Biology Flashcards
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10 things to know about Ebola
- Incubation period is 2-41 days before symptoms appear.
- Death rate is as high as 90% in Africa.
- Infects white blood cells such as monocytes and macrophages and fibroblasts, dendritic cells, and endothilial cells that can cause clots in bloodstreams.
- Liver cells are also targeted.
- Blocks interferon release (interferon is a glycoprotein secreted by animal cells to inhibit virus replication).
- Replicates very quickly.
- Filament-like in structure.
- Spreads through direct contact with infected bodily fluids or tissues.
- People die from organ failures, low blood pressure, and shock.
- Not airborne, does not cause excessive bleeding, and does not effect red blood cells.
Skin has ___ layers
- Epidermis (outermost layer that is replaced constantly)
- Dermis (has most depth and consists of hair follicles and small blood vessels)
- Subcutaneous Tissue (lowest layer containing larger blood vessels - arteries & veins - and sweat glands)
The largest organ is the ____, which stretches over ___ ft. The largest internal organ is the _______, which is ____ lbs.
skin, 20 ft
liver, 3.5 lbs
Dinosaurs first appeared in the _________ _____, about ____ _________ years ago and vanished ____ _________ years ago.
Triassic Period, 230 million years ago; 65 million years ago.
Actin and myosin are involved in ______ __________ and _____________ - name a difference between plant and animal cells.
muscle contraction
cytokinesis - plant cells form cell plates between where cell walls form while animal cells form cleavage furrowing as the initial sign of cytokinesis.
Partial monosomy:
Partial trisonomy:
Partial monosomy is the loss of a part of one chromosome.
Partial trisonomy is the gain of a portion of another (third) chromosome.
Identification of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria is done via growth in _____________ broth. The 5 different aerobes and anaerobes are…
thioglycollate broth
- Obligate aerobe - needs oxygen
- Obligate anaerobes - poisoned by oxygen
- Facultative anaerobes - can grow with or without oxygen but can grow more via aerobic respiration because it produces more ATP
- Microaerobes - need oxygen but poisoned by high concentrations of oxygen.
- Aerotolerants - don’t need oxygen but can tolerate it.
Penicillins
eliminate bacterial infections by interfering with bacteria’s ability to synthesize its cell wall.
Left lung vs. Right lung
Left lung has two lobes and is smaller. It also has a cardiac notch where the heart and the heart’s vasculature fit.
The Right lunch has three lobes and is larger.
Afferent vs. Efferent neurons
Afferent (sensory) neurons carry nerve impulses from peripheral body parts to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Afferent neurons are closely related to skin and sensory organs such as eyes and nose.
Efferent (motor) neurons carry nerve impulses away from the central nervous system to effectors such as muscles and glands.
Microarray
used to determine gene expression and detection of DNA or RNA
Monotreme:
Marsupial:
Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs. Examples are platypuses and echidnas (spiny anteaters)
Marsupials are mammals that complete embryonic development in the pouch. Kangaroo is an example.
3 things to know about Chitin
- It is a polysaccharide containing glucose attached with nitrogen groups
- It is a polymer of amino sugars
- Cell walls of fungi contain chitin
Sodium-Potassium pump (5 things to know)
- It is an integral protein.
- It lets 3 sodiums out and 2 potassiums in.
- It uses ATP.
- It pumps ions against the concentration gradient (reason why ATP is required).
- If drugs such as oubain or digitalis are used, the pump would stop and sodium ions would accumulate inside the cell.
Illeocecal valve:
between the large and small intestines and prevents contents from going in either direction.
Colchicine and its effect on microtubules and mitosis
Colchicine is an alkaloid that inhibits tubulin polymeration into microtubules. Microtubules and associated proteins comprise the mitotic spindles. In the presence of colchicine, mitosis stops.
Thyroid gland and I-131
The thyroid gland produces calcitonine and iodine-containing hormones thyroxine and triiodothyonine. Thyroxine and triiodothyronine influence growth, development, and overall metabolic rates. Ingestine of I-131 is a method to determine thyroid activity.
Kidneys and the constriction of its afferent and efferent arterioles
- blood enters the glomerulus of the kidney via afferent arterioles and leaves via efferent arterioles.
- constriction of the afferent arteriole results in decreased glomerular pressure, hydrostatic pressure, and filtration rate.
- constriction of the efferent arteriole results in increased glomerulus pressure, hydrostatic pressure, and filtration rate.
- Sympathetic innervations of the kidneys primarily affect the afferent arterioles and cause constriction and would reduce urine output (since blood is prevented from flowing to glomerulus). Also, sympathetic nervous system is the flight-or-fight response and therefore more important functions like heart pumping would be focused and peeing would be less focused.
The three steroid hormones are _______, _______, and _______. Steroid hormones have _______ receptors. An example of a non-steroid, peptide hormone is __________, which has a ______ receptor.
estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone
nuclear receptors
insulin, cell-surface
Angiosperms
- has a unique feature of double fertilization of the egg nucleus and central nucleus.
- one sperm fertilizes the egg to form 2N zygote (two haploid gametes = one diploid zygote); the other sperm fertilizes the two nuceli of the central cell to form 3N (one haploid sperm and two haploid eggs). This 3N zygote is an endosperm nucleus, a nutritive tissue that provides nutrients to developing embryo.
Why do earthworms die when you put salt on them?
The skin of an earthworm secretes mucous which keeps the skin moist. Moist skin is needed for gas exchange, because earthworms do not have respiratory organs. Salt destroys the sensitive skin of an earthworm and causes death.
Connective tissue is derived from the __________ layer of an embryo. This layer consists of various types of cells such as __________, ___________, _____________. Some connective tissue such as ______ and ______ are rigid while other connective tissue such as ________ and ________ are flexible.
mesoderm; fibroblast, mast cells, and macrophages
bone and cartilage
adipose and fibrous
Glycolysis (3 points)
- single metabolic pathway that occurs in all living cells
- one glucose needs 2 ATPs to facilitate glycolysis
- the products are 2 pyruvates, 2 NADH, and 2 ATPs (there are 2 net ATPs produced; the end product is 4 ATPs but 2 of them are used in the beginning, so net ATP produced is 2).
Indeterminate cleavage
results in identical twins.






















