Module 1 Flashcards
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- “internal environment”
- maintained by extracellular fluid
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Milieu interieur
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- goal of all physiologic process
- all about balance
- usually via negative feedback
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Homeostasis
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- 60% total body weight (42L)
- principal fluid medium if the cell
- present in most cells except in fat cells
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Water
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40% total body weight (28L)
Potassium
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Intracellular fluid
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20% of total body weight (14L)
Sodium, chloride, bicarbonate
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Extracellular fluid
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1/4 of extracellular fluid
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Plasma
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3/4 of extracellular fluid
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Interstitial fluid
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- transport of fluid in the body
- At rest: covered in one minute
- under active condition: 6x increase
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Circulatory system
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- dissolved nutrients are absorbed and transported
- some require modification by liver
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Gut
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Filters and ensures that you are 60% water
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Kidneys
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Kinetic movements of fluid and dissolved molecules
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Diffusion
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Release hormone into blood stream
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Hormone system
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- WBC
- lymphoid tissues
- distinguish own cell from foreign cells and substances
- phagocytosis or by producing sensitized lymphocytes or specialized proteins
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Immune system
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- boundary between body’s internal envt and outside world
- temperature regulation and waste secretion
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Integumentary system
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Series of changes that return the factor toward a certain mean value , thus maintaining homeostasis
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Negative feedback system
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Depends on oxygen-buffering function of hemoglobin
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Oxygen concentration
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High concentration stimulates the respiratory center to increase breathing
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Carbon dioxide concentration
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Control of blood pressure
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Baroreceptor system
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- Degree of effectiveness with which a control system maintains constant condition
- gain= correction / error
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Gain of control system
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- mostly negative in nature
- effect of the stimulus or reduces its intensity
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Feedback mechanism
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- blood clotting, nerve signaling, child birth
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Positive feedback
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- “adaptive control”
- used by cns to determine if a certain muscle contraction/movement is performed correctly
- form of delayed negative feedback
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Feed-forward control
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- basic unit of life
- highly dynamic entity
- principle of biogenesis
- almost all in eukaryotic are nucleated
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Cell
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- collective term for different substances that make up the cell
- composed mainly of water, electrolytes, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates
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Protoplasm
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- inorganic chemicals for cellular reactions
| - necessary for operation of some of the cellular control mechanisms
Electrolytes/ions
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- 10%-20% of cell mass
| - structural/functional __________
Proteins
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Long intracellular filaments that form microtubules and fibrillar proteins
Structural proteins
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Composed of combinations of a few molecules in tubular-globular form
Functional proteins
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- non-polar
- soluble in fat solvents but insoluble in water
- phospholipids, cholesterol, triglycerides
Lipids
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Forms the cell membrane and membrane barriers
Phospholipids and cholesterol
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Storehouse of energy-giving nutrients
Triglycerides
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- little structural function in the cell except as part of glycoprotein molecule
- plays major role in cellularnutrition
Carbohydrates
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- thin, pliable, elastic structure
- mostly proteins and lipids
- lipid bilayer
Cell/plasma membrane
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Selective transport of molecules in and out of cell
Membrane transport protein
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Via cell surface antigens
Cell recognition
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Through neurotransmitter, hormone receptor, and signal transduction pathway
Cell communication
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- proposed by signer and nicolson
- cell membrane = phospholipid bilayer
- proteins and other substances embedded
Fluid mosaic model
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- hydrophilic head, hydrophobic tail
| - amphipathic molecules
Phospholipid bilayer
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- anchored and embedded in the cell m membrane through hydrophobic interactions
- target of many disease processes and drugs
Integral proteins
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- not embedded in cell membrane
- not covalently bound to membrane components
- loosely attached to the cell membrane by electrostatic interactions
Peripheral proteins
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- loose carbohydrate coat of the cell membrane
- function: imparts a negative electrical charge, attachment to other cells, receptor substances for binding hormones, immune reactions
- only found outside the cell; electostatic
Glycocalyx
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- dissolved in membrane bilayer
- determine degree of permeability if bilayer to water-soluble constituents
- controls membrane fluidity
Cholesterol
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- specialized cellular subunit found in the cytoplasm that has a specific function
- usually membrane bound
Cellular organelles
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- with fibrillar proteins synthesized by ribosomes in cytoplasm
- function: provide rigid physical support for certain parts of cell (intracellular scaffolding)
Cytoskeleton
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What motor protein drives transport from the center of the cell toward the periphery?
Kinesin
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What motor protein helps in transport from the periphery to the center of the cell?
Dynein
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"Powerhouse of the cell" : produces atp
- has outer and inner membrane
- self replicative: contains own dna(pureply maternally-derived)
- doesn't follow genetic code
Mitochondria
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- network of tubular and flat vesicular structures in the cytoplasm
- space inside the tubules and vesicles is fill with endoplasmic matrix
- machinery for major metabolic functions of the cell
Endoplasmic reticulum
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- also called granular endoplasmic reticulum
- large numbers of ribosomes are attached to the
outer surfaces
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
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– minute granular particles
| – composed of a mixture of RNA and proteins – function in protein synthesis
Ribosomes
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- also called agranular endoplasmic reticulum
- has no attached ribosomes
- functions include: detoxification of substances; synthesis of lipids
- found in great quantities in the liver and kidneys
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
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- closely related to the endoplasmic reticulum
- composed of four or more stacked layers of thin, flat,
enclosed vesicles lying near one side of the nucleus
- functions include: packaging of proteins; molecular tagging
- prominent in secretory cells
Golgi apparatus
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- vesicular organelles that form by breaking off from the Golgi apparatus
- intracellular digestive system for damaged cellular structures, food particles and bacteria
- called suicide bags of cells
Lysosomes
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binding of calcium ions triggers __________ once the lysosomes have completed their function
Apoptosis
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– formed by self-replication or budding off from SER – contain oxidase and catalase enzymes
- functions include: oxidizes many poisonous substances; degrades free radicals that may damage cells
Peroxisomes
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- also called secretory granules
- formed by the ER-Golgi apparatus system
- functions include: storage for enzymes that are not yet activated
(proenzymes) ; replenish the plasma membrane whenever it forms phagocytic or pinocytic vesicles
Secretory vesicles
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- control center of the cell
| - contains large quantities of DNA (genes)
Nucleus
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- also called nuclear envelope
- two separate bilayer membranes
- outer membrane is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell cytoplasm
Nuclear membrane
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- does not have a limiting membrane
- accumulation of large amounts of RNA and ribosomal proteins
- becomes considerably enlarged when the cell is actively synthesizing proteins
Nucleolus
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- downhill concentration gradient
- carrier mediated (yes/no)
- no energy required
Passive transport
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- uphill concentration gradient
- carrier mediated
- energy required
Active transport
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- simple movement through the membrane
- caused by the random motion or kinetic movement of the molecules
- cell membrane pores
- lipid matrix of the membrane (for lipid soluble substances)
Diffusion
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- depends on amount of substance
- kinetic movement of molecules or ions
- Via membrane opening or intermolecular spaces
- No interaction with carrier proteins
- governed by Fick's law of diffusion
Simple diffusion
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determined by:
• the amount of substance
• velocity of kinetic motion
• number and sizes of openings
Rate of diffusion
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- predicts the rate of diffusion of molecules across a biological membrane
- rate= (c1-c2) x (permeability coefficient/thickness) x area
Fick's law of diffusion
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– Integral cell membrane
– Form tubes through the membrane
– are always OPEN
– Selective with size and charge
– An example is Aquaporins
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Membrane pores
