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| Simplest explanation is most likely |
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| 1) Repeatable 2) Falsifiable 3) Predictable |
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| What constitutes life? (5) |
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| 1) Reproduce 2) Adapt 3) Grow 4) Respond to Stimuli 5) Metabolize |
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| Organisms adapt in two ways (2) |
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| 1) Near term (Physiology) 2) Long term (Evolution) |
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| Necessary elements for Darwinian evolution (3) |
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| 1) Variation 2) Competition 3) Survival not random |
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| Five agents of selection (5) |
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1) Genetic Drift
2) Mutations
3) Non-random mating
4) Gene flow
5) Natural Selection |
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| random survival ex. 1) Founder Effect 2) Bottleneck |
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| transfer between populations |
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| Natural Selection types (3) |
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1) Stabilizing
2) Directional
3) Disruptive |
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1) Osteocytes- mature bone
2) Osteoblasts- make bone
3) Osteoclasts- destroy bone |
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1) Gives Shape
2) Offers protection for organs
3) Frame for muscles
4) Cartilage is like oil |
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1) Fast twitch
2) Slow twitch
3) Flexors
4) Extensors |
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1) Ligaments- bone to bone
2) Tendons- bone to muscle |
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| Involuntary like posture and intestinals |
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| Combine skeletal and Smooth, contract quickly and don't tire |
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| Process by which food and oxygen leave bloodstream and enter cells |
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| Purpose of Receptors (Hormones) |
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| Provide specificity like facial hair growth |
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1) Peptide- proteins which activate a process
2) Steroid- initiate gene production, make or break stuff |
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1) Catabolic- break down
2) Anabolic- build up |
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| Process by which body self regulates hormone production |
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| extensions from cell body receive signals from other neurons |
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| fatty protein that wraps longer axons, made by Schwan cells |
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1) Sensory- has sensors in places like skin
2) Interneuron- In the CNS sums up messages
3) Motor Neuron- Carry message to effector |
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| Sensory Fibers going into the spinal cord are located in the... |
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| Motor fibers coming out of the spinal cord are located in the... |
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| Largest part of brain, acts as processing center |
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| What you do, speech, association, |
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| senses things like feeling and taste |
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| develops higher aspects of consciousness |
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| regulates sleep, breathing, heartbeat etc. |
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| Controls movement, regulates posture, voluntary action |
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| Clump of related neurons in brain |
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| Peripheral Nervous System or PNS is divided into what categories (2) |
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1) Somatic System- actions we can control
2) Autonomic System- can't conrol |
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| Does not involve brain goes from sensory to inter-neuron to motor neuron, occurs in the Somatic system |
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| Autonomic system is divided into (2) |
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1) Sympathetic Division (activates)
2) Parasympathetic Division (deactivates) |
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| Maintains Homeostasis, Regulates body temperature, hunger, thirst and sleep |
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| What is the only case in which blood travels through two consecutive capillary beds? |
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| from the Gut to the Liver |
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| Holds memory and consciousness |
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| integrate senses with motor functions, located in the brain stem. |
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| seperates frontal and Parietal lobe, integrates senses and |
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