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Raquel Kennedy
Anatomy chapter 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Organization of atoms, molecules, and macromolecules results in living matter is a gel called | cytoplasm |
| an organization of similar cells specialized to perform a certain function | Tissue |
| smallest and most numerous units that possess and exhibit char-acteristics of life are | Cells |
| —sum total of all physical and chemical reactions occurring in the living body | Metabolism |
| Hypogastric | “below the stomach.” Only loops of the small intestine, the urinary bladder, part of the large intestine, and the appendix are seen in the hypogastric region. |
| Intrinsic control mechanisms operate at the ______ and organ levels. | A. cell B. tissue C. organ |
| Examples of homeostasis | 1.Temperature regulation 2. Regulation of blood carbon dioxide level 3. Regulation of blood glucose level |
| Homeostasis is used to describe the, | relatively constant states maintained by the body—internal environment around body cells remains constant |
| characteristics of negative control systems? | Are inhibitory; they negate changes in a variable a; Stabilize physiological variables ; Produce an action that is opposite to the change that activated the system |
| Term to describe the wasting effects of advancing age: | Atrophy |
| octet rule | Atoms with fewer than eight electrons in the outer energy level will attempt to lose, gain, or share electrons with other atoms to achieve stability. |
| Decomposition reactions | Decomposition reactions |
| Three basic types of chemical reactions that you will learn to recognize as you study physiology are the following: | 1. Synthesis reactions 2. Decomposition reactions 3. Exchange reactions |
| What does the term metabolism mean? | The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. |
| What is the role of ATP(Adenosine triphosphate) in the body? | energy-carrying molecule found in the cells of all living things. |
| Monosaccharides, | simple sugars |
| Carbohydrates composed of two or more simple sugars that are bonded together through a dehy-dration synthesis reaction that involves the removal of water | Polysaccharides (complex sugars) |
| Glycogen, | a polymer of glucose, is sometimes referred to as animal starch. |
| Structure of glucose | A, Straight chain, or linear model, of glucose. B, Ring model representing glucose in solution. C, Three-dimensional, or space-filling, model of glucose. |
| What water-insoluble organic biomolecules? | Lipids |
| Golgi apparatus | description: Stack of flattened sacs (cisternae) surrounded by vesicles function:Synthesizes carbohydrate, combines it with protein, and packages the product as globules of glycoprotein |
| Vesicles | description:Tiny membranous bags function:Temporarily contain molecules for transport or later use |
| Nucleolus | description:Dense area of chromatin and related molecules within nucleus function: Site of formation of ribosome subunits |
| Microvilli | description:Short, fingerlike extensions of plasma membrane; supported internally by microfilaments function:Tiny, fingerlike extensions that increase a cell’s absorptive surface area |
| Ribosomes | description: Small particles assembled from two tiny subunits of rRNA and protein function: Site of protein synthesis; a cell’s “protein factories |
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