8644647174 | Homeostasis | stable internal environment | 0 | |
8644662626 | Negative Feedback | moves towards homeostasis | 1 | |
8644676665 | Thyroxine | Made by thyroid; affects almost every process in the body; also called T4 | 2 | |
8644689060 | Positive Feedback | moves away from homeostasis | 3 | |
8644693161 | Oxytocin | hormone that stimulates uterine contractions such as during labor | 4 | |
8644699205 | Glucose | stored a glycogen and triglycerides | 5 | |
8644706286 | Insulin | Made by pancreas; regulates blood glucose levels; sends signals to have stored transporters to go to cell edge to take in glucose | 6 | |
8644721737 | Glucagon | produced in response to low blood sugar; signals liver to break down glycogen into glucose and release it into blood | 7 | |
8644744230 | Leptin | keeps you at set weight; negative feedback | 8 | |
8644750071 | Ectotherm | influence by OUTSIDE | 9 | |
8644754013 | Endotherm | WithiN INside | 10 | |
8644765056 | Temperature regulation- hot | vasodilation; sweating; pilorelaxation; | 11 | |
8644773747 | Temperature regulation- cold | Vasoconstriction; shivering; piloerection | 12 | |
8644783631 | Metabolic rate as related to oxygen | As metabolic rate goes up, so does oxygen rate | 13 | |
8644807354 | Hemoglobin | Major respiratory pigments in vertebrates | 14 | |
8644813367 | Myoglobin | Another respiratory pigment found in muscle cells; has a higher affinity for oxygen | 15 | |
8644837981 | CO poisoning | Hemoglobin bonds to the CO instead of O2 | 16 | |
8644844133 | Organic Molecules | molecules based on carbon | 17 | |
8644853438 | Carbon double bonds and Carbon hydrogen bonds | nonpolar | 18 | |
8644857094 | Carbon and Hydrogen electronegativity | Nearly the same | 19 | |
8644870315 | Carbohydrate forms | 1) Sugars 2) Long polymers of sugar | 20 | |
8644873659 | Carbohydrate ratio | Carbon: Hydrogen: Oxygen 1: 2: 1 | 21 | |
8644877988 | Monosaccharides | Ring shape ex: Glucose Fructose Galactose | 22 | |
8644884681 | Disaccharides | Two monosaccharides jointed by dehydration synthesis ex: lactose sucrose | 23 | |
8644899194 | Polysaccharides | Long polymers of monosaccharides; starch (plants) and glycogen (animals) | 24 | |
8644911173 | Lipids | fats; phospholipids; steroids; waxes; mostly nonpolar | 25 | |
8644917627 | Fats (Triglycerides) | glycerol + 3 fatty acids joined through dehydration synthesis | 26 | |
8644928461 | Saturated | Maximum # of H | 27 | |
8644931995 | Unsaturated | Carbon double bond | 28 | |
8644936273 | Phospholipids | major membrane component; glycerol and 2 fatty acid chains | 29 | |
8644941972 | Steroids | Multiple Ring structure; nonpolar; cholesterol; hormones; little oxygen; mostly C and H | 30 | |
8644972334 | Proteins | made of amino acids | 31 | |
8644997714 | 2 amino acids bond | dehydration reaction forms a peptide bond (covalent) | 32 | |
8645006416 | Protein Structure | Primary-amino acid sequence Secondary- polar groups form H-bonds (Alpha Helix or Beta Pleated) Tertiary- 3D shape in a single polypeptide Quaternary- bonding of more than one folded polypeptide chain | 33 | |
8645024198 | Nucleic Acid | DNA and RNA | 34 | |
8645046108 | Entropy | disorder; favored | 35 | |
8645053276 | Free energy | usable energy in a system | 36 | |
8645061480 | Exergonic reaction | Spontaneous; will occur on its own | 37 | |
8645068638 | Endergonic reaction | requires an input on free energy | 38 | |
8645079845 | Enzymes | proteins that speed up the rate of chemical reactions; lower activation energy | 39 | |
8645082889 | Induced fit | when the enzyme and substrate interact it caused a conformational change that allows substrate to bind more tightly | 40 | |
8645103191 | Allosteric activation/ inhibition | secondary bonding site | 41 | |
8645111346 | Catabolic Reactions | breakdown molecules | 42 | |
8645114824 | anabolic reactions | synthesize larger molecules | 43 | |
8645123516 | electronegativity | how strongly an atom attracts electrons | 44 | |
8645129973 | Solute/ solvent | put the LUTE in the VENT | 45 | |
8645133358 | aqueous solution | solutions made with water | 46 | |
8645138974 | Hydrolysis | adds a water molecule, breaking a bond | 47 | |
8645140797 | dehydration | removes a water, forms a new bond | 48 | |
8645143628 | Properties of water | 1) chemical reactions 2) incompressible 3) eliminate soluble waste 4) high specific heat 5) High heat of vaporization/ heat of fusion (needs a lot of energy to change state) 6) Cohesion 7) Adhesion 8)Powerful solvent | 49 | |
8645174174 | Acids | Lower pH; high H concentration | 50 | |
8645176867 | Bases | high pH; low H concentration | 51 |
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