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Animal Physiology #1
Exam #1
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Physiology
Undergraduate 4
08/08/2010

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Term
PROPERTIES OF ME
Definition

H2O Lipids Carbs Amino Acids Proteins Nucleic Acids RNA DNA

 

Draw a cell with organelles and know the functions

Term
LIST FOUR MAJOR TISSUES OF THE BODY
Definition
Term
WHAT ARE THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Definition
CIRCULATORY, NERVOUS, RESPIRATORY, ENDOCRINE, MUSCULOSKELETAL, REPRODUCTIVE, INTEGUMENT, DIGESTIVE, IMMUNE, CARDIOVASCULAR
Term
SYSTEMS LEVELS
Definition
ATOMS, MOLECULES, CELL, TISSUE, ORGAN, ORGAN SYSTEM, ORGANISMS
Term
MILIEU INTERIEUR
Definition
CONDITION OF FREE AND INDEPENDENT EXISTENCE
Term
HOMEOSTASIS
Definition

REGULATE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT TO MAINTAIN STABILITY, DYNAMIC REGULATION OF CRITICAL PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES, MECHANISMS KICK IN TO RESPONG TO INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL CHANGES.

 

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS OFTEN ENDS IN A DISEASED STATE OR ABNORMAL FUNCTION.

Term
MEMBRANOUS TISSUES
Definition
PERICARDIAL MEMEBRANES, EPITHELIAL TISSUES
Term
MEMBRANE FUNCTIONS
Definition
STRUCTURE AND SUPPORT, IMPERMEABLE MEMBRANES SERVE AS BARRIERS, CHEMICALLY OR PHYSICALLY
Term
SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE
Definition
REGULATE EXCHANGE BETWEEN EXTRACELLULAR AND INTRACELLULAR FLUID, COMMUNICATION
Term
PHOSPHOLIPID ARRANGED IN BILAYER
Definition

COMPOSED OF 2 FATTY ACIDS BOUND TO GLYCEROL AND A PHOSPHATE GROUP, STABILIZED BY CHOLESTROL

 

WITHIN THESE BILAYERS ARE PROTEINS SERVING AS TRANSPORTERS, AND RECEPTORS

Term
PERIPHERAL
Definition
ASSOCIATED, ON ONE SIDE OF THE MEMBRANE
Term
INTEGRAL PROTEIN
Definition
TRANSMEMBRANE MEANING IT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MEMBRANE
Term
CHOLESTROL
Definition
HELPS STABILIZE IN LIPID BILAYER, STEROL
Term
SIMPLE DIFFUSION
Definition

MOVES DOWN IT'S CONCENTRATION GRADIENT AND EVENTUALLY DISTRIBUTES EQUILIBRIUM

 

DRIVEN BY INCREASING CONCENTRATION AND/OR INCREASING TEMPERATURE. THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY ENERGY USED.

ONLY SMALL NONPOLAR MOECULES CAN MOVE BY SIMPLE DIFFUSION

Term
NET FLUX
Definition

HIGH TO LOW-ONE WAY FLUX

 

GREATER TO LESSER-ONE WAY FLUX BOTH WAYS WHICH LEADS TO EQUAL AMOUNTS (THEY BALANCE OUT) THIS MEANS THERE IS NO NET FLUX WHEN THEY BALANCE

Term
FACTORS AFFECTING DIFFUSION
Definition

CONCENTRATION GRADIENT

SURFACE AREA

PERMEABILITY

LIPID SOLUBILITY

MOLECULAR SIZE

MEMBRANE THICKNESS

Term
FICK'S LAW OF DIFFUSION
Definition

SURFACE AREA*CONC. GRADIENT*MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY/MEMBRANE THICKNESS= RATE OF DIFFUSION

 

F= KpA(Co-Ci)

Term
POLAR MOLECULES
Definition

MOST DO NOT DISSOLVE OR DIFFUSE FREELY THROUGH THE LIPID BILAYER

Kp WOULD BE VERY SMALL

Term
NONPOLAR MOLECULES
Definition

DIFFUSE MORE RAPIDLY

Kp IS LARGE

Term
CHANNEL PROTEINS
Definition

RAPID TRANSPORT

NOT SELECTIVE

DIRECTION OF TRANSPORT

Term
CARRIER PROTEINS
Definition

SLOWER RATE OF TRANSPORT

MORE SELECTIVE/BIGGER MOLECULES

DIRECTION OF TRANSPORT CAN BE AGAINST CONC. GRADIENT

Term
INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS
Definition

SUBUNITS FORMING A QUATRANARY STRUCTURE

IONS CAN DIFFUSE RAPIDLY DOWN CONC. GRADIENT

SIZE, STRUCTURE, DIAMETER OF PORE, AND CHARGE OF AMINO ACID DETERMINES WHAT CAN PASS

SOME ARE LEAKY, SOME GATED

Term
WHAT CAUSES CHANNELS TO OPEN OR CLOSE?
Definition
CHANGE IN VOLTAGE ACROSS MEMBRANE, BINDING NEUROTRANSMITTER (LIGAND), MECHANICAL STRETCH
Term
MEMBRANE POTENTIAL AND RESTING POTENTIAL
Definition
IF MORE POSITIVES ARE OUTSIDE THE CELL THEY WANT TO MOVE IN TOWARDS THE NEGATIVES INSIDE THE CELL
Term
ELECTROCHEMICAL GRADIENT
Definition
DRIVES THE MOVEMENT OF IONS----TEND TO MOVE DOWN ELECTRICAL AS WELL AS CHEMICAL GRADIENT ACROSS MEMBRANE
Term
TYPES OF TRANSPORT MECHANISMS AVAILABLE
Definition

CARRIER-MEDIATED

FACILITATED DIFFUESION-DOWN CONC. GRAD

ACTIVE TRANSPORT-REQUIRES ENERGY BECAUSE SOMETHING IS GOING AGAINST ITS CONC. GRAD

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ACTIVE TRANSPORT

Term
FACILITATED DIFFUSION
Definition

DOWN ITS GRADIENT WITH NO ENERGY REQUIRED

CONC. GRAD IS THE DRIVING FORCE

SUBSTRATE BINDS TO PROTEIN, CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE, OPENS TO OTHER SIDE, RELEASE OF SUBSTRATE

Term
PRIMARY ACTIVE TRANSPORT
Definition

ENERGY RELEASED FROM HYDROLYSIS OF ATP---->ADP +Pi USED FOR ENERGY

 

Na/K ATPase PUMP

Term
SECONDARY ACTIVE TRANSPORT
Definition
USING CONC. OF ONE MOLECULE TO DRIVE THE MOVEMENT OF ANOTHER MOLECULE
Term
Na/K PUMPS ARE IMPORTANT...WHY?
Definition

PRESENT IN PLASMA MEMBRANES OF ALL CELLS; IT ALLOWS IONS TO REMAIN WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, ENERGY IS EXPENDED TO MAINTAIN CHEMICAL DISEQUILIBRIUM

FOR EXAMPLE 7mM INTRACELLULAR WHILE 110mM EXTRACELLULAR

Term
AFFINITY
Definition
MEASURE OF HOW TIGHTLY TWO MOLECULES BIND TO EACH OTHER
Term
ATPase
Definition
BREAKS DOWN ATP INTO ADP AND Pi
Term
SYMPORTER, ANTIPORTER, UNIPORTER
Definition

SYMPORT--TWO SAME DIRECTION

UNIPORT--SINGLE ONE DIRECTION

ANTIPORTER--TWO IN SEPERATE DIRECTIONS

Term
HOW CAN YOU TELL IS A MOLECULE CROSSES PLASMA MEMBRANE BY CARRIER MEDIATED?
Definition

SPECIFICITY--THE ABILITY TO MOVE ONE MOLECULE

COMPETITION-- MEMBERS OF THE GROUP COMPETE FOR BINDING SITE

SATURATION-- RATE OF MOVEMENT ACROSS CELL DEPENDING ON THE CONC. AND # OF TRANSPORTERS

Term
H2O
Definition
POLAR, DOESN'T MOVE THROUGH THE LIPID BILAYER, MOVES EASILY THROUGHOUT MEMBRANE (AQUAPORINS), DOWN CONC. GRADIENT
Term
OSMOLARITY
Definition

TOTAL CONCENTRATION OF ALL SOLUTES IN A SOLUTION

 

BREAK UP EACH MOLECULE...

Term
TONICITY
Definition

HYPOTONIC- CELL SWELLS

HYPERTONIC- CELL SHRINKS

ISOTONIC- NO CHANGE IN CELL VOLUME (EQUILIBRIUM)

 

DETERMINED BY OSMOLARITY, SOLUTES, PERMEABILITY

Term
ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION
Definition
GAP JUNCTIONS, DIRECT CYTOPLASMIC LINKS BETWEEN CELLS
Term
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION
Definition
VIA NEUROTRANSMITTERS, NEUROHORMONES, HORMONES, PARACRINE FACTORS, CONTACE-DEPENDENT MOLECULES
Term
TYPES OF CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION
Definition

ELECTRICAL VS. CHEMICAL

LONG VS. LONG DISTANCE

Term
HORMONE SIGNAL
Definition
MEANS TO EXCITE, RELEASED FROM DUCTLESS GLANDS OR NEURONS INTO BLOODSTREAM, ACT ON TARGET CELLS, POWERFUL IN LOW CONCENTRATIONS
Term
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
Definition
USUALLY RELEASED FROM NERVE TERMINALS, ACT CLOSE TO SITE OF RELEASE BY CHEMICAL SYNAPSES
Term
AUTOCRINE/ PARACRINE SIGNALS
Definition

CHEMICAL MESSENGERS RELEASED INTO EXTRACELLULAR FLUID

MOVE BY DIFFUSION, ACTS LOCALLY

 

AUTOCRINE- ACT ON SAME CELL

PARACRINE- SECRETED BY ONE CELL AND DIFFUSE TO ADJACENT CELLS

Term
CONTACT-DEPENDENT MOLECULES
Definition
ON CELL SURFACE, EX: CELL ADHESION MOLECULES
Term
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
Definition

CONVERTING CHEMICAL SIGNAL TO INTRACELLULAR RESPONSE

**REQUIRES A RECEPTOR

Term
RECEPTORS
Definition

PROTEINS FOUND ON PLASMA MEMBRANE THAT BIND CHEMICAL MESSENGERS AND INITIATE RESPONSES

AMPLIFY SIGNAL AND PROVIDE SPECIFICITY

USUALLY BINDS ONLY 1 HORMONE

**NO RECEPTOR=NO RESPONSE

Term
CATEGORIES OF MEMBRANE RECEPTORS
Definition
LIGAND-GATED-OPENS AND CLOSES, RECEPTOR REGION- BINDS TO AN ENZYME THAT THEN ACTIVATES AN INTRACELLULAR ENZYME, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR- OPENS AN ION CHANNEL OR ALTERS ENZYME ACTIVITY, INTEGRIN- ALTERS THE CYTOSKELETON
Term
LIGAND
Definition
ANY MOLECULE THAT BINDS TO A SPECIFIC RECEPTOR
Term
AGONIST
Definition
BINDS TO A RECEPTOR, ACTIVATES THE RECEPTOR AND PRODUCES A CELLULAR RESPONSE
Term
ANTAGONIST
Definition
BIND TO RECEPTORS BUT DO NOT ACTIVATE THEM, EXERT POWERFUL EFFECTS BUT THEY ARE INDIRECT, BLOCKS ACTIONS OF ENDOGENOUS AGONISTS, EX: DRUGS
Term
HOW DO HORMONE AND RECEPTOR LEVELS CHANGE?
Definition
RELEASE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS AT SYNAPSES WITH CONC. OF HORMONES, # OF RECEPTORS AVAILABLE, UPREGULATION, DOWNREGULATION, DESENSITIZATION
Term
DOWNREGULATION
Definition
LONG TERM DECREASE IN TOTAL BINDING
Term
DESENSITIZATION
Definition
SHORT TERM CHANGE IN PHOSPHORYLATION STATE OF RECETOR, IT WILL DECREASE THE RECETOR AFFINITY OR ABILITY TO ACTIVATE
Term
UPREGULATION
Definition
INCREASE TOTAL # OF RECEPTORS
Term
WHAT IS THE FIRST TYPE OF SIGNAL MESSENGER?
Definition
CHEMICAL
Term
2ND MESSENGERS
Definition
ALTER FUNCTION OF SPECIFIC PROTEINS, USUALLY CHANGE IN PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION,
Term
RECOGNITION SITE
Definition
AGONIST BINDS TO THIS SITE IN PLASMA MEMBRANE AND ACTIVATES RECEPTOR
Term
TRANSDUCTION
Definition
RECEPTOR ACTIVATES THIS TRANSDUCTION MOLECULE BY MOST OFTEN A "G" PROTEIN
Term
EFFECTOR
Definition
G PROTEIN TRANSFERS SIGNAL TO THE CELL INTERIOR BY INTERACTING WITH THE EFFECTOR
Term
G PROTEIN
Definition
USED FOR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION, GTP BINDING PROTEIN, TRANSDUCE EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL TO INTRACELLULAR SIGNAL WHICH THEN IN TURN WILL ELICIT CELLULAR RESPONSE, INTERACTS WITH THE TWO EFFECTORS Gs INCREASING cAMP PRODUCTION AND Gi DECREASING cAMP PRODUCTION, HETEROTRIMERIC, ALPHA BETA AND GAMMA
Term
cAMP
Definition
2ND MESSENGER, MADE FROM ATP, CATALYZED BY EFFECTOR ENZYME ADENYL CYCLASE, ACTS ON PROTEIN KINASE A (PKA)
Term
KINASES
Definition
ENZYMES THAT CATALYZE PHOSPHORYLATION OF MOLECULES, TRANSFER PHOSPHATE GROUP FROM ATP TO PROTEIN
Term
WHAT REMOVES PHOSPHATES FROM PROTEINS?
Definition
PHOSPHATASES
Term
HORMONE SIGNALING
Definition

R* BINDS TO ACTIVATE THE G PROTEIN,

GTP BINDS,

G PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT DISSOCIATES FROM BETA SUBUNITS,

ALPHA*GTP THEN BINDS TO EFFECTOR MOLECULE (ADENYL CYCLASE) WHICH IS THE CYTOPLASM SIDE OF THE MEMBRANE,

ADENYL CYCLASE PRODUCES 2ND MESSENGER WHICH CONVERT ATP TO cAMP,

cAMP DIFFUES AND ACTIVATES DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE A,

PKA PHOSPHORYLATES CELLULAR PROTEIN WITH INCREASING OR DECREASING ACTIVITY

Term
PHOSPHODIESTERASE
Definition
WHEN ALL CELLS PRODUCE cAMP TO HAVE ENZYME DEGRADATION AND INACTIVATION OF cAMP, PHOSPHODIESTERASE TERMINATES IT. PREVENTS PERSISTENT ACTIVATION OF PKA
Term
WAYS TO TURN OFF SIGNALING?
Definition

PHOSPHODIESTERASE

GTPase

DESENSITIZATION

Term
ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR
Definition
DIFFERENT ISOFORMS THAT EPINEPHRINE CAN BIND TO, ALPHA AND BETA RECEPTORS, ALPHA CONSTRICTS, BETA DIALATES
Term
RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASES (RTK)
Definition
BINDS LIGAND, INTRINSIC ENZYME ACTIVITY, ACTIVATES RECEPTOR BY LIGAND BINDING AND DIMERIZATION AND AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION, CAN THEN BIND TO PHOSPHORYLATE CYTOPLASMIC PROTEINS, CAN RESULT IN CASCADE OF RXNS THAT MODIFY GENE EXPRESSION
Term
STEROIDS
Definition
SMALL, AMPHIPATHIC (nonpolar and polar), CAN CROSS MEMBRANES, RECEPTORS ARE FOUND IN THE CYTOSOL OR NUCLEUS OF TARGET CELLS
Term
LIGAND-ACTIVATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS
Definition
STEROID RECEPTORS, NOT THE ONLY MECHANISM FOR STEROID ACTION
Term
CORTISOL
Definition
RELEASED FROM PLASMA CBG AND DIFFUSE ACROSS MEMBRANE, BINDS TO AND ACTIVATES RECEPTOR INCLUDING CHAPERONE DISSOCIATION,
Term
CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR
Definition
BOUND TO CHAPERONES: HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS, INACTIVE IN THE CYOTPLASM, TRANSLOCATES INTO THE NUCLEUS WHERE IT THEN BINDS TO COACTIVATOR AND A DNA SEQUENCE. MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE TRANSCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC GENES
Term
AXON HILLOCK
Definition
WHERE DENRITIC REGION AND AXON CONNECT, CONTAINS HIGH DENSITY OF VOLTAGE-GATED CHANNELS, UNIDIRECTIONAL, RAPID/ALL-IN-ONE SIGNAL
Term
NODES OF RANVIER
Definition
WHERE MYELIN SHEATH AND AP IS HAPPENING
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