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What is homeostasis?

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Involves processes responsible for maintaining a relatively constant environment. It provides cells with a relatively stable environment so that cells can function properly

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In animals what are the two ways in which a chemical message can occur?

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  • nervous system- synapse

- endocrine system- hormones

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What is action potential?

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Nerve impulse

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What are the three types of neurons?

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  • sensory
  • inter/ relay
  • motor/ effector
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What are the types of cell signalling molecules?

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  • steroid hormone
  • simple gases
  • neurotransmitters
  • peptide hormones + growth factors
  • fatty acid derivatives
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What’s an example of a steroid hormone?

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Progesterone

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What is an example of a simple gas?

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Nitric oxide

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What is an example of a neurotransmitter?

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Adrenaline

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What is an example of a peptide hormone or growth factor?

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Insulin

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What is an example of a fatty acid derivative?

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Prostaglandins

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What is the endocrine system?

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Regulates the body’s processes by releasing chemical messages called hormones into the bloodstream

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How can the endocrine system be stimulated?

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Hormonal, humoral or neural stimulus

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What are the two major types of hormones?

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  • amino acid/ polypeptide-membrane receptors

- steroids- soluble in lipids

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What is it called when multiple reactions occur as a result of others?

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Cascade effect

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Are steroids hydrophobic or hydrophilic?

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Hydrophobic

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Are large peptide hormones hydrophobic or hydrophilic?

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Hydrophilic

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Are steroids able to pass through the membrane?

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Yes

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Are large peptide hormones able to move through the membrane?

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No

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What are the different types of pheromones?

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Trail,alarm, territorial, sex

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Which are the major cells that secrete cytokines?

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White blood cells (immune cells)

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What are the effects cytokines can have?

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Stimulatory, inhibitory, regulatory

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What are pheromones?

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Are chemical signalling molecules for communication between members of one animal species

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How do neurotransmitters move across across the synaptic cleft?

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  • neutron is stimulated, it’s nerve impulse in the form of an electrical signal along the axon
  • vesicles form containing neurotransmitters
  • impulse is transmitted across the synaptic cleft by neurotransmitter molecules released from vesicles in the pre-synaptic neutron
  • The neurotransmitter molecules diffuse across the synaptic cleft and bind with receptors on the post-synaptic neuron
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Neurotransmitters are the chemical signalling molecules of which type of cells?

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Nerve cells

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What are the two types of signalling of nerve cells?
- communication within a nerve cell, known as action potential - communication between nerve cells uses chemical signals known as neurotransmitters
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How do hormones travel to their target cell?
Via the bloodstream
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How do hydrophilic hormones reach target cells?
Through the blood from site of production to specific target
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How do hydrophobic hormones reach target cells?
They are transported through the blood but are attached to a protein carrier
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Are amino acid derivatives hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
Hydrophilic
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Are lipid-derived hormones hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
Hydrophobic
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Are peptide and protein hormones hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
Hydrophilic
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Do hydrophobic hormones directly or indirectly activate genes?
Directly
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Do hydrophilic hormones directly or indirectly activate genes?
Indirectly
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Can polar signalling molecules cross the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane?
No
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Can non polar signalling molecules cross the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane?
Yes
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Can hydrophilic signalling molecules cross the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane?
No
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Can hydrophobic signalling molecules cross the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane?
Yes
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What are the name of receptors located on the cell membrane called?
Cell-surface receptors
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What are the names of the receptors located either in the cytosol or nucleus of the target cell called?
Intracellular receptors
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What are the three stages of cellular communication?
Signal reception, signal transduction, cellular response
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How is the signal travelled in the endocrine system?
Long-distance travel
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How is the signal travelled in the paracrine system?
Travel to nearby cells
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How are signals travelled in the autocrine system?
One cell receives the same signal
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What is the reception stage?
A signal from the cells external environment
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What is the transduction stage?
Transduction of the signal into a form that can bring about a cellular response
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What is the cellular response stage?
Cellular response to the signal that comprises physical, biochemical or physiological changes brought about by the effector proteins in the cell
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What are the two types of receptors called?
Cell surface and intracellular receptors
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Where are cell surface receptors located?
Located on the membrane
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Where are intracellular receptors located?
Either the cytosol or nucleus
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What is signal transduction?
A process that converts a signal from outside the cell into a response within the cell
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When doe signal transduction begin?
After a signalling molecule bonds to its specific receptor, changing its shape and activating it
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What are some major differences between plant and animal hormones?
Animal are produced by glands plant are mainly produced by cells in growing areas Animal hormones typically travel via the bloodstream whilst plants usually travel by the phloem tissue
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What are auxins responsible for?
Cell division and growth in cell size
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What cytokinins responsible for?
Increase in cell division
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What are gibberellins responsible for?
Cell division and growth in cell size
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What is abscisic acid responsible for?
Dormancy
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What is ethylene responsible for?
Ageing
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What stimulates the ripening of mature fruits?
Ethylene
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What promotes lengthening of the stem?
Auxin and gibberellic acid
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Where are cytokinins made?
Young fruits
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Where are auxin and gibberellic acid made?
Young leaves and buds
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What does a release of abscisic acid do?
Causes the closure of stomata
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In what direction do auxins travel?
From shoot to root
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What is a tropism?
The growth of a plant in response to a stimulus
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What are two examples of a stimulus that results in the growth of a plant?
Water and light
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Does auxin travel to the light or shaded side of a plant?
Shaded
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What occurs when there is an increase in auxin cells in shaded area?
Causes cells to elongate to a greater degree than those in light area
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What is apoptosis?
A process that is genetically controlled and highly regulated cell destruction
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What is the role of apoptosis?
Ensure balance between cell production and cell lose
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What are the plant hormones?
Auxin, cytokinins, gibberellins, ethylene, abscisic acid
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What is necrosis?
Unplanned cell death such as that occuring when cells suffer trauma and die prematurely
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What is the difference between apoptosis and necrosis?
Apoptosis is planned while necrosis is unplanned
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What is the negative feedback system?
A system where the response to a particular stimulus reversed the direction of that stimulus
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What is a pheromone?
A signalling molecule produced by a cell that attaches to a specific receptor and triggers a specific response
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What is signal transduction?
The series of events that occur after the receipt of a specific signal and which result in a response
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What is apoptosis?
Programmed cell death

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