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Eyinola Porter

Physiology weeks 1-7

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Effectors? Organ that directly influence controlled physiological variables.
Homeostasis? The relatively constant state maintained by the body.
Homeostasis control mechanisms? The processes for maintaining or restoring homeostasis.
Pathogenesis? The course of disease development.
Hypothalamus? The location of the body thermostat.
Shape? Determines how a protein performs.
Four elements of protein? Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen.
ATP? The form of energy that cells use.
Osmosis? The net movement of water molecules from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration.
Two processes of protein synthesis? Transcription and translation.
Diploid number? The total number of 46 chromosomes per cell
The Skin layer that the process of keratinization begins? Stratum granulosum
The skin layer that is called the barrier area? Stratum corneum.
Brown fat? Connective tissue that helps newborns maintain body temperature by producing heat.
Hematopoietic tissue can be found in the? Bone.
Cortical bone? The external portion of the bone.
Osteoporosis? An age-related skeletal disease that is characterized by loss of bone mineral density and increase bone fragile.
Sarcomere? The contractile unit of a muscle cell.
hyperpolarization? Movement of the membrane potential away from zero (below the usual RMP).
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