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Exam-3 Clementine
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Biology
Post-Graduate
04/23/2007

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3 Main Purposes of Digestion
Definition
Carbon, Energy, Essential Nutrients
Term
3 Things all Circulatory Systems have
Definition
1) Fluid Medium (blood / hemolymph)
2) Vessels
3) Pump - converts metabolic NRG into physical nrh
Term
Fish Circulatory System
Definition
One Loop
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Amphibian Circulatory System
Definition
Pulmocutaneous Circuit and Systemic circuit
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Amphibian Circulatory System
Definition
Pulmocutaneous Circuit and Systemic circuit
Term
Bohr Shift
Definition
1) respiration
2) biproducts (Co2) cuase lower pH
3) hemoglobin in surrounding active tissue lowers affinity for 02
4) more 02 released
Term
Bohr Shift
Definition
1) respiration
2) biproducts (Co2) cuase lower pH
3) hemoglobin in surrounding active tissue lowers affinity for 02
4) more 02 released
Term
Q10 effect
Definition
For every 10 degree increase, metabolic rate doubles until denaturation.
Term
Non-Shivering Thermogenesis (NST)
Definition
Encourages Mitochondria to generate heat as opposed to ATP (by uncoupling the membrane proton gradient)
Term
Estivation
Definition
Avoiding Heat in the Summer
Term
Thick Filaments Made of...
Definition
Myosin
Term
Osteoporosis caused by...
Definition
Imbalance in antagonistic relationship between osteoblast (creates bone) and osteoclast (kills bone cells) leading to decrease in bone density
Term
4 places to find bone marrow
Definition
1) Hip (ouch)
2) "amphersis": donor given growth factors to release HSC's into blood, collected by a filtering machine
3) Umbilical cord (only 50 ml)
4) Autlogous - recipient is patient, healthy marrow frozen, chem/radiation given, old frozen put back in
Term
MIS HAS good hearing
Definition
Malleus - Hammer
Incus - Anvil
Stapes - Stirrup
Term
4 parts of Osteone / Haversian System
Definition
Arteriole + Vein + Nerve + Lamellae
Term
HSC
Definition
Haematopoitic Stem Cell
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