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Brenda Fernandez

Physiology weeks 1-6

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WHAT IS HOMEOSTASIS? THE BODY'S WAY OF KEEPING INTERNAL BALANCE EVEN WHEN THE ENVIRONMENT CHANGES
WHICH SYSTEMS CONTROL HOMEOSTASIS? THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS
WHAT IS POSITIVE FEEDBACK? INCREASES A RESPONSE UNTIL A GOAL IS REACHED, SUCH AS CONTRACTIONS DURING CHILDBIRTH
WHAT IS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK? IT REVERSES A CHANGE TO BRING CONDITIONS BACK TO NORMAL (LOWERING HIGH TEMPERATURE)
WHICH BASES PAIR TOGETHER? ADENINE PAIRS WITH THYMINE (A-T) GUANINE PAIRS WITH CYTOSINE (G-C)
FLUID MOSAIC MODEL DESCRIBES? IT DESCRIBES THE CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURE MADE OF A PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER WITH PROTEIN, CHOLESTEROL, AND CARBOHYDRATES
WHAT ARE HYDROPHILIC HEADS? THEY LIKE WATER AND FACE OUTWARD TOWRDS THE WATERY ENVIRONMENTS
WHAT DO HYDROPHILIC HEAD DO? LIKE WATER AND FACE INWARD, HELPING THE MEMBRANE STABALIZE
WHAT DO GLYCOLIPIDS AND GLYCOPROTEINS DO? HELP BODY RECOGNIZE OWN CELLS AND DETECT FOREIGN ONES
WHAT ARE THE FIVE SUBLAYERS OF THE EPIDERMIS? STRATUM, BASALE, STRAUM SPINOSUM, STRATUM GRANULOSOME, STRATUM LUCIDUM, STRATUM CORNEUM
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STRATUM BASALE? NEW CELLS ARE MADE AND MELANOCYTES PRODUCE PIGMENT
FUNCTION OF STRATUM CONEUM? MADE OF DEAD CELLS THAT FORM PROTECTIVE OUTER LAYER AND ARE CONSTANTLY SHED AND REPLACED
WHAT IS HEMATOPOIESIS? PRODUCTION OF BLOOD CELLS IN BONE
WHAT ARE MYOSIN AND ACTIN? PROTEINS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO CONTRACT MUSCLE
WHAT MAKES MUSCLE CONTRACT? MYOSIN GRABS AND PULLS ACTIN, SHORTENING MUSCLE
WHAT IS CALCIUMS ROLE? BINDS TO PROTEIN, ALLOWS MYOSIN TO ATTACH TO ACTIN AND CONTRACT
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