What is the point of serous fluid?

Lubrication and Reduce Friction

6 elements = 98.5% of body weight?

Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Carbon, Calcium, Phosphorus

What are electrolytes? Why are they important?

They are salts. They keep your body functioning by balancing fluids.

Same number of protons, different number of neutrons.

What are Ionic Bonds?

Attractions between anions and Cations; Electrons are donated from one atom to another; Easily broken by water

3 Major mixtures in the body

Solutions: solutes are small and dissolved in solvent. Colloids: solutes larger (scatter light), but don’t settle out. Suspension: solutes are large and will settle out.

What are your three monosaccharides?

Glucose (blood sugar), Galactose, Fructose

Sucrose —table sugar: Glucose + Fructose. Lactose —sugar in milk: Glucose + Galactose. Maltose —grain products: Glucose + Glucose.

What are the 4 Lipids?

Fatty Acids, Triglycerides, Phospholipids, Steroids

What are the 3 functions of triglycerides?

Cushioning/Protection, Thermal Regulation, Energy

What are the Monomers of Phospholipids?

Phosphate Head and Fatty Acid Tails

Three components of nucleotides

Nitrogenous base (Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine, or Uracil), Sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), One or more phosphate groups

What are the Basic Components of a Cell?

Plasma (cell) membrane : Surrounds the cell; defines boundaries; made of proteins and lipids. Cytoplasm : Organelles. Cytoskeleton ; Inclusions (stored or foreign particles). Cytosol (intracellular fluid, ICF). Extracellular fluid (ECF): Fluid outside of cells includes tissue (interstitial) fluid.

Ligand-gated channels: Respond to chemical messengers; Voltage-gated channels: Respond to charge change; Mechanically-gated channels: Respond to physical stress on the cell

Filtration, Simple Diffusion, Facilitated Diffusion, Osmosis

What is the function of Vesicular transport?

Moves large particles, fluid droplets, or numerous molecules at once through the membrane in vesicles—bubble-like enclosures of membrane.

Transports material into the cell.

Transports material out of the cell.

Transport into, across, and then out of a cell.

What is a Cytoskeleton?

A network of protein filaments and cylinders

What are Cytoskeletons composed of?

Microfilaments : used for the support of microvilli, cell movement. Intermediate Fibers : used for shape and support. Microtubules : used for cilia, flagella, centrioles, and the mitotic spindle.

What are the Membranous Organelles?

Nucleus, mitochondria, lysosomes, peroxisomes, endoplasmic reticulum, and the Golgi complex.

What are the Nonmembranous Organelles?

Ribosomes, centrosomes, and centrioles.

Biology Concepts and Terminology Flashcards

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Characteristics of Life?

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Homeostasis, Responsiveness, Development, Movement through the body, Metabolism

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Negative Feedback?

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Going against the change to bring it back up

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Positive Feedback?

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Going with the change to bring it back down (ex. Childbirth and blood clotting)

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What are your two main body cavities?

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Dorsal Cavity and Ventral Cavity

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What is the name of the specific cavity that houses the brain?

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Cranial

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What is the name of the specific cavity that houses the spine?

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Vertebral

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What is the name of the specific cavity that houses the lungs?

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Pleural

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