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Introductory Animal Biology Unit 2
Introductory Animal Biology University of Iowa Unit 2
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07/02/2014

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Tissue
Definition
Groups of cells that interact and provide a specific function ex: Blood, muscle, bone
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Organ
Definition
Consists of two or more tissues that interact and function as a unit
Term
Ectoderm
Definition
Developed the skin and nervous system
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Endoderm
Definition
Developed into digestive tract, liver, and lungs
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Mesoderm
Definition
Developed into muscles, bones, reproductive, and more
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Extracellular matrix
Definition
Consists of ground substance and fibers
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Ground substance
Definition
Mixture of water, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids; may be solid, liquid, rubbery; often contains fibers, most abundant is collagen
Term
Why won't cells survive when removed from the extracellular matrix?
Definition
Proteins in the cell membrane bind to the matrix and to the cytoskeleton inside the cells
Term
What does the extracellular matrix look like in epithelial, muscle, connective, and nervous tissues?
Definition
Epithelial/Muscle-Very minimal, Connective-Occupies more volume than the cells and defines properties of tissue, Nervous-Watery and indistinct
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What are the functions of epithelial tissue?
Definition
Cover interior and exterior surfaces of organs, protection; secretion; absorption; form glands
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What is the function and loction of simple squamous tissue?
Definition
Allows substances to pass by diffusion and osmosis, in lining of blood vessels, alveoli of lungs
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Function and location of simple cuboidal cells
Definition
Secretes and absorbs sustances, in glands and lining of kidney tubules
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Function and location of simple columnar
Definition
Secretes and absorbs substances; sweeps egg along uterine tube, lining of digestive tract, bronchi, uterine tubes, may be ciliated
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Function and location of stratified squamous
Definition
Protects areas subject to abrasion; prevents water loss and infection; outer layer of skin, lining of body openings
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Function and location of stratified cuboidal
Definition
Conveys sweat; secretes hormones; sweat gland duct, ovaries
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Function and location of pseudostratified columnar
Definition
Secretes and propels mucus, upper respiratory tract, ciliated
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Types of connective tissue
Definition
Loose connective, dense connective, adipose, blood, cartilage, bone
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Loose connective tissue
Definition
Binds other tissues together and fills the space between organs, contains collagen elastin and fibroblasts
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Dense connective tissue
Definition
Connects muscle to bone & bone to bone; tendons and ligaments; fibroblasts and collagen
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Adipose tissue
Definition
Stores fat for energy and insulation, beneath skin, between muscles, around heart and joints, minimal matrix
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What is unique about the extracellular matrix of blood?
Definition
It lacks fibers
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Skeletal muscle
Definition
Voluntary, appears striated because of the protein filaments, contains many nuclei
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Cardiac Muscle
Definition
Involuntary, electrically coupled with one another to connections called intercalated disks, contract simultaneously
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Smooth Muscle
Definition
Involuntary, not striated, pushes food along digestive tract, controls size of pupils
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Neurons
Definition
Form communication networks that receive, process, and transmit info
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Neuroglia (Glial cells)
Definition
Cells that support neurons and assist in their functioning
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Glycolysis
Definition
Six-carbon glucose molecule splits into two three-carbon PYRUVATE molecule
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What are the products of the first step of glycolysis?
Definition
Generates 2 ATP and 2 NADH to transport electrons
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Krebs Cycle
Definition
Oxidize the pyruvate and release CO2; enzymes rearrange atoms and bonds in ways that transfer the pyruvates potential energy and electrons to ATP, NADH, & FADH
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Electron Transport Chain
Definition
transfers energy rich electrons from NADH and FADH2 through a series of membrane proteins; energy is used to create a gradient of hydrogen ions
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ATP Synthase
Definition
Forms a channel in the membrane, releasing the protons and using their potential energy to add phosphate to ADP
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Cristae
Definition
Folds that greatly increase the surface area of the inner membrane in mitochondria
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What are the four stages of energy extraction?
Definition
Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination
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Bulk Feeders
Definition
Ingesting large chunks of food
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Fluid feeders
Definition
Drink their food ex: Mosquito, hummingbird
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Suspension Feeder
Definition
Animals that strain particles from water ex: Flamingo
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Extracellular Digestion
Definition
Produces hydrolytic enzymes in a digestive cavity connected with the outside world. Food remains outside the body until is it digested and absorbed
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Incomplete Digestive System Tract
Definition
Has only one opening that both ingests food and eliminates waste
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Ruminants
Definition
Herbivores with complex four-chambered stomach that specializes in the digestion of glass
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Cecum
Definition
Size varies with diet, forms the entrance to the large intestine, carnivores are small, herbivores are large
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Peristalsis
Definition
Layers of smooth muscle that underlie the entire digestive tract; undergo waves of contraction to propel food and churn it with enzymes
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Sphincter
Definition
Muscular ring that can contract to block the passage of materials
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Epiglottis
Definition
Temporarily covers the opening to the trachea so that food enters the digestive tract instead of the lungs
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Gastric Juice
Definition
Mixture of water, mucous, salts, hydrochloric acid, and enzymes
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Pepsin
Definition
enzyme that digests protein, produced by chief cells
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Chyme
Definition
Semifluid mixture of food and gastric juices, small amount come through the pyloric sphincter that links the stomach and the upper part of the small intestine
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Potential energy
Definition
Stored energy available to do work
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Kinetic energy
Definition
Energy being used to do work
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First Law of Thermodynamics
Definition
Energy cannot be created or destroyed although energy can be converted to other forms
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Second Law of Thermodynamics
Definition
All energy transformations are inefficient because every reaction loses some energy to the surrounding as heat
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Entropy
Definition
Measure of the randomness of energy transformations
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Endergonic reaction
Definition
Requires an input of energy to proceed, products contain more energy than reactants ex: photosynthesis
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Exergonic reaction
Definition
Releases energy, products contain less energy than the reactants ex: cellular respiration
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Oxidation
Definition
Loss of electrons from a molecule, atom, or ion, EXERGONIC
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Reduction
Definition
Gain of electrons, endergonic, require a net input of energy
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Electron Transport Chain
Definition
Each protein accepts an electron from the molecule before it and passes it to the next, like a bucket brigade
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Phosphorylating
Definition
Transferring phosphate group to another molecule, may energize the target molecule making it more likely to bond, OR creates a change in the shape of the target molecule
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Anabolism
Definition
Reactions that build things
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Catabolism
Definition
Reactions that degrade things
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What type of reaction is occurring if Delta G is negative?
Definition
Exergonic - free energy is released
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What type of reaction is occurring if Delta G is positive?
Definition
Endergonic - free energy is consumed
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Do energy-releasing reactions increase or decrease entropy?
Definition
Increase
Term
Which type of reaction needs activation energy?
Definition
Both endergonic and exergonic
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Why do enzymes lower the activation energy?
Definition
Allows exergonic reactions to occur faster, does not change amount of energy released
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Inhibitor
Definition
Naturally occurring or man-made molecules that bind to the enzyme and slow reaction rates
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Competitive Inhibitor
Definition
Compete with the natural substrate for binding sites
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Non-competitive Inhibitor
Definition
Bind to the enzyme away from the active site and alter the shape of the active site, often function as metabolic regulators
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Reversible Inhibitor
Definition
Bids non-covalently to the enzyme
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Irreversible Inhibitor
Definition
Bonds covalently to side chains of the enzyme, permanently disables the enzyme
Term
What is the formula for aerobic respiration?
Definition
C6H12+6O2 -> 6CO2 +6H2O +36 ATP (energy)
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Oxidizing agent
Definition
Reactant that becomes reduced
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Reducing agent
Definition
Reactant that becomes oxidized
Term
What is the most common fuel in organisms?
Definition
Glucose, converts other molecules into glucose or intermediates of glucose oxidation
Term
What are the inputs and outputs of glycolysis?
Definition
Input - Glucose, 2 NAD+, 2 ATP, 2 ADP + 2P Output - 2 pyruvate, 2 NADH, 4 ATP
Term
Glycolysis Reactions 1-5
Definition
Energy investment, add phosphate to glucose
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Glycolysis Reactions 6-10
Definition
Energy payoff, 2 NADH and 2 ATP (net)
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Substrate Level Phosphorylation
Definition
Direct transfer of PO4 from an organic compound to ADP, does not require oxygen, 2 steps in glycolysis are SLP
Term
Input and Output of the Krebs Cycle
Definition
Input - 2 acetyl CoA, 6 NAD+, 2 FAD Output - 4CO2, 6NADH, 2FADH2, 2 ATP
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How many reactions in the Krebs Cycle?
Definition
8, all begin with acetyl CoA
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Where does oxidative phosphorylation take place?
Definition
Involved proteins and electron carrier molecules imbedded in the mitochondrial inner membrane (cristae)
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Electron Transport Chain
Definition
E- from NADH and FADH2 pass through a respiratory chain of inner membrane carriers; generates a proton concentration gradient in mitochondria inter-membrane space
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Chemiosmosis
Definition
H+ flows from inter-membrane space through ATP synthase to matrix, flow rotates rotor, driving conformation changes in catalytic knob subunits, conformation changes force condensation of ADP +P -> ATP
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Anaerobic Respiration
Definition
Essentially same as aerobic but an inorganic molecule other than O2 is the electron acceptor at the end of the electron transport chain, lower ATP yield than aerobic
Term
What are the possible options for alternate electron transporters in anaerobic respiration?
Definition
NO3 nitrate, SO4 sulfate, and CO2 carbon dioxide
Term
What organ is the main site of nutrient absorption?
Definition
Small Intestine
Term
What about the small intestine increases it's capacity for absorption?
Definition
Surface is folded into ridges, ridges have projections called villi, cells in villi have microvilli
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Function of the large intestine
Definition
Not a major site of nutrient absorption, absorbs water and salts, concentrates waste for elimination
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Exocrine region of the pancreas
Definition
Secretes most digestive enzymes used in digestion as well as bicarbonate
Term
Endocrine region of the pancreas
Definition
Secretes important hormones (insulin & glucagon) which regulate blood glucose concentration
Term
Gall Bladder
Definition
Stores bile from liver and releases into small intestine as chyme passes
Term
What are 3 requirements for a respiratory surface?
Definition
Surface area must be large, surface must come in contact with environmental air or water, surface must have moist membrane
Term
Respiration
Definition
Transport of O2 to tissues and transport of CO2 away
Term
What are the four gas exchange systems?
Definition
External gills, internal gills, lungs, tracheae
Term
Is oxygen transferred in a concurrent flow or countercurrent and why?
Definition
Countercurrent because if it was concurrent it would never reach saturation because equilibrium is reached at 50%
Term
Bronchioles
Definition
No cartilage, only epithelium and smooth muscle
Term
Alveoli
Definition
Tiny sac with a wall of epithelial tissue one cell thick
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Arteries
Definition
Move blood away from the heart, lined with circular smooth muscle, branch into arterioles
Term
Veins
Definition
Move blood toward the heart, thinner walls, have valves to prevent backflow, branch into venules
Term
Capillaries
Definition
Site of diffusion, one cell layer thick
Term
What is the hierarchial organizational system of blood transport?
Definition
Artery -> arteriole -> capillary -> venule -> vein
Term
Target cells
Definition
Cells that actually respond to the hormone, inside or on the surface of each target cell is a receptor protein which binds to the hormone and initiates the cell's response
Term
Thermoregulation
Definition
Control of body temperature and it requires the ability to balance heat gained from and lost to the environment
Term
Ectotherm
Definition
Lacks an internal temperature-regulating mechanism, moves to where it can gain or lose heat, requires less energy
Term
Endotherm
Definition
Regulates its body temperature internally
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Countercurrent exchange
Definition
Two adjacent currents flow in opposite directions and exchange heat/O2/etc. with each other
Term
Osmoregulate
Definition
Control the concentration of ions in their body fluids as the environment changes
Term
Explain osmoregulation in a saltwater fish
Definition
The fish drinks seawater, produces little urine, and uses active transport at the gills to get rid of excess salts
Term
Explain osmoregulation in a freshwater fish
Definition
Constantly takes in water at its gills and through its skin by osmosis, while losing salts to its surroundings. Shed excess water in urine and gills take up ions from water by active transport
Term
Nitrogenous Wastes
Definition
Mainly produced during breakdown of proteins, produced by stripping protein of amino group and picking up a hydrogen ion forming ammonia NH3
Term
Urea
Definition
Produced by mammals, adult frogs, turtles, urea moves to the bloodstream and eliminated with water in the urine
Term
Uric Acid
Definition
Produced by insects, land tortoises, birds, insoluable in water, excrete as a solid form
Term
Function of kidney
Definition
Cleanse blood, conserve water, salts, glucose, amino acids, and other nutrients, regulate blood pH
Term
What are the two sphincters leaving the bladder consist of?
Definition
Innermost sphincter is of smooth muscle and involuntary, outer is skeletal muscle and voluntary
Term
How much urine does a person produce in a day?
Definition
1.5 liters
Term
Nephrons
Definition
Functional unit of the kidney, over 1.3 million, entwined with capillaries
Term
Glomerulus
Definition
Turf of capillaries where blood is filtered into the nephron, allows water, urea, glucose, salts, amino acids, and creatinine to pass into capsule, blood pressure forces substances out b/c of larger diameter of incoming arteriole
Term
Peritubular capillaries
Definition
Snake around part of each nephron, empty into a venule that joins the renal vein carrying cleansed blood out of the kidney to the heart
Term
Filtration
Definition
Water and dissolved substances are filtered out of the blood at the glomerular capsule
Term
Reabsorption
Definition
Useful materials such as salts, water, glucose, and amino acids return from the nephron to the blood
Term
Secretion
Definition
Toxic substances, drug residues, hydrogen ions, and surplus ions are secreted into the nephron to be eliminated in the urine
Term
Proximal Convoluted Tubule
Definition
Specialized cells transport sodium ions, glucose, amino acids, etc into the interstitial fluid, H+ is secreted into tubule and HCO3- to maintain the pH of the blood
Term
Descending limb of the loop of Henle
Definition
Goes deep into medulla, water leaves by osmosis due to the high concentration of salt, impermeable to ions and urea, salt concentration reaches maximum and bottom of loop
Term
Ascending limp of the loop of Henle
Definition
Impermeable to water and urea, Na+ and Cl- diffuse from the filtrate into the capillaries, which have a lower salt concentration, at end ions move out by active transport
Term
Distal Convoluted Tubule
Definition
Na+ and Cl- ions move out of filtrate and into the blood by active transport, K+ and H+ may be secreted into DCT and collecting duct
Term
Collecting Duct
Definition
Descends back into the medulla, water leaves collecting duct by osmosis, some urea also diffuse out to contribute to high salt concentration in medulla
Term
Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
Definition
Triggers the formation of additional water channels in the walls of the distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct
Term
Effects of fight or flight/epinephrine
Definition
Increases heart rate, increases glycogen breakdown in liver, increases fatty acid release from fat cells, constricts blood vessels in gut and skin, inhibits insulin secretion in pancreas
Term
Describe the process of homeostatis when the body is too cold
Definition
thermoreceptors in skin, hypothalamus, and other organs detect temp, voluntary changes in behavior (put on clothes), blood vessels constrict, shivering, body temp increases
Term
Osmoconformers
Definition
Match their body osmolarity to their environment
Term
Osmoregulators
Definition
Tightly regulate their body osmolarity which always stays constant
Term
How many liters of filtered blood do the kidneys produce each day and how much of that is retained?
Definition
180 liters a day, 178.5 liters retained
Term
Aldosterone
Definition
Stimulates Na+ channel production which causes more reabsorption of Na+, leads to more water reabsorptioin
Term
Parathyriod hormone (PTH)
Definition
Stimulates Ca2+ channel production which causes more reabsorption of Ca2+ ions
Term
Hemoglobin
Definition
Consists of 2 alpha and 2 beta chains, can bind 4 O2
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