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Topic 7: Mass transport Flashcards

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Briefly describe the diff levels of protein structure

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  1. Primary structure - sequence of amino acids
  2. Secondary structure - local motifs held by hydrogen bonding(alpha helices and b pleated sheets)
  3. Tertiary structure - 3D structure, held by hydrogen bonding, ionic bonds, disulfide bridges, covalent bonds
  4. Quaternary structure - multiple polypeptide chains bonded together by hydrogen bonds, ionic bonds, covalent bonds
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What kind of structure do haemoglobins have?

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Quaternary structure with 4 polypeptide chains

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What do haemoglobins consist of?

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Four polypeptide chains, each with a heme group and iron at the centre

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How many oxygens can haemoglobin carry at any one time

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At what kind of partial pressures does myoglobin bind at

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Low partial pressues

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What is myoglobin

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A related heme protien that acts as an oxygen binding protien

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Where do you find Myoglobin?

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In muscle tissues

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What does Myoglobin serve as

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It serves as a site for intracellular oxygen storage, binding oxygen in very low partial pressues.

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What is “affinity of haemoglobin for oxygen”

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The ability of haemoglobin to attract or bind to oxygen

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What is “saturation of haemoglobin with oxygen”

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When haemolgobin is holding the maximum amount of oxygen that it can bind to

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What is “loading/association of haemoglobin”

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The binding of oxygen to haemoglobin

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What is “unloading/dissociation of haemoglobin”

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When oxygen detatched or unbinds with haemoglobin

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Where is oxygen loaded/unloaded

(give examples aswell)

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Loaded - high partial pressure of oxygen (alveoli)
Unloaded - low partial pressure of oxygen (resporing tissues)

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What is the affinity of haemoglobin like at low partial pressures

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Low affinity to oxygen, unloads

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What is the haemoglobin like at high partial pressues

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High partial pressures = fully saturated hameoglobin, loading

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What happens when the first oxygen has bonded to the haemoglobin

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a slight conformational change occurs in the haemoglobin

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Why does the haemoglobin undergo a conformational change?

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I then becomes easier for the other 3 oxygens to bind to the haemoglobin

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What is cooperative binding

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When the haemoglobin undergoes a conformational change to allow oxygen to easily bind to it.

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What is the Bohr Effect?

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When a high concentration of CO2 cuses the dissociation curve to shift to the right

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Explain the Bohr Effect

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  • When there is CO2 and H2O, you will form carbonic acid
  • Which has an acidic, lower pH
  • The lower pH causes the slight conformational change in the haemoglobin
  • Which decreases its affinity for oxygen
  • Shifting the curve to the right
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Why is haemoglobin being able to change its affinity advantageous to organisms

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They can adapt to their environment, for example in an environment with more/less CO2 present, mammals with ater metabolism etc.

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Where does the foetal haemoglobin dissociation curve shift?

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Shifts to the left

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Explain the shift of disocciation curve, for foetal haemoglobin

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  • higher affinity for O2
  • shifts to the left for given partial pressure
  • needs to grab as much oxygen from mothers blood (through placenta) as possible
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Where does the dissociation curve shift to for Llamas

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Shifts to the left

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Explain the shift for the dissociation curve of Llamas
* Llamas live at high altitudes * Need more oxygen, higher affinity * shifts to left for given partial pressure
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Where does the dissociation curve for doves shift to? | (and small mammals)
Shifts to the right
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Explain the dissociation curve shift for doves
* small mammals have faster metabolism * need more O2 for respiration for contracting muscles * unloading oxygen more, lower affinity for oxygen * shifts to the right for partial pressure
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Where does the dissociation curve for worms shift?
Shifts to the right
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Explain the dissociation curve for worms
* underground is low partial pressure * need haemoglobin with higher affinity for O2 * to obtain as much oxygen as possible
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What does it mean by a **double**, **closed**, circulatory system
* Closed, the blood is in vessels * Double, blood is passed twice through the heart
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Why does blood flow through the lungs at a lower pressure
1. To prevent damage to the capillaries 2. To reduce speed, and therefore maximise time for gas exchange
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Why is it important for oxygenated blood to flow to the body at high pressures
1. To ensure it reaches all respiring tissues
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What do the coronary arteries do
Deliver oxygenated blood to the heart msucle
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What blood vessels are attatched to the Heart
* Vena Cava * Aorta * Pulmonary Artery * Pulmonary Vein
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What blood vessels are attatched to the Lungs
* Pulmonary Artery * Pulmonary Vein
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What are the blood vessels attatched to the Kidneys
* Renal Artery * Renal Vein
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Name and explain two properties of the Cardiac Muscle | (Heart Muscle)
* **Myogenic** (contracts withough hormonal/nervous stimulation) * **Never fatigues** (as long as supplied with oxygen)
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What do you call it when the coronary arteires become blocked and no longer recieve oxygen
Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
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Compare Atria vs Ventricles
* Atria Thinner muscular walls, elastic walls that stretch when blood enters * Ventricles Thicker msucular walls High pressre to push blood further distances
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Which ventricle has thicker walls and why
Left ventricle is thicker, because needs to pump blood at higher pressure all around the body
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What does the aorta do
Carries oxygenated blood from left ventricle to the rest of the body
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What does the pulmonary vein do
Carries deoxygenated blood from right ventricle to the lungs to become oxygenated
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Where do you find semi-lunar valves
Aorta and Pulmonary artery
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Where do you find atrioventricular valves
Between atria and ventricles
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What are the two atrioventricular valves
Bicuspid (left side) Tricuspid (right side)
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How do valves work
Higher pressure behind the valve opens them, higher pressure behind the valve closes them. This prevents backflow
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What does the septum do
Separates left and right sides, separates oxygenated/deoxygenated blood, therefore maintaining concentration gradient, allowing diffusion at respiring cells
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Name the three stages of the cardiac cycle
Diastole (relaxing) Atrial Systole (contracting) Ventricular Systole (contracting)
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Explain Cardiac cycle
* Diastole - atria ventricle relax and fill with blood (increases pressure in atria) * Atrial Systole - Atria muscles contract, decreasing volume increasing pressure, opens the atrioventricular valves * Ventricular Systole - Ventricle muslces contract, decrease volume increase pressure, closes atriaventricular valves, opens semi-lunar valves, blood pushed into aorta and pulmonary artery
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How do you work out cardiac output
Cardiac output = heart rate x stroke volume(dm3)
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When do the valves open
* Atrioventricular - open with higher pressure in atria than ventricles * Semi-Lunar - open when higher pressure in ventricles than arteries
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What do capillaries connect
Connect arterioles to veins
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2 reasons that veins are thin
1. Low pressure means that they wont burst 2. Easily flattened, helps blood flow up to the heart
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What is tissue fluid
Fluid bathing all the cells, contains, water glucose, amino acids, ions, fatty acids and oxygen.
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Explain ultrafiltration
* Capillaries have small gaps between them to force out liquid * Blood enters capillaries from arterioles, smaller diameter = higher hydrostatic pressure * Forces glucose, water, amino acids, fatty acids, ions, oxygen out * = ultrafiltration
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Describe re-absorption after ultrafiltration
* large moelcules left in fluid = low water potential * water moves back in capillaries via osmosis
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What happens to the liquid not reabsorped after ultrafiltration\?
Tissue fluid absorped into lymphatic system, drains back to the bloodstream by the heart
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Where do you find lymph vessels
surrounding blood vessels
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How does light intensity affect rate of transpiration
* More light, mor eopen stomata, larger sa for evaporation * = more transpiration
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How does temperature affect rate of transpiration
* More heat, more KE, faster moving molecules more evaporation
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How does humidity affect rate of transpiration
* More water vapour in air, increases water potential outside the leaf, reducing water potential gradient, therefore less evaporation
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How does wind affect rate of transpiration
* More wind, blows away humidity, maintains conc. gradient, more transpiration
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What are the three aspects of Cohesion-Tension theory
* Cohesion * Capillary action * Root pressure
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Explain cohesion of water
Water is dipolar, forms hydrogen bonds, creating cohesion and stickiness, allowing water to travel as a continuouse column up through the xylem
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Explain Capillary action (adhesion)
Water can also stick to other molecules, like the xylem walls, travelling up them. Thinner tube = more capillary action
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Explain root pressure
* Water moves into roots, increased volume means increased pressure, pushing the water up through the root
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Explain fully, cohesion tension theory water movement
* Water evaporates cos of transpiration, low water potential on leaves * More water pulled up thr xylem * Hydrogen bonds make the water cohesive, water adheres to walls of the thin xylem, pulling more water up as a constant cokumn * As it is pulled up, it creates tension, causing the xylem walls to become narrower, enhancing the cpillary action
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Define translocation
Transport of organic substances in a plant,
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