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Diffusion |
The movement of particles due to concentration differences |
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Tonicity |
The comparison of a solution and solute concentration |
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Hyper tonic |
The solution has more solute than the surrounding solution |
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Hypo tonic |
The solution has less solute than the surrounding solution |
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Iso tonic |
The solutions have equal solute concentration |
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Metabolism |
Refers to all the chemical reactions in a Cell |
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Enzymes |
Proteins that speed up a chemical reaction |
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Substrates |
The molecules that react with enzymes |
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Catabolic |
The enzyme breaks the substrate into 2 products |
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Anabolic |
Two substrates combine into one |
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Denaturation |
When the structure of a protein is changed |
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Inhibitors |
Type 1) competitive, has same shape as active substrate and blocks it Type 2) non competitive, changes the shape of the active site |
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Malignant |
A tumor That is continually growing and spreading and is cancerous |
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Benign tumor |
A tumor That doesn’t spread to other areas, considered non cancerous |
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Metastasis |
Means to spread |
