Cell signaling/Action potential
This system regulates the 'fight or flight' response
what is the sympathetic nervous system
The main area of nutrient absorption in the digestive system.
What is the small intestine
The molecules produced from the breakdown of glucose during glycolysis.
The use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management reasons.
What is diet
The tissue of the brain that functions to make connections within the brain.
What is white matter
This hormone binds to the G-protein receptor to stimulate the production of glucose.
What is Epinephrine
The enzyme that begins to break down proteins in the stomach.
What is pepsin
The Kreb's cycle and Electron Transport Chain are processes that happen in this organelle.
What is Mitochondria
The measurement using a persons height and weight to determine whether a person is obese.
What is BMI (Body Mass Index)
The increase of neurotransmitter receptors on the cell surface due to increased signals through neurons.
What is potentiation
Kinase A adds a phosphate group to an enzyme in this process.
What is phosphorylation
The unit of contraction within a muscle cell.
What is the sarcomere
What is oxygen
Currently popular societal ways of eating that may or may not be healthy.
What are fad diets
The loss of cell surface receptors due to lack of use of a neural pathway.
What is long term depression
An electrical change within a neuron from a positive charge to a negative charge.
What is repolarization
The chamber of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood to the body.
What is the left ventricle
What is anaerobic respiration (fermentation)
Any of the diseases that disrupt normal processes of converting food to energy on a cellular level.
What are metabolic disorders
Potentiation of neurons due to repeated drug use.
What is addiction
The covering around the neural axon that helps propagate and action potential.
What is myelin sheath
The molecule in red blood cells that helps to transport oxygen to the body.
What is hemoglobin
The process of cellular respiration that produces the most ATP.
What is the ETC
Signaling molecules from fat cells that, when released in abundance, can cause inflammation.
What are adipokines
A condition that can lead to degradation of the hippocampus of the brain causing memory loss.
What is chronic stress