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A&P Test- Chaps 1-4

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Sagittal Plane   Passes vertically through the body or an organ and divides it into right and left portions.  
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Frontal (Coronal) Plane   Passes vertically through the body and divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions.  
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Transverse (Horizontal) Plane   Passes across the body or an organ perpendicular to its long axis, dividing the body or organ into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) portions.  
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Palpation   Feeling  
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Auscultation   Listening  
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Percussion   Tapping and listening for echoes and sounds.  
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Inspection   Looking  
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Gross Anatomy   Able to see with naked eye.  
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Histology   Need microscope to see.  
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Hipocrates   Father of Medicine  
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Claudius Galen   Physician to Roman gladiators.  
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Andreas Vasalius   Father of cadaver medicine.  
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Robert Hooke   Invented microscope.  
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Antony Van Leeuwenhoek   Invented Microscope. Not scientist.  
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Charles Darwin   Father of evolutionary theory.  
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Evolution   Change in the genetic composition of a population of organisms.  
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Natural Selection   The process by which the most fit survive.  
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Adaptations   Features of an organism's anatomy, physiology, and behavior that have evolved in response to these selection pressures and enable the organism to cope with the challenges of its environment.  
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Hierarchy of Structure   Atom, molecule, organelle, tissue, organ, organ system, organism.  
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Fact   Information that can be independently verified by an trained person.  
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Law   A generalization about the predictable ways in which matter and energy behave.  
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Theory   An explanatory statement or set of statements derived from facts, laws and confirmed hypotheses.  
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Positive Feedback   A physiological change leads to even greater change in the same direction. Birth and blood clotting.  
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Negative Feedback   A process in which the body senses a change and activates mechanisms that negate or revise it.  
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Valance Shell Rule   1st shell-2, 2nd shell-8, 3rd shell-8.  
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Isotopes   Different number of neutrons.  
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Ion   Different number of electrons  
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Cation   Gains electrons and acquires a negative charge.  
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Anion   Loses electrons and acquires a positive charge.  
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Electrolytes   Ionized minerals.  
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Ionic Bond   The attraction of a cation to an anion.  
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Covalent Bond   Forms by the sharing of electrons.  
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Hydrophilic   Water lover.  
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Hydrophobic   Water hater.  
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Properties of Water   Solvency, Cohesion, Adhesion, Chemical Reactivity, and Thermal Stability.  
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Solvency   Waters ability to dissolve stuff.  
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Cohesion   Water sticks to itself.  
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Adhesion   Water sticks to other things.  
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Chemical Reactivity   Water participates in lots of important chemical reactions.  
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Thermal Stability   Water has a wide range of temperatures: 1-100 degrees Celsius and 32-212 degrees Fahrenheit.  
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Acid   Proton donor.  
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Base   Proton acceptor.  
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pH Scale   Runs from 0-14. 7 is neutral and everythign higher is a bse and everything lower is an acid.  
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More acidic   Means less pH.  
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More alkaline (base)   Means higher pH.  
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pH goes down as...   hydrogen ion goes up.  
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More hydrogen ion means..   more acidic and lower base.  
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Aerobic Cellular Respiration   Oxidation of organic compounds in a reaction series that requires oxygen and produces ATP. Making energy.  
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Metabolism   Catabolism- Breaks down. Anabolism- Builds up.  
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Reduction and Oxidation   Involve exchanging of electrons.  
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Dehydration Synthesis   Remove water to build up.  
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Hydrolysis   Add water back in to break apart.  
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Nucleic   DNA and RNA  
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Hydroxi   -OH  
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Methyl   -CH3  
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Carboxyl   -COOH  
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Amino   -NH2  
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Phosphate   H2PO4  
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Polysaccharides   Glycogen, Starch, and Cellulose.  
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Glycogen   Glucose storage in animals.  
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Starch   Glucose storage in plants.  
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Cullulose   Plant cell walls.  
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Phospholipid   An amphilphilic molecule composed of two fatty acids and a phosphate-containing group bonded to the three carbons of glycerol molecule; composes most of the molecules of the plasma membrane and other cellular membranes.  
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Proteins   Are made of amino acids.  
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Primary Structure   Sequence of amino acids joined by peptide bonds.  
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Secondary Structure   Alpha helix of beta sheet formed by hydrogen bonding.  
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Tertiary Structure   Folding and coiling due to interactions among R groups and between R groups and surrounding water.  
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Quaternary Structure   Association of two or more polypeptied chains with each other.  
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Amino Acids   Made up of COOH (Carboxial), H (Hydrogen), NH3-, and R group.  
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Enzymes   Biological catalysts.  
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Enzymes.   Are proteins. Decrease the activation energy of a reaction. Not consumed in the reactions. NOt consumed in the reactions. Ultra specific. Binding site.  
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ATP   Energy currency.  
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Energy   Needed for oxygen.  
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Nucleotides   Monotide of nucleic acid.  
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Modern Cell Theory   All organisms are composed of cells and cell products. The monomer of life is the cell. Cells determine an organism's function. Cells come from preexisting cells. Cells within species are similar.  
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Micrometer   One millionth of a meter.  
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Giga   billion  
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Mega   million  
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Kilo   thousand  
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Mili   thousandth  
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Micro   millionth  
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Nano   billionth  
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Resolution   The ability to tell two things apart in a microscope.  
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Mitochondria   Energy organelle. ATP made there.  
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Nucleus   Contains DNA. Only place it is found.  
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Ribosomes   Make proteins.  
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Endoplasmic Reticulum   Processing plant of cell.  
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Microvillas   Extensions on edge of cell to give it more surface area.  
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Cilia   In respiratory tract. Moves stuff up.  
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Flagellum   Appendage of he membrane for motility.  
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Plasma Membrane   Has carbohydrates, proteins and lipids but NOT nucleic acid.  
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Filtration   A process in which hydrostatic pressure forces a fluid through a selectively permeable membrane.  
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Facilitated Diffusion   Help make it go better.  
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Active TransPort   Requires energy. Goes up concentration gradient.  
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Endocytosis   Into  
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Exocytosis   Opposite of endocytosis. Out of.  
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Phagocytosis   Cell eating.  
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Pinocytosis   Cell drinking.  
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Nucleotide Compartments   Nitrogenous base, pento sugar, phosphate group.  
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Audenine and Guadine   are pure as gold.  
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Rosalind Franklin   Forgotten hero.  
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Histones   Proteins that act liek spools that DNA get wrapped around. Package DNA.  
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Five Differences between DNA and RNA   Sugar- Deoxyribose (DNA), Ribose (RNA). Types of nitrogenous bases- A,T,C,G (DNA), A,U,C, (RNA). Number of nitrogenous bases- Less (DNA), More (RNA). Number of nucleotide chains- Two (DNA), One (RNA). Site of action- Functions in nucleus; cannot leave  
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Replication   Using DNA to make more DNA  
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Transcription   Using DNA to make messenger RNA (mRNA).  
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Translation   Using mRNA to make proteins (occurs in cytoplasm).  
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DNA Helicase   An enzyme that opens up one short segment of the helix at a time, exposing its nitrogenous bases.  
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-ase suffix   Is an enzyme.  
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DNA Polymerase   An enzyme that moves along each strand; reads the exposed bases; and like arranges "marriages" with complementary free nucleotides.  
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Purines   Guanine and Audine  
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DNA Ligase   Glues the lagging strand in DNA.  
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Mitosis   A mechanism by which cells divide.  
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Base Triplets   Sets of bases  
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RNA Polymerase   Makes RNA in the cytoplasm  
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Which uses uricil, DNA or RNA?   RNA  
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tRNA   Transfer RNA. Hang out in packs in Cytoplasm.  
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Ribosome reads???   The Codons on mRNA.  
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Codons are on???   mRNA  
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Anticodons are on???   tRNA  
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What to do with Glucose?   Make ATP. Store it. Absorb it to fat syntheses.  
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Glycolysis   1) In cytoplasm. 2) Consumes Glucose, 2 ATP, 2 NAD. 3) Makes pyruvate (pyruvic acid), 4ATP, 2NADH.  
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Kreb's Cycle   1) Occurs in mitochondrial matrix (center of mitochondria). 2) Consumes pyruvate. 3) Makes 2ATP, 8 NADH, 2 FADH2.  
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Electron Transport Chain/System   1) OCcurs in inner mitochondria membrane. 2) Consumes NADH, FADH2, O2 3) MAkes NAD, FADH, and lots of ATP (34 generaly).  
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The purpose of aerobic respiration in human cells is to???   Recycle NAD so glycolysis can continue.  
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ATP Syntheses Enzyme   Synthesizes ATP.  
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Hydrogen Bond   A weak attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen atom in one molecule and a slightly negative oxygen or nitrogen atom in another.  
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Van der Waals Forces   Weak, brief attractions between neutral atoms.  
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Monosaccahrides   Glucose, fructose, galactose, ribose, and deoxyribose.  
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Hypertonic   Lower concentration of solute.  
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Hypotonic   Higher concentration of solute.  
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Isotonic   Equal concentrations of solute and solvent.  
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Proton Motive Force   Uses facilitated diffusion.  
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Aerobic Cellular Respiration Formula   Glucose + O2 = ATP + H2O + CO2  
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