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Action potential

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The brief change in electrical charge across a nerve impulse along the neuron

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Autocrine hormone

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A hormone whose target cell is the secretory cell itself

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Axon

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The threadlike part of a neuron that carries the nerve impulse away from the cell boys of the neuron to an effector organ or to another neuron

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Basal metabolic rate (BMR)

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The rate of energy production to maintain a resting animal. It is expressed in kilojoules per square meter of body surface per hour (kJm^-2h^-1) it can be measured by the rate of oxygen consumption per unit time of the organism

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Cell body

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The main part of a neuron that contains the nucleus

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Central nervous system

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The brain and spinal cord in vertebrates

The nerve cords and ganglia in invertebrates

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Connector/inter neuron

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Neurons that connect with other neurons within the central nervous system

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Cryptochrome

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A set of blue light receptor proteins found in plants that regulate germination, elongation, and photoperiodism

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Dendrite

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The short, breaching process the cell body of a neuron

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Diabetes mellitus

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A disease of humans that results in impaired glucose metabolism

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Ductless/endocrine glands

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Any gland in an animal that manufactures hormones and secretes them directly into the blood stream.

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Effector

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Describes something, in particular an organ/gland, that carriers out an action

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Exteroceptor

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A receptor that receives signals from the external environment

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Feedback

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A process whereby the increased level of output of a biochemical system reduces production of that output.

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Goitre

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A swelling in the neck (behind the larynx) caused by an enlarged thyroid gland

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Growth regulator

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A plant ‘hormone’ or chemical that helps to coordinate plant development in response to the environment

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Homeostasis

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The process by which internal conditions of an organism are maintained despite changes in the external environment

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Hormone

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A substance produced by cells (of an endocrine gland or special nerve cell) of an organism in response to a specific nervous or chemical stimulus

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Hyperglycaemia

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Elevated blood sugar

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Hyperthyroidism

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High levels of the hormone thyroxine

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Hypoglycaemia

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Low blood sugar levels

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Hypothyroidism

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Low levels of thyroxine

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Interocepter

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A receptor that receives signals from the internal environment

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Motor neuron

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A nerve cell that controls muscle or gland activity

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Myelin sheath
The lipid like material that forms an outer covering around axons of neurons
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Negative feedback
The process of feedback by which the action nutralises the original stimulus
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Neuron
A nerve cell
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Neurotransmitter
A chemical compound which includes acetylcholine and noradrenaline(norepinephrine), produced by neurons.
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Paracrine hormone
A hormone for which the target cell is close to the signal releasing cell, and the hormone is broken down too quickly to be carried to other parts of the body
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Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
All the sensory receptors, nerve tissue and effectors that work in conjunction with, by tare not apart of the CNS
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Pheromone
A chemical substance made and released by one organism that acts by means of communication with other organisms usually the same species
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Photoprotein
Light receptor protein
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positive feedback
The process of feedback by which the action adds to | the original stimulus
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postaglandin
A fatty acid hormone that is continually produced and released by the cell membrane of nearly every cell membrane of the body
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Receptor
A protein molecule found in cells that is able to detect a stimulus and initiate a response.
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Response
The resulting action of a stimulus
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Resting poteintial
the electrical potential difference across an unstimulated nerve cells plasma membrane
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Secondary messenger
Low-weight diffusible molecules that are used to relay a signal with in the cell
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Sensory neuron
a nerve cell that carries information from sensory receptors to the central nervous systems
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signal transduction
a process by which a cell converts on kind of signal to another
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stimulus
A change in the internal or external environment of an organism that can be detected by receptors
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Synapse
The microscopic gap that exists between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron or effector cell.
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Synaptic cleft
The space between the pre-synaptic cell and post-synaptic cell across which the neurotransmitter diffuses.
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Differentiation
The modification of the structure and function of a cell that occurs in the course of its development and that often leads to cell specialisation
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Interstitial/tissue fluid
Water, containing cell nutrients and waste products, in the spaces between cells
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Stimulus response model
A model that shows the stimulus, detection, co-ordination centre, effector, and response
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Apoptosis
Controlled cell death
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Target cell
The specific cell that is targeted by a hormone or neurotransmitter/impulse
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Target protein
Target proteins are functional biomolecules that are addressed and controlled by biologically active compounds. They are used in the processes of transduction, transformation and conjugation
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Amino acid/protein hormone
A hormone base upon proteins or amino acids
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Amplification
The act or result of increasing in size or effect
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Antagonistic hormones
Hormones that act to return body conditions to within acceptable limits from opposite extremes
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Cell membrane receptor
A protein receptor within the cell membrane that detects a certain molecule
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Receptor hormone complex
The complex formed upon connection of Hormone and receptor
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Receptor protein
A protein molecule found in cells that detects a stimulus and intimates a response
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Signal cascade
The event that occurs after a secondary messenger is activated, the cascade is the secondary messenger's secondary messenger
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Steroid hormone
A hormone based upon steroids, it can pass through the phospholipid bilayer
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Thyroxin
A hormone that controls basal and cellular metabolic rate
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Threshold
The lowest intensity of a stimulus that a receptor can detect and respond to.

Biology BC 3&4 (12 decks)

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