Anatomy II Final Flashcards
(165 cards)
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What is the difference between catabolic reaction and anabolic reaction?
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Anabolic reactions are building up and catabolic reactions are breaking down.
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What are the three steps of cellular respiration, in order.
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- Glycolysis
- Krebs Cycle
- Oxidative Phosphorylation
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Where are the receptors for water soluble hormones located?
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Receptors for water soluble hormones are located on the plasma membrane
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Where are receptors located for lipid soluble hormones?
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Receptors for lipid soluble hormones are located within the cell.
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Insulin is responsible for?
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causing cells to take sugar out of blood to regulate blood sugar
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Diabetics face problems with
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Blood glucose staying high, due to problem with insulin. Therefore, the cells are starving because they are not taking in any sugar from the blood.
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The problem with type 1 diabetes is
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the pancreas is not making an insulin at all
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The problem with type 2 diabetes is
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insulin is being produced, but the cells are not responding to it; insulin resistant
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Define hematocrit.
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the amount of red blood cells in whole blood
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What is the function of erythropoietin?
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it regulates hematocrit; it is made in the kidneys, and goes to the red bone marrow to stimulate the production of more RBC’s
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What does hemoglobin do?
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Hemoglobin transports oxygen throughout the body. “The bus that oxygen rides around on.”
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What is the official clinical reading for high blood pressure?
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140/90
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In order to be diagnosed with hypertension…
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a high blood pressure must be sustained over a period of time with multiple readings
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What are the two ways the body regulates blood pressure.
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- cardiac output(how slow or fast the heart is beating)
- vasoconstriction/vasodilation of the blood vessels
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What is a gradient:
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Things always want to go from high to low
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What are the final products of glycolysis?
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-2 pyruvic acid
-2 NADH
-net gain of 2 ATP
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What are the final products of the Krebs Cycle?
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-8 NADH
-2 FADH
-6 CO2
-2 ATP
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The receptor for lipid soluble hormones are located
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within the cell
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The receptor for water soluble hormones is located
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on the plasma membrane of the cell
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What are some examples of lipid soluble hormones?
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testosterone, estrogen, cortisol, aldosterone
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What are some examples of water soluble hormones?
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epinephrine, glucagon, dopamine
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What happens if the Krebs Cycle is deactivated?
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electron transport is directly prevented
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How is oxygen used in oxidative phosphrylation?
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oxygen is the final electron acceptor in oxidative phosphorylation and combines with hydrogen to form H2O as an output
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What are the inputs of oxidative phosphorylation?
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NADH & FADH(as the electron donors in oxidative phosphorylation), and oxygen
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What are outputs of oxidative phosphorylation?
ATP and H2O
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_______ is storable glucose, because the body will immediately use _____.
Glycogen; ATP
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Glycogenesis is
glycogen formation
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Glycogenolysis is
glycogen breakdown
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Carbo loading allows for
muscles to store more glycogen
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Glucose is formed in ______ from _______ and _____ _____.
liver; glycerol; amino acids
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Describe the absorptive state
food in stomach; energy sources supplied by food; anabolism exceeds catabolism; primarily controlled by insulin
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Describe the postabsorptive state
GI tract empty; energy sources supplied by breakdown of reserves
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Insulin secretion is stimulated by
elevated blood glucose levels
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During the postabsorptive state ________ exceeds ________.
catabolism exceeds anabolism
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The goal of the postabsorptive state is to
maintain blood glucose between meals
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Glycogenolysis occurs in
the liver
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Glycogenesis occurs in
skeletal muscle
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Lipolysis occurs in
adipose tissues and liver
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Is oxidative phosphorylation aerobic or anaerobic?
aerobic
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Is the Krebs cycle aerobic or anaerobic?
anaerobic
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Identify whether the three parts of cellular respiration are aerobic or anaerobic.
Glycolysis-anaerobic
Krebs Cycle- anaerobic
Oxidative Phosphorylation- aerobic
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What is the job of lipoproteins?
transport water insoluble cholesterol in blood
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What is the difference between HDLs and LDLs?
HDL-healthy
LDL-lousy
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Statins are
cholesterol lowering drugs
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A calorimeter measures
heat liberated into water chamber
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A respirometer measures
oxygen consumption
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Basal metabolic rate is
the energy the body needs to perform its most essential activities
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Normal body temp is
98.6
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Heat is lost through(RECC)
Radiation
Evaporation
Conduction
Convection
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What part of the body has the highest temperature?
core
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What part of the body has the lowest temperature?
shell(skin)
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Radiation is
loss of heat by infrared rays
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Conduction is
transfer of heat by direct contact
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Convection is
transfer of heat to surrounding air
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Evaporation is
heat loss due to evaporation of water from body surface
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Insensible heat loss is
heat loss through lungs, oral mucosa, skin
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Sensible heat loss
body temp rises and sweating increases water vaporization
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When overheated, the body will
dilate cutaneous blood vessels
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Controlled hyperthermia is commonly known as
fever
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Water soluble hormones can enter the cell. T/F
False; only lipid soluble hormones can enter the target cell.
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Target cells are defined as
tissues with receptors for specific hormones
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Endocrine glands release hormones in response to
-humoral stimuli
-neural stimuli
-hormonal stimuli
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What is humoral stimuli
changing blood levels that directly stimulate the secretion of hormones
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What is neural stimuli?
nerve fibers that stimulate hormone release
Ex: fight or flight
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What is hormonal stimulus?
hormones stimulate other endocrine organs to release their hormones
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Posterior pituitary hormones include
oxytocin and ADH
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Anterior pituitary hormones
GH
TSH
ACTH
FSH
LH
PRL
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The hormone responsible for strong uterine contractions is
oxytocin
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Where is ADH produced?
posterior pituitary gland
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Glucagon is responsible for
increasing blood glucose levels
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What is the difference between LH and FSH?
LH- promotes production of gonadal hormones
FSH- stimulates gamete production
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Where is antidiuretic created and stored?
It is created in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary gland.
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Thyroid hormone helps with
tissue growth and development; maintenance of blood pressure
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Acinar cells within the pancreas are responsible for
producing enzyme rich juice for digestion
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Pancreatic islets contain
endocrine cells
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Alpha cells produce
glucagon
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Beta cells produce
insulin
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The ovaries produce what two hormones?
estrogen and progeterone
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What hormone do the testes produce?
testosterone
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What hormones does adipose tissue produce?
leptin, resistin, adiponectin
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Leptin is responsible for
appetite control
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Resistin is an insulin
antagonist
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Adiponectin is responsible for
enhancing sensitivity to insulin
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Erythropoietin is responsible for
signaling the production of RBCs
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Renin is responsible for
blood pressure regulation
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Blood consists of
plasma and formed elements
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Define plasma
nonliving fluid matrix
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What are the formed elements of blood?
living blood cells suspended in plasma which include: erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets
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Hematocrit is
the percent of blood volume that is RBC's
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The buffy coat consists of
leukocytes and platelets
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What percent of blood do leukocytes make up?
<1%
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Leukocytosis is a normal response to
infection
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The two categories of leukocytes are:
granulocytes and agranulocytes
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Granulocytes consist of: (BEN)
Basophils, Eosinophils, Neutrophils
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Agranulocytes include:
lymphocytes and monocytes
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Decreasing abundance of leukocytes in blood is
never let monkeys eat bananas
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Define leukopoiesis
production of WBCs
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Leukemia is defined as
cancerous leukocytes that fill red bone marrow & immature nonfunctional WBC in blood
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What percent of blood is made up of erythrocytes?
45%
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Describe erythrocytes
-biconcave discs, anucleate, essentially no organelles
-filled w hemoglobin
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How is the prevention of blood loss initiated?
through plasma proteins and platelets
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Plasma is ___ water
90%
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Anemia is
blood having abnormally low oxygen carrying capacity
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What are the three causes of anemia
-blood loss
-low rbc production
-high rbc destruction
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why is iron important?
Heme's central iron atom is what binds oxygen; body uses it to create hemoglobin
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What are the three steps in hemostasis?
1. vascular spasm
2. platelet plug formation
3. coagulation
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Hemostasis is
clotting; stopping blood flow
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What blood group is considered to be the universal recipient?
AB
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What blood group is considered to be the universal donor?
O
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What blood type can type B safely receive?
B, O
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What blood type can type A safely receive?
A, O
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Hematocrit can be used to test for?
anemia
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Describe the pathway of blood through the heart starting at the vena cava
superior vena cava-->right atrium-->tricuspid valve-->right ventricle-->pulomary semilunar valve-->pulmonary trunk-->lungs-->pulmonary veins-->left atrium-->bicuspid valve-->left ventricle-->aortic semilunar valve-->aorta-->to body
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The right atrium receives blood returning from the _______ circut.
systemic
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The left atrium receives blood returning from the ________ circut.
pulmonary
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What two factors go into the heart pumping blood?
-contraction of cardiac muscle
-electrical coordination
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The P wave represents
depolarization of the SA node
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The QRS complex represents
ventricular depolarization AND atrial repolarization
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The T wave represents
ventricular repolarization
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Systole is the
contraction
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Diastole is the
relaxation
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Cardiac output =
heart rate x stroke volume
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Arteries carry blood _____
away from the heart
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Veins carry blood
toward the heart
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What are the three wall layers in arteries and veins?
tunica intima, tunica media, tunica externa
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Where in the body is blood pressure the highest?
the aorta
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Where in the body is blood pressure the lowest?
veins and vena cava
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What are chemoreceptors?
nerve cells that detect changes in the blood
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Hydrostatic pressure is responsible for
pushing fluid OUT of the capillary
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Osmotic pressure is responsible for
pulling water IN
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What generates osmotic pressure in the capillary?
albumin proteins
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What is the difference between innate and adaptive defenses?
innate: general response to any antigen(first responders)
adaptive: response to specific antigen(develops memory)
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In humoral immunity, ______ mark pathogens for _______.
antibodies; destruction
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In cellular immunity, _________ act against ______ _____.
T-lymphocytes; infected cells
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What is the difference between a primary immune response and a secondary immune response?
a primary immune response occurs after a delay, while a secondary immune response to the same antigen is faster and larger
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What is titer?
a measure of how big of an immune response there is
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When is the greatest titer produced?
2-3 days after SECOND exposure
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Define the respiratory zone
site of gas exchange
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Define the conducting zone
conduits to gas exchange sites(ex: respiratory structures)
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The pulmonary arteries deliver
systemic venous blood to lungs for oxygenation
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The pulmonary veins deliver
oxygenated blood from respiratory zones to heart
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What happens during inspiration?
lungs get larger, & pressure inside decreases.
greater pressure outside forces air into lungs
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What happens during expiration?
lungs get smaller and pressure increases.
Lower pressure outside forces air out of lungs
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Boyle's Law
pressure and volume are inversely proportional
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Define external respiration
exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide across a respiratory membrane
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Diffusion drives oxygen from the ______ into the _________.
alveoli; capillaries
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As oxygen binds, hemoglobin affinity of oxygen _____.
increases
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As oxygen is released, hemoglobin affinity for oxygen ______.
decreases
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What causes a left shift to occur in the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve?
decreased carbon dioxide
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What causes a right shift to occur in the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve?
increased carbon dioxide
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What are the six digestive processes?
1. ingestion
2. propulsion
3. mechanical breakdown
4. digestion
5. absorption
6. defecation
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Where does absorption chiefly take place>
small intestine
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What occurs at the brush border
carbohydrate and protein digestion
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What role does the pancreas play in the digestive system?
produces digestive juices and insulin
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What role does the liver play in the digestive system?
makes and secretes bile
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Where does water reabsorption take place?
proximal tubule and descending limb
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How does ADH impact urine production at the collecting duct?
causes principal cells of collecting ducts to insert aquaporins
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As ADH levels increase, ________ in water reabsorption.
increase
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Aquaporins are always present in
the pct
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Aquaporins are inserted in collecting ducts only if
ADH is present
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Meiosis is
cell division producing gametes
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Gonads produce
haploid gametes
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LH spikes at
midcycle
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After ovulation, estrogen levels
decline
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LH from the pituitary activates ______, the corpus luteum then secretes _______.
ovulation; progesterone
