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Difference between Acid and a Base
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Acid: a compound that gives up(loses) Ht ions in a solution.
Base: Compound that attacks Ht ions in a solution |
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4 Major macromolecules
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Carbs. Lipids, Proteins, Nucleic acid
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What is ATP and what does it do?
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Specialized nucleotide that consist of a base adenine, the sugar ribose, 3 prophate groups
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What is osmolarity? What is osmosis?
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Osmolarity is the side that will have most consecrations and great osmotic pressure. Osmosis is the aqueous solution H20 base.
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What do enzymes do?
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They are catalyst that speed up chemical reaction.
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How many Ribs do we have?
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True ribs: 14 =7 pairs
False ribs: 6= 3 pairs Floating ribs 4= 2 pairs |
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Near sightedness
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eyes see near objects well, but no distant ones.
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Farsightedness
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Eyes see distant objects.
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Special Sense
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Vision, hearing,olfactory,gustatory, equilibrium.
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Eye
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Sclera thickest layer, and of fibrous connective tissue.
Retina: contains photoreceptor<cones detect colors (red green, blue) < Rods : whit & black |
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Macula (center of the eye)
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High acuity( Most abundant for cones)
Rods are most abundent on edges of the retina. Fovea: contains only cones, best for color vision. |
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Taste Sensation
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sweet, salt, sour, bitter, umami. The chemoreceptors detect the chemical in solution in the mouth. Spicy is pain.
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Hearing 2 parts of the inner ear associated with equilibrium
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1. vestibular nerve
2.semicircular canals |
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Glands that release inhibitory hormones on the endocrine system
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Hypothalamus and pituitary
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Anterior Pituitary release
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GH
TSH ACTH FSH LH PROLACTION |
