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Study Stack Set 1
Weeks 1-6
| What is homeostasis? | Standying or staying the same. |
| What is the normal setpoint value of blood glucose? | 80 and 100 mg of glucose. |
| What are the basic components of control systems? | Sensor mechanism, Integrator or control center, effector mechanism, and feedback. |
| What are the four major groups in the human body? | Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acida and related molecules |
| What are the major functions of Human Lipid Compunds? | Energy, Structure, Vitamins, Protection, Insulation, and regulation. |
| What is diffusion? | Refers to a natural pheomenon caused by the tendency of small particles to spread out evenly within any given space. |
| What is osmosis? | Is the movement of water through a semipermeable membrane. |
| What is deoxyribonucleic acid aka (DNA)? | A molecule that is giant among molecules. Its size and complexity of its shapes exceed those of most molecules. |
| How do you make a protein? | To make a protein, the gene code in DNA is first copied to a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) molecule, or transcript. |
| What are the principle types of tissues? | Epithelial Tissue, Connective Tissue, Muscle Tissue, and Nervous Tissue. |