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Requirements of an Organism

Water, Food, Oxygen, Heat, & Pressure

Homeostasis

Body's maintenance of a stable internal environment

Anatomy

Examine the structure of body parts

Physiology

Considers the function of the body parts "anatomy dictates physiology

RBC (red blood cell)

Carries oxygen by attaching hemoglobin, size of most capillaries, lives about 120 days

Reversible affinity

Breathing:


Hb-O2 Hb-CO2

Irreversible Affinity

Hb-CO decreases Hb-O2

Every living cell in our bodies needs:

Oxygen

Sperm

Only example of a flagellum in the body

How many different types of cells in our body?

200

4 Groups of Tissue

1. Epithelial


2. Muscles


3. Connective


4. Nervous

Epithelial

Skin, lining, & glands

Muscles

Cardiac, smooth, & skeletal; walls of hollow organs & blood vessels

Connective

Largest group of tissue in the body

Smooth muscle

Stretches

Skeletal muscle

Voluntary movement; requires an outside electrical stimulus (brain to spinal cord)

Liver

Heaviest internal organ

Characteristics of Life

Movement, responsiveness, growth, reproduction, respiration, digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, & excretion

Hypertrophy

Increase in size of the existing cell

Atrophy

Wasting away of the muscle cell (denervation & disuse)

Hyperplasia

Increase in the number of cells

Upper limits of a light microscope

1,000 (10x 4, 10, 40, & 100)

Only thing to clean a microscope with

Lens paper

Metabolism

Sum of all the reactions in an organism that supports life

Ab => A+B

Catabolic

A+B => AB

Anabolic

Amino Acids

Building blocks of protein (20 of them)

Hyper

Higher than normal

Hypo

Lower than normal

Pressure at sea level

760 mmHg

Miles of blood vessels in the body

60,000-80,000 miles

Average pH balance

Less than 7 acidic, 7 average, above 7 is ___

Negative Feedback

Most of the control mechanisms in the body


(Receptor, control center, & effectors)

Positive Feedback

Accelerates the action of the body; short lived (child birth, blood clots)

Diaphragm

Makes the Thoracic cavity expand

Serous membrane

Produces a thin, watery fluid; found covering all organs and glands

Mucus membranes

Digestive, reproductive, skin

Synovial joints

Shoulder, knee, hip, Etc

Visceral

Covers an organ

Visceral

Covers an organ

Parietal

Lines the body wall or cavity

Cardiac Tamponade

The heart has stopped (tampon means to stop)

-itis

Inflammation or infection

Peritoneum

Largest serous membrane in the body

5 Folds of the Peritoneum

Greater omentum, lesser omentum, falciform, mesentary, & mesocolon

Isotopes

Have different numbers of neutrons.

Isotopes

Have different numbers of neutrons.

Ion

Has either a positive or negative charge with either more protons or electrons

Isotopes

Have different numbers of neutrons.

Ion

Has either a positive or negative charge with either more protons or electrons

Cation

Positively charged ion

Anion

Negatively charged ion

Water

High heat capacity, polar molecule, cohesive because of hydrogen bonds, polar covalent, is a solvent, is a lubricant, and changes temp slowly

Water

High heat capacity, polar molecule, cohesive because of hydrogen bonds, polar covalent, is a solvent, is a lubricant, and changes temp slowly

pH in our bodies is maintained by...

A buffer system in our blood

Water

High heat capacity, polar molecule, cohesive because of hydrogen bonds, polar covalent, is a solvent, is a lubricant, and changes temp slowly

pH in our bodies is maintained by...

A buffer system in our blood

A micron is

10 to the negative 6

Diffusion

Movement of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

Diffusion

Movement of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

Cell membrane

Selectively permeable

Diffusion

Movement of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

Cell membrane

Selectively permeable

Cytokinesis

Division of the cytoplasm

Diffusion

Movement of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

Cell membrane

Selectively permeable

Cytokinesis

Division of the cytoplasm

Potential energy

Stored energy

Diffusion

Movement of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

Cell membrane

Selectively permeable

Cytokinesis

Division of the cytoplasm

Potential energy

Stored energy

Matter

Anything that occupies space

Covalent bonds

Are the strongest bonds

Ionic bknds

Involve the gaining and losing of electrons

Colloids

Heterogenous mixtures that do not settle out

Organic componds

Carbs & Lipids

Isotopes

Same number of electrons and protons but different number of neutrons

Isotopes

Same number of electrons and protons but different number of neutrons

Acidic pH

Increase in H; lower than 7

Isotopes

Same number of electrons and protons but different number of neutrons

Acidic pH

Increase in H; lower than 7

Glycogen

Stored in the form of glucose, stored in the liver, & stored in skeletal muscle

Calcium functions

Blood clotting, muscle contractions, & strength in bones and teeth

Cells in the body

75 trillion cells with 200 types

Cells in the body

75 trillion cells with 200 types

Differentiation

When cells specialize

Cells in the body

75 trillion cells with 200 types

Differentiation

When cells specialize

Cytosole

Intracellular fluid; fluid between cell membrane and nucleus

Actin & myosin

Contractile; overlap of them creates the striation marks in muscle

Actin & myosin

Contractile; overlap of them creates the striation marks in muscle

Neuroglia cell

Purple dot in the nucleus; support cells

Afferent (dendrites)

Going towards

Afferent (dendrites)

Going towards

Efferent (axon)

Going away

Afferent (dendrites)

Going towards

Efferent (axon)

Going away

Phospholipid (bilayer)

Heads are hydrophilic and tails are hydrophobic

2 types of protein

Integral "transmembrane"



Peripheral:


Receptors on target tissues; pores, channels, & carriers; enzymes; self-markers (cell-identity markers)

2 types of protein

Integral "transmembrane"



Peripheral:


Receptors on target tissues; pores, channels, & carriers; enzymes; self-markers (cell-identity markers)

TSH

Thyroid stimulating hormone

2 types of protein

Integral "transmembrane"



Peripheral:


Receptors on target tissues; pores, channels, & carriers; enzymes; self-markers (cell-identity markers)

TSH

Thyroid stimulating hormone

Catalyst

Speeds up a reaction

Greater Omentum

Fatty apron, beer belly (in front of intestines)

Lesser Omentum

Suspends the stomach from the liver

Falciform (curved) ligament

Suspends (attaches) the liver to the anterior abdominal wall *liver is the only organ attached to the anterior abdominal wall)

Mesentary

Attached the small intestines to the posterior abdominal wall

Mesocolon

Attached the large intestine to the posterior abdominal wall

Mediastinum

Space between the lungs extending from the sternum to the vertebra - does not contain the lungs

11 Organ Systems

Skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, digestive, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, & integumentary