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What is the branch of science that studies HOW the body functions?
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Physiology
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the head is located to the chest
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superior
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Which cavity is divided into 4 cavities?
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Abdominopelvic
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Body fluid that has a PH range of 7.35 to 7.45
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Blood
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In which of the following is the number of hydrogen ions greater?
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Stomach acid
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Miss Lynn puts sodium Chloride (NaCl) "table salt in a jar, The NaCl diassociates in the water into Na+ and Na-
the process is called |
ionization
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When atoms share this forms a strong bond called
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covelent bonds
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Matter
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any thing that occupies space and has weight
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When temp is lowered to freezing point, water turns to ice it is an example of a
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physical change
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Eating food, when it is broken down by enzymes so that it can be used for energy and body tissues; it is an example of a
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chemical change
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An element is a
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substance forms in that cannot be broken down any further because all the atoms are the same type
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Electrolytes are important in the body because when they break down into ions, they
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carry an electrical charge that is used for many functions in the body
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All matter is made of atoms, the smalles t bassic unit of matter, what makes them different from each other are
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The number of subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, and electrons
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The bond that is formed between water molecules as a result of a slightly positive and negative charges in molecules
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Hydrogen Bonds
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Cytoplasm is
THE GEL IN THE CELL |
a gel like substance that supports the shape of the celland asists in the transport of nutrients throughout the cell
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Mitochondria
Power Plants of Cell |
Organelle that converts nutrients to a form of energy that the cell can use
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Cell Membrane
"doorman" |
A semipermeable membrane that selectively allows things to enter and exit cell
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Nucleus
Control Center |
Control center of the cell holds all the genetic info
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Lysosomes
LYSOL is used by janitors |
Organelles that break down cellular waste.. Janitors of the cell
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When a red blood cell is placed in a "HYPER" tonic solution it will
HYPER =too much salt not enough water |
SHRINK
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Movement of a "SUBSTANCE" of a higher concentration to an area of lower concentration is
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Diffusion
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An example of a transport mechanism is the SWELLING of a blood clot as it ATTRACTS water is,
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OSMOSIS
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Bursting of Red blood cells
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Hemolysis
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Normal Saline is
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ISOTONIC
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Most abundant compound in human body is
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WATER
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GLUCOSE (sugar) is BROKEN down in order to
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Provide energy (ATP) for the working cells
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Building blocks of protein
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Amino acids
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Glycogen is
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The storage form of Glucose
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Ade NINE, thym INE, and gua NINE
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are bases of DNA
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Double stranded nucleic acid,
"blueprint for life" |
DNA
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glucogenisis
GLUCO = GENESIS |
Increases blood glucose
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Disease producing microorganism
"pat hogan" |
Pathogen
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Describes the signs and symptoms that develop in response to a Pathogen
When Pat Hogen |
Infection
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Cocci, bacilli, and curved rods are classified as
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Bacteria
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Streptococci, Staphlycocci are classified as
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Gram + bacteria
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Candidas Albicas
Yeast |
Yeast infection
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The significance of spore formation
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It becomes more resistant to harsh, environmental conditions
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MYCOTIC infection
mycosis (mīkō´sis), n a disease caused by a yeast or fungus. |
Fungus
mykes + osis, condition |
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With regard to infectious disease, arthropods most often ACT as
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Parasites
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A Fomite is a
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Vector
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A vector is a
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An animal carrier that transfers an infectious organism from one host to another. The vector that transmits Lyme disease from wildlife to humans is the deer tick or black-legged tick.
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A helminth is a
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Worm;
hel·minth (hlmnth) n. A worm, especially a parasitic roundworm or tapeworm. |
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The ova of these parasitic pathogenic multicellular animals usually appear in the STOOL of an infected person
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Worms/PinWorms
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Herpes Varicella Zoster
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Causes Chicken pox
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Herpes Varicella Zoster may lay dormant in the nerves for many years, when awakened later in life it causes
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Shingles
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Nurse instructs a patient that when conditions for bacterial growth are not favorable, the bacteria can be stored in a dormant form called
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Spores
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When a patient complains that he is not yet on an antibiotic , the nurse explains that the physician is waiting on the results of the culture and sensitivity because this test determines
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Which antibiotics stop bacterial growth
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The patient with a disease caused by a VIRUS has a complication that a patient with a disease caused by bacteria does not, this complication is that a virus
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is not killed by an antibiotic
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Nurse is distressed when a patient admitted with a diagnosis of pnemonia develops a UTI because the nurse recognizes that the UTI is a
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NOSOCOMIAL infection
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Nurse instructs the patient that the most important preventive technique for breaking the chain of infection is
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HANDWASHING
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The part that is ABOVE another part or is closer to the HEAD
Opposite of Inferior |
Superior
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Posterior
Another word for Dorsal |
Toward the Back surface
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Medial
Opposite of Lateral Starts at the Midline or middle of the body |
Toward the Midline of the body
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Opposite of Superficial
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Deep
"away from the surface" |
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Superficial
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Near the Surface
opposite of Deep |
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Relationship of the wrist to the Elbow
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Distal
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AWAY from the midline of BODY
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Lateral
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AWAY from the center
Opposite of central |
peripheral
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Central
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near the center
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Relationship of wrist to fingers
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proximal
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Toward the Surface
Another word is Ventral |
Anterior
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Body is standing erect, face forward, armas at side toes and palms of hands directed forward
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Anotomical position
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Refers to the Middle, of the Anterior chest
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STERNAL
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Refers to the ARM
Don't fall and Brachial your arm |
Brachial
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Thigh area
Uncle Kenny broke his femor |
FEMORAL
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Armpit Region
We spray AXe on our armpits |
Axillary
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Umbilical
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Naval belly button area
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Gluteal
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Buttocks
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Pedal
we pedal our bike with our feet |
feet
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Refers to Cheek
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Buccal
we fill our cheeks at Buccal de Beppo |
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Rounded area of shoulder, close to upper arm
Body builders use roids to make big deltoids |
Deltoid
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The area behind knee cap
vericose veins behind kneecap can pop and look teal |
popliteal
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Back of head
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Occipital
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Genital Area
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Inguinal
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Pertaining to mouth
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oral
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Referring to fingers and toes
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digital
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The cavity that is divided into quadrants
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Abdominopelvic
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The lower ventral cavity seperated from the Thoracic cavity by diaphragm
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Abdominopelvic
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The upper ventral cavity
and is surrounded by ribs and largely FILLED with lungs |
Thoracic
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Diaphragm
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The diaphragm separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity and performs an important function in respiration.
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Mediastinum
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It is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity. It contains the heart, the great vessels of the heart, esophagus, trachea, phrenic nerve, cardiac nerve, thoracic duct, thymus, and lymph nodes of the central chest.
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Thoracic cavity is part of the
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Ventral Cavity that contains the Mediastinum
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Dorsal Cavity (Back) EXTENDS from the cranial cavity and contains the spinal cord
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VERTIBRAL CAVITY
The spinal canal (or vertebral canal or spinal cavity) is the space in vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes. It is a process of the dorsal human body cavity. |
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Also called the Spinal Canal
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Vertibral Cavity
The spinal canal (or vertebral canal or spinal cavity) |
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Dorsal cavity that contains the brain
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Cranial Cavity
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The location of the abdominopelvic cavity is
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Ventral Cavity
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Location of Thoracic Cavity
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Ventral Cavity
(FRONT) |
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Cavity that is divided into regions, such as epigastric iliac and umbilical regions are
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abdominopelvic
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Describes a solution in which the water is the solvent
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Aqueous
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Molecules formed by two or more Different elements
LDS compounds were formed by many different elements of mormanism |
Compound
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Waste product that is formed when food particles are broken down in order to extract energy stored in it's bonds.
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Carbon Dioxide
WASTE PRODUCT |
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Compound that is considered a universal solvent it is most abundant compound in body
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water
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the action of an enzyme
enzymes speed up increase process |
catalyst
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Combo of two or more substances that can be SEPARATED by ordinary physical means
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MIXTURE
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Mixture that contains a aolute and solvent, an there is an EVEN DISTRIBUTION of solute in the solvent
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Solution
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A solution in which alcohol is the solvent
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Tincture
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An example of Blood plasma because blood proteins REMAIN SUSPENDED with in the plasma
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Colloid Suspension
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Mixture that must be shalen up to prevent settling of particles
ie; sand and water |
Suspension
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Coccus, bacilli, strep and staph
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Bacteria
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Mycotic infections are
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Fungal
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Single cell, animal like microbes
Protozoas are single and actlike animals when |
Protozoa
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Chlamyddia and Rickettsia are
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Bacteria
small bacteria that must reproduce within living cells of a host, also considered parasites because they need a host |
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From the Latin meaning for Poison
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VIRUS
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Ameobas, ciliates, flagella, sporozoa
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protozoa
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Consists of RNA and DNA surrounded by a protein shell
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Virus
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Helminths
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Worms/parasites
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Ectoparasites
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Arthropod
ectoparasite - any external parasitic organism (as fleas) |
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Arthropod
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arthropod
Noun a creature, such as an insect or a spider, which has jointed legs and a hard case on its body [Greek arthron joint + pous foot] |
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Parasite
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Organism that requires a living host in order to live
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Routes by which pathogens LEAVE the body
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PORTALS of EXIT
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Peptide Bonds
Group of aminos hang out and form a pep rally and bond |
The Amine group of Valine joins with the acide part of Phenolalanine to form a peptide bond
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Series of ANA erobic reactions that occurs within the cytoplasm
Ana lacks oxygen when she goes to Cytoplasm and has a reacts and is now called A GLYCOLIS |
Glycolosis
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ANAerobic metabolism of glucose
When Ana does Aerobic she lacks oxygen and is a Glycolysis |
Glycolosis
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When oxygen is Absent Pyruvic acid is converted to
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Lactic Acid
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A catalyst
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Enzyme
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The end products of Aerobic (O2) catabolism of glucose
Go to Krebs Gym in the Mitochondria and make ATP |
ATP
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Rapid incomplete breakdown of fatty acids
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Ketone bodies
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Series of Aerobic chemical reactions
Mr. Krebs cycles and needs lots of air so he can do a series of aerobics in the Mitochondria |
Krebs Cycle
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Essential Aminos
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Cannot be sythnthesized by the body
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Nitrogen containing waste
UREA stinks like amonia and is a waste |
UREA
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