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Ashley Chacon
Assignment 1: Weeks 1-6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Homeostasis | can be described as a state of relative constancy |
| Positive feedback control systems | accelerate a change |
| Negative feedback control systems | oppose a change |
| Prophase | a stage of mitosis do the centrioles move to the opposite poles of the cell |
| Genome | an individual’s entire set of DNA |
| Microglia | cells help destroy pathogens and damaged tissue in the brain |
| Epithelial tissue | has the greatest capacity to regenerate |
| Free radical | a functional group that is temporarily unattached and is highly reactive because of unpaired electrons |
| Erector spinae | a muscle group extends the vertebral column and also flexes the back laterally and rotates it a little |
| Aerobic respiration | produces the maximum amount of energy available from each glucose molecule |