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Decks in this class (59)

Amino Acids
The alpha carbon is chiral in all...,
All amino acids found in natural ...,
A zwitterion amino acid exist in ...
35  cards
Acid/Base Regulation
What is amphoteric 1,
What is diprotic 2,
What are zwitterions 3
47  cards
Protein Techniques
Insulin has ____side chains 1,
To calculate mw you need to multi...,
Hemoglobin has ____side chains 3
30  cards
Protein Structure
What is the 3d structure of prote...,
What are the 4 levels of protein ...,
The primary structure can be deri...
49  cards
Thermodynamics
What is the first law of thermody...,
What is the second law of thermod...,
Living organisms are ____systems 3
59  cards
Enzymology
What are enzymes 1,
Properties of enzymes 2,
Components of a protein enzyme 3
30  cards
Enzyme Kinetics
In the michaelis menten kinetcs t...,
Enzyme kinetics are important for 2,
In enzyme kinetcs catalyzed react...
60  cards
Hemoglobin
Where is myoglobin found 1,
Single ferous _____ containng hem...,
If oxidized to ferric fe 3
57  cards
Carbohydrates
What is a carbohydrate 1,
What are glyconjugates 2,
What are the three classes of car...
61  cards
Glycolysis
What are the four major fates for...,
What are the products in glycolys...,
Glycolysis is divided into two re...
37  cards
Gluconeogenesis
Glucuneogensis 1,
Liver glycogen depleted in 2,
Glucose is the major fuel in 3
40  cards
Metabolic regulation
Glucose and intracellular atp mai...,
Hexokinase is an ____which cataly...,
Atp adp and amp bind to __ enzyme...
60  cards
Glycogen metabolism
Glucagon promotes glygocen _____ 1,
Why is glut 4 impt 2,
Once glucose is in cell we_____it...
27  cards
Pentose Phosphate Pathway
What are the two phases of ppp 1,
What are the major products form ...,
What are the glycolytic intermedi...
28  cards
TCA cycle
What is human respiration 1,
What is cellular respiration 2,
Glucogenic aa enter the 3
34  cards
ETC- Part 1
Inner mitochondrial membrane has ...,
Outer membrane has ____ 2,
Nadh enters as complex __ fadh en...
19  cards
ETC-Part 2
The tca cycle etc and oxidative p...,
Thermogenin is an ___ agent that ...,
The mitochondria has a circular _...
6  cards
Reactive oxygen species
What are the reaction oxygen spec...,
What are the reactive nitrogen sp...,
What causes the formation of free...
22  cards
Vitamins and Minerals
Vitamins can be divided into ___ ...,
What are the water soluble vitami...,
What are the fat soluble viamins 3
60  cards
Lipids
What are the lipid classes 1,
What is ex of free fatty acid 2,
What is ex of glycerolipids 3
56  cards
Biological membranes
What are membrane functions 1,
Membrane lipids are ____which mea...,
What is the hydrophobic and hydro...
49  cards
Lipid Oxidation
What does gall bladder do 1,
Where do chilomicrons tracel 2,
What is b 48 3
50  cards
Lipid synthesis
Synthesis of palmitate 1,
Where does most fatty acid synthe...,
What does excess acetylcoa conver...
58  cards
Cell Structure and Function -Part 1
The only human cell we could see ...,
Use ___ and ___ 2,
What is phase contrast 3
15  cards
Cell Structure and Function - Part 2
What are ribosomes 1,
What happens to ribosomes that go...,
What is the rough er 3
17  cards
Epithelium and Glands
Where are three places you can fi...,
What are 4 major characteristic o...,
What are types of epithelium 3
31  cards
Connective Tissue & Cartilage
What are the broad classification...,
What are the classifications base...,
What are the types of loose ct pr...
109  cards
ECM
What are the functions of ecm 1,
What components can ecm be divide...,
What are filaments 3
72  cards
ECM diseases
What are ecm diseases due to 1,
What degrades elastin 2,
What class of enzymes does elasta...
30  cards
Biomineralization
What is the mineral that makes up...,
What are the mineralized tissues 2,
What are the mineralized tissue c...
68  cards
Bone & Cartilage
What is the ct that surrounds the...,
What is the ct that lines inner s...,
What are osteoblasts 3
37  cards
Nervous Tissue/ANS
In the brain gray matter occupies...,
Gray matter 2,
White matter 3
31  cards
Muscles
What are the types of muscle 1,
What are characteristics of muscle 2,
What are characteristics of skele...
29  cards
Membrane Properties
Membrane proteins can be categori...,
What are the structure proteins 2,
What are the function proteins 3
51  cards
Action Potential
The nervous system sends both 1,
At what part of a neuron are acti...,
Depolarization means 3
32  cards
Contractile Proteins
What do muscle fibers form from 1,
What does skeletal muscle use for...,
What does it use maximally 3
33  cards
Nitrogen Metabolism/Urea Cycle
What are the dietary fuels 1,
We dont store amino acids we ____...,
No ____ in carbohydrates of lipids 3
64  cards
Amino Acid Oxidation
What can the 7 intermediates prod...,
18 20 aa are at least partially__...,
Methionine breaks down into ___ p...
37  cards
Amino Acid Synthesis
What is the diff bet essential an...,
What are the essential aa 2,
What can be made from the transam...
67  cards
Hormonal regulation of metabolism
What tissues are for fuel storage 1,
What is the fuel usage time line 2,
What insures brain function 3
43  cards
Cell Signaling
What does ria do 1,
What are the major endocrine glan...,
What is the hypothalamic pituitar...
38  cards
Cell Signaling II/Diabetes
What are the types of diabetes 1,
What are the stats of diabetes 2,
Currently 1 in ____adults have di...
30  cards
Nucleotide Metabolism
What are critical functions of nu...,
What are three principal componen...,
What are the two types of nitroge...
62  cards
DNA mutations and repair
What is the nature of a mutation 1,
Whats the diff bet a mutation in ...,
Somatic mutations are __ many mut...
28  cards
DNA replication
Watson and crick proposed structu...,
The structure of dna accounts for...,
Meselson and stahl proved that dn...
39  cards
Transcription
Rna is synthesized by __ _ it req...,
E coli uses a single rna polymera...,
Core enzyme of e coli rna polymer...
36  cards
Translation
Whats a codon how many 1,
Some aa have more than one codon ...,
Codons do not 3
43  cards
Protein Trafficking
Different proteins have different...,
What are the membrane bound compa...,
____proteins contain signals that...
32  cards
Gene Regulation
Cellular protein levels can be al...,
Chromatin 2,
2 major modifications that happen 3
32  cards
Regulation of Gene Expression
___ bonds are important in dna pr...,
What are transcription factor str...,
Whats electrophoretic mobility sh...
21  cards
DNA techniques
How do you do somatic cell nuclea...,
Whats a clone 2,
What s recombinant dna 3
62  cards
Mitosis/Cell Cycle Regulation
What are the the two proteins tha...,
Cell cycle is initiate in respons...,
____ is an important transcriptio...
33  cards
Introduction to Pathology & Neoplasia
What is pathology 1,
What is pathophysiology 2,
What are two major classes of eti...
52  cards
Meiosis
Gametes are ___ due to the proces...,
Diploid germ cells ___ gametes an...,
What are the genetic consequences...
33  cards
Gametogenesis & Fertilization
What are primordial germ cells 1,
Both male female gametes mature v...,
Each oogonium is the central cell...
47  cards
Gastrulation/Neurulation/Branchial arches
Pregnancy is divided into ___trim...,
What is happening during weeks 1 2 2,
There are no birth defects in 3
62  cards
Dev of Face and Palate Tongue and Thyroid
Neuroblast gives rise to ___ all ...,
Glial cells in cns give rise to 2,
Microglia come from _____marrow 3
31  cards
Chromosomal Defects
About a 1 3 of congential defects...,
Hcg is coming from 2,
What are non invasive tests that ...
50  cards
Craniogacial Dysmorphologies
What are 1st pharyngeal arch diso...,
What are 3 4th pharyngeal arch di...,
How do you get treacher collins s...
46  cards

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