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Anatomy Weeks 1-6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cardiovascular | Maintains internal constancy by transporting nutrients, water, oxygen, hormones, wastes, and other materials and heat within the internal environme |
| Effectors | Organs, such as muscles or glands, that directly influence controlled physiological variables. |
| Hydrophilic | Water-loving |
| Cholesterol | A steroid found in the plasma membrane sur-rounding every body cell |
| Diffusion | Asteroid found in the plasma membrane surrounding every body cell |
| Simple Diffusion | When molecules pass directly through the phospholipid membrane, the process |
| Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA | A giant among molecules. Its size and the complexity of its shape exceed those of most molecules |
| Introns | Some segments of the RNA transcript represent noncoding parts of DNA |
| Membrane Potential | There is a slight ex-cess of positive ions on the outside of the membrane and a slight excess of negative ions on the inside of the membrane. This, of course, results in a difference in electrical charge across their plasma membranes |
| Threshold Potential | If the magnitude of the local depolarization surpasses a limit |