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Does Fermetation require oxygen?
no
What are the two types of fermentation?
Lactid Acid and Alcohol
What are the prodcts of each type of fermentation?
Lactic Acid= 2 Lactate; Alcohol= 2 Ethonal
Do our cells ever go through fermentation? When do thy run this process?
es; it provides an anaerobic step that recycles NADH back to NADt
During fermentantation (after glycolsis.. which is formed?
NAD+
During fermentation is pyruvic acid oxidized or reduced?
reduced; given to pyruvate
During fermentation is htere any additional ATP formation
no
Which type most be be triggered by an antigen?
acquired
Which is ready for "action" immediately?
Innate immunity
Which immunity is specific?
Aquired
Which is nonspecific?
Innate immunity
What are apart of the Innate Immunity?
Inflamation, Lysozymes, Nuetrophils, Macrophages, Low Ph of stomach, Natural killer cells, skin, infereron, and Complement proteins
Which belong to the aquired immunity?
T-cells, B cells, and memory cells
Histamines cause blood vessels in the area to...?
vasodilation or dilate
Histamines cause blood vesels to become....
More permeable=bigger gaps
What are the major results of inflammation process? Good things? Bad things?
Disinfect and clean injured tissue; many WBC die
Before infection, where are complement proteins typically found?
plasma
Does interferon protect the infected cells or does it protect neighboring cells.?
Neighboring
What does inferon signal the cell to do?
To make interferon molecules
How do phagocytes protect the body? Are phagocytes white blood cells?
Eat bacteria in the body and yes!
Where do all blood cells come from?
bone marrow
Are lymphocytes white blood cells?
yes
T cells and B cells are what type of cell
Lymphocytes
Where do T cells mature? Where do B cells Mature?
thymus; bone marrow
Where do these cells migrate to after becoming specialized?
blood
Foreign protenins are known as
antigen
Would a HIV virus have the same antigen as a flu virus?
no
Which is not matched correctly w its mechanism of action involved in defense of the body?
memory cells ----> Produce complements
What type of immunity fights "free" antigens
humoral
What is the order from the nostril to alveoli?
Nasal Cavity, Pharynx, Larynx, Trachea, Bronchuss, Bronchiae, Alveoli
What is the functional unit of the respiratory system of a mammal?
AVEOLI
BERATING IN INHALATION IS A RESULT OF _______?
negative pressure
During inhalation, the diaphragm is???
contracted
Breathing out (exhalation) is a result of____?
positive pressure
During exhalation, the diaphragm is
relaxed
Explain how hyperventilation disrupts the control of breathing
lack of CO2
Our breathing conrol centers responds directly to
Co2 levels
Where are our breathing control centers located?
Pons and Medulla
What type of muscle is the diaphragm composed of?
skeletal
What process do gases move from alveolar air space into the blood and from blood into the interstial fluids?
diffusion
Which of the following has a lowest partial pressure of oxygen (lowest levels)
Pulmonary artery
Which of the following has the highest partial pressure (levels) of carbon dioxide?
Pulmanary artery
Which would have the greater partial pressure (levels) of oxygen?
B and C would be equally high
Which way does oxygen diffuse at the alveoli
into the blood
Which way does carbon dioxide diffuse at teh alveoli?
Into the alveolar air space
Which way does oxygen diffuse at the tissues?
into the Interstitial fluid
Which way does carbon dioxide diffuse at the tissues?
into the blood
99% of oxygen gets transported by
hemoglobin
60% of the Co2 gets transport by
HC03-
30% of teh CO2 gets transport as
hemoglobin
10% of teh CO2 gets transported
dissolved in the plasma
Explain how oxygen is used up and carbon dioxide produced at the tissues.
CO2 produced as a waste product of cellular respiration
A vaccine contains___?
antigen
What are two types of Acquired immunity?
B-cells= are responsible for humoral immunity and T-cells= are responsible for cell-mediated immunity
T of F.. Both T cells and B cells have receptors on their surfaces that make them specific to a certain antigen
True
What is the name of the cells that produce antibodies?
plasma cells
Is the primary immune response greater than the secondary response?
Secondondary response is faster?
What is teh difference between active immunity and passive immunity?
exposure (own antibodies); you don't make it (antibodies)
Which acts against intracellualar pathogens?
T-cells
Which acts against "free" antigens
B-cells
T or F all antibodies are proteins
True
T or F.. Immunoglobins are antiobodies
True
State 4 ways antibodies inactivate the antigen
activation, cellular signals, and intgileukins
Which cell releases cellular signals that stimulate other white blood cells?
Cytoxic T Cells
What is a MHC/ antigen complex? what cells have them? What are these needed for?
MHC+Antigen= complex; APC and infected body cells
HIV primarily infects_____ within the body?
Helper T cells
What results when HIV depletes these cells?
more of the virus AIDS
Autoimmune some of teh bodies own molecules
turns against own body molecules
Immunodeficiency disorders
lack one or more of the components of the immune system
Allergies are?
sensitivities to antigens in our surroundings
A child has to have his thymus removed at an early age. What should you be able to predict about his immune system function?
He has a functioning innate immune system but his acquired immune system would be compromised
would every human have the same sensation given the same enviromental stimuli?
yes
Would every human have the same perception given teh same environmental stimuli?
no
Which would tend to vary more between individuals... Sensation or perception?
perception
Sensory Neurons carry information____ the central nervous system
to
What are the names of the specific types of photorecptors found with the retina of the eye?
rod and cone
T or F. Light passes through many layers two layers of neurons within the retina before reaching the actual photoreceptors
True
T or F. Rods and Cones are teh only pigment-containing cells within the body.
False
How many different types of cones does a person normally have?
3! red, blue, and green
Rods contain_____
While cones contain______
rhodospin; photospin
Where is information about light energy first integrated (processed)?
THE retina
What is the functional unit of the NErvous System?
Neurons (transmit into trhough neurons and muscle cells only)
T or F Every cell within the bgody has actoin potentials
True
T or F... Action potentials come in different strenghs.. some weak and some strong
True
What three things contribute to the change distribution across the cell membrane that is called the resting potential of a cell?
Na+, K+, - Protein
Fiber that carries information away fro cell body (typically one long fiber/cell)
Axon
houses the nucleus and it integrates processes the incoming information
Cell body
Fiber that receive incoming messages (typically short and numerous
Dendrite
Insulating material produced by Schwann cells (neuroglial cell type)
Myelin sheath
+30 to -70 mV (reparization)
K+ out of cell
-50 -70 to +30mV (depolarization)
Na+ into cell
Explain how information is transmitted along an axon (a nerve signal/ nerve impulse).
move down the axon one way
The _____ is the area where a neuron communicates with another cell.
sensory cortex
In a synapse, where would find neurotransmitters stored in vesicles?
Presynaptic cell
In a synapse, where, where would find receptors for neurotransmitters?
Post synaptic cell
Whcih type of synapse is more common?
chemical
What is electrical synapse?
Rare (physical connection between axon and other cell
What is chemical synapse
Synoptic cleft; space between axon and neuron
Neurotransmitters are only necessary in which type of synapse?
chemical
List 4 neurotransmitters
serotnin, dopamine, epthephnne, and GABA
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks the ____ sheath around the axons
Myelin
A post synaptic potential is what happens when the recoptor___
binds the neurotransmitter
Which PSP causes the cell's potential to become more negative (to move awa from threshold?
inhibitory PSP
Does a neuron receive both excitator and inhibitory messages?
yes
Is it possible for a neuron to receive messages from many neurons?
yes
Explain the process of summation?
1 pull, most pull= the way it goes
CNS=
Convergence and Divergence of information
Drugs affect snapses in at least 4 major ways...
Antidepresents= the removal of serotonin
Tranqulizers: activate the receptors for GABA
Stimulants increase the release and availability
Opiates: bind to enophin receptors
Decarboxylation of food occurs in which steps?
Prep Step and CAC
Number of NADH produced/ glucose in each step
2
Number of FADH2 produced/ glucose in each step?
2
How many ATPs produced or used?
4
Is this the pathway linear or circular or is there just one reaction?is cylic, Formation of acetyl CoA is_____
1 reaction;
oxidative phop. is
linear
Oxidation of food occurs during which stepps? All of them except
OP
What is the summary reaction of aerobic cellular respiration?
Glucose + O2 ----> Co2 + H20
Glycolysis occurs within the
cytoplasm
Formation of acetyl CoA occurs within the matrix of mitochondrion
Citric Acid cycle occurs within the matrix
Oxidative Phosp. occurs within the
inner membrane
Does glycolysis require oxygen in aerobic process?
no
does NAD+ have more or less energy than NADH?
less
Which form (NAD+ or NADH) is the reduced form of the molecule?
NADH
The electrons that are carried by NADH and FADH2 were originally part of the
Glucose molecule.
Do prodaryotic cells have mitochondria?
no
As electrons move from one molecule to the next in the ETC, do they lose energy or gain energy?
lose energy
If they lose energy, what happens to that energy?
comes out and the O2 accepts it to fro H20
Where is this enzyme found within a eukarotic cell?
inner of Mitochondria
List the folling in order from high energy content to low!
1 glucose, 1Pyruvate, 1 Nadh, 1 ATP
How effecient is aerobic cellular resperation?
40%
How many ATP molecules are produced by working muscle cell every second
10 million
Whtin the cell, what is this ATP used for
Energy