
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Insulin is this type of chemical class hormone

A

Peptide

60
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If a urine sample tested positive for protein pH: 8 and tested positive for waxh casts and erythrocytes what condition might exist?

A

UTI

61
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What substances should be reabsorbed in the nephron?

A

Amino acids, glucose, ions , bicarbonate
Small proteins
Gases

62
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what substances should not be in urine ?

A

RBC , WBC , platelets & large proteins

63
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what stimuli do the kidneys help fix?

A

blood pressure, blood pH , blood osmolarity

64
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what is being asborbed at the descending limp of the loo?

A

water

65
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what is being reabsorbed at the ascending limp of the loop?

A

ions all but ca

66
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what componenets get filtered out of the blood into the nephron?

A

small proteins, glucose, amino acids, lipids, nitrogenous waste

67
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what substances do not get filtered into the nephron?

A

large plasma proteins, formed cellular elements

68
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what are proteins in their monomer form?

A

amino acids

69
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what are carbs in their monomer form ?

A

monosaccharides

70
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what are lipids in their monomer form ?

A

fatty acids

71
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what are nucleic acids in their monomer form?

A

nucelotides

72
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what is the storage form of carbs?

A

glycogen

73
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what is the storage form of lipids ?

A

triglycerides

74
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define glyocgenesis

A

formation of glycogen into their polymer form

75
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define lipolysis

A

break down of lipids into their monomer form

76
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what substance goes into glycolysis energy pathway?

A

monosaccharide

77
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what is the final product from the glycolysis energy pathway?

A

2 pryuvate

78
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what happens to 2 pryuvate under aerobic coniditions?

A

it enter the mitochondria for the citric acid cycle

79
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what happens to 2 pryuvate under anaerobic conditions?

A

it turns into lactic acid

80
Q

define beta - oxidation ?

A

process of breaking down the fatty acid into acetyl coA

81
Q

what is the chemical class of the hormone produced in pancreas ?

A

peptide

82
Q

what are the four hormones prpduced by the pancreas?

A

insulin , glucagon , somatostatin and pancreatic polypeptide

83
Q

what hormones are produced by the posterior pituitary gland?

A

vasopressin and oxytocin

84
Q

what hormone is produced by the anterior pituitary gland?

A

growth hormone

85
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what kind of GLUT transporter does the liver use?

A

GLUT -2

86
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what kind of GLUT transporter does the muscle cell use?

A

GLUT - 4

87
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what kind of GLUT transporter does the adipocytes use ?

A

GLUT -4

88
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feed back loop for decreased blood glucose

A

f

89
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feedback loop for increased blood glucose

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90
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91
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What is protein in the urine called?

A

Proteinuria

92
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What is glucose in the urine called

A

Glycosuria

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