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Victoria Wk 7
Midterm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Physiology | The science that deals with the functions of the living organism and it's parts |
| Characteristics of Human Life | Responsiveness, Conductivity, Growth, Respiration, Digestion, Absorption, Secretion, Excretion, Circulation, and Reproduction. |
| Basic Components of Control Systems | Sensor Mechanisms, Integrator or Control Center, Effector Mechanism, Feeback |
| Element | Pure in the sense that it cannot be broken down of decomposed into two or more different substances. |
| Compounds | CAN be broken down or decomposed into elements that are contained within them. |
| Catabolism | Chemical reactions that break down larger food molecules into smaller units which release energy. |
| Anabolism | Involves many chemical reactions that build larger and more complex chemical molecules from smaller subunits. |
| Organic substances in in the human body | Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleic acids and related moeclules |
| Carbohydrate | contain the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen-USUALLY in the ratio of 1:2:1 |
| Cellular Respiration | 3 pathways are chemically linked together, to form larger catabolic pathways, Glycolysis, Citric Acid Cycle, and Electron Transport system. |