Medical Terms
Hyperglycemia
hyper = excessive
-emia = blood condition
Most prevalent elements in the human body
Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen
the study of the function of the cell
components of Thoracic Cavity
pleural cavities
pericardial cavity
mediastinum
Neuralgia
neur = nerve
-algia = pain
These molecules are the monomers of proteins and are joined together by peptide bonds.
Amino Acids
organelle that possess many enzymes involved in processes such as detoxifying drugs
Difference between Sign and Symptom
Signs can be measured
Symptoms are subjective
Osteology
oste- = bone
-logy = study of
characteristic of inorganic molecules
dont hold energy
Small
no carbon
These membrane proteins act as binding sites for ligands such as hormones and neurotransmitters.
What are receptors?
A tissue composed of electrically excitable cells that conduct impulses and coordinate body responses belongs to this category.
What is nervous tissue
Hemolysis
hem- = blood
-lysis = destroy
polar proteins combined with non-polar lipids to transport those lipids in blood plasma
lipoproteins
This transport mechanism moves glucose into a cell using a specific carrier protein without directly using ATP.
What is facilitated diffusion
This type of system amplifies the original stimulus and is typically involved in processes that must run to completion.
Positive feedback loop
Hypodermic
hypo- = under
derm- = skin
-ic = pertaining to
which either fit into the active site and do not leave (block the site) or alter the shape of the enzyme molecule so the substrate can no longer fit into the active site
enzyme inhibitors
cytosol
An increase in muscle size due to increased protein synthesis rather than cell division is known as this type of growth.
Hypertrophy