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28 Cards in this Set
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what is metabolic water?
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water produced as a bi-product of cellular respiration in some animals
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which increases more in an organism? volume or surface area?
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an organisms volume increases faster than it's surface area
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what determines egg quality?
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egg size?
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why does egg quality depend on egg size?
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the larger the egg the more yolk and nutrient rich cytoplasm there is available
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what is acclimatization?
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phenotypic change in an individual response to short term changes in the enviornment
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what is adaptation?
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genetic change to an individual in response to the enviornment
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what types of tissue are there?
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connective, muscle, nervous, and epithelial
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what does nervous tissue consist of?
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nerve cells
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what are nerve cells called?
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neurons
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what are dendrites?
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highly branched relatively short structures that talk to other cells and transmit their signal to the cell body
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what are axons?
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long structures that carry electrical signals from the body to other cells
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what are the types of muscle tissue?
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skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
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what are muscle fibers?
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long cells that consist of myofibrils
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features of skeletal muscle are?
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attach to bone and exerts a force when they contract, responsible for most body movements
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features of cardiac muscle is?
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makes up walls of the heart and is responsible for pumping blood. branched and makes physical and electrical contact with other cardiac cells
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features of smooth muscle?
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lines digestive tract and blood vessels.
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types of voluntary muscle?
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skeletal
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types of involuntary muscle?
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cardiac and smooth muscle are involuntary
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what is striated? and example
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striated is a banded appearance, and skeletal and cardiac muscle are striated
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what is unstriated?
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smooth muscle
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what is a gland?
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a group of cells that secrete molecules or solutions
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two major things epithelial tissue covers?
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organs and the body
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what does epithelial tissue do?
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regulates the transfer of heat, water, nutrients and other substances
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what is the apical side of epithelium?
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the outer facing side
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what is the basolateral side of epithelial tissue?
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the inner side that connect with connective tissue
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what is the relation of surface area and the cell?
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the more surface area, the more that is diffused.
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what is the relationship of volume and the cell?
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the more volume the more nutrients needed and the more waste produced
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what increases faster as an organism gets larger?
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volume increases faster than surface area as an organism gets larger
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