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PHYSIO SET 1
physiology study stack set 1 (weeks 1-6)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| HOMEOSTATSIS | PROCESS WHERE BODY MAINTAINS A STABLE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT DESPITE CHANGES IN THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT |
| BIOMOLECULES | BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIVING ORGANISMS. INCLUDES: CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, PROTEINS, NUCLEIC ACIDS |
| DNA BASE PAIRING | A-T C-G |
| ENZYME | TYPE OF PROTEIN THAT SPEEDS UP CHEMICAL REACTIONS |
| LAYERS OF SKIN | -EPIDERMIS (FIRST 5 LAYERS)(MOST SUPERFICIAL LAYER) -DERMIS (NEXT 2 LAYERS) -HYPODERMIS (SUBCUTANEOUS) |
| LAYERS OF EPIDERMIS | MOST SUPERFICIAL LAYER OF SKIN HAS 5 LAYERS FROM DEEPEST TO MOST SUPERFICIAL: STRATUM BASALE, STRATUM SPINOSUM, STRATUM GRANULOSUM, STRATUM LUCIDUM, AND STRATUM CORNEUM |
| ACTION POTENTIAL | NERVE IMPULSES THAT THAT TRAVEL ALONG NEURONS |
| PHASES OF MITOSIS | PMAT: PROPHASE, METAPHASE, ANAPHASE, TELOPHASE |
| ECTODERM | OUTERMOST GERM LAYER FORMS NERVOUS SYSTEM & SKIN |
| MESODERM | MIDDLE GERM LAYER FORMS MUSCLES, BONES, THE HEART, KIDNEYS, & REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS |
| ENDODERM | INNERMOST GERM LAYER FORMS DIGESTIVE, RESPIRATORY, URINARY TRACT, & GLANDULAR ORGANS |
| TYPES OF JOINTS | STRUCTURAL: FIBROUS, CARTILAGINOUS, & SYNOVIAL FUNCTIONAL: SYNARTHROSIS, AMPHIARTHROSIS, & DIARTHROSIS |