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the process of converting food into usable form
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digestion
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The body's ability to change to adapt to external environment
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homeostasis
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Ability to respond to a stimulus
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irritability
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The consumption of oxygen by the body
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respiration
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fibrous in nature and act as structural protein. Collagen.
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Scleroproteins
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protein bound to carbohydrate
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Mucoprotein
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protein bound to pigmented molecules
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Chromoproteins
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Movement of particles due to kinetic energy which spreads small suspended particles throughout the cytoplasm of the cell
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Brownian movement
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Release more energy per gram weight than any other class of biological compounds
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lipids
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phospholipid found in cell membrane
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lecthin
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Esters of fatty acids and monohydroxylic alcohols
Found as protective coating on skin, on fur, on leaves, on exoskeleton of insects |
Wax
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have three fused cyclohexane rings and one fused cyclopentane ring
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steroid
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1. Fatty acid-like carbon chains containing conjugated double bonds and carry a 6 carbon ring at the end
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carotenoids
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tetra-pyrroles which contains 4 joined pyrrole rings
heme with iron |
porphyrins
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ATCH: released from where?
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anterior pituitary
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Microscopy that Does not kill the specimen
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phase contrast
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location of cell respiration in plants
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membrane
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what are cell walls in prokaryotes made of
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peptidoglycans
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DNA is complexed with histones
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chromosome
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Network of membrane enclosed space involved in transport of materials
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endoplasmic reticulum
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Receives vesicles and their contents from the smooth ER, modifies them via glycosylation, repackage them into vesicles, and ship them out via exocytosis
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golgi apparatus
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cell is hypertonic to the medium and loses water
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plasmolysis
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How does the sodium potassium pump work?
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3 Na out of cell
2 K into cell |
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provides channels throughout the cytoplasm and a direct passageway from plasma membrane to the nuclear membrane
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Endoplasmic reticulum
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