Digestion
Circulatory
Respiratory and Muscles
Immunity and Blood
Excretion
100

List all the enzymes present in your stomach that help with digestion. 

Pepsin - breaks down proteins into polypeptides 

100
List 2 difference between veins and arteries 

Veins have valves, arteries do not

Veins use skeletal muscles to move, arteries do not 

100

Name 3 structures that have cartilage 

Trachea, bronchi, larynx 
100

What cells are used to remember pathogens and which are used to prevent the immune systems for attacking itself?

Memory B-cells and suppressor T-cells

100
Once urine is formed in the kidneys, list the organs responsible for excreting urine out

kidney makes urine --> ureters --> bladder --> urethra --> outside 

200

What is the induced fit model?

Actual shape of the active site is altered slightly when the substrate molecules are trapped to make the fit between the enzyme and substrate tighter during the enzyme-substrate complex 

200

List the 3 branches of the aortic arch and where it provides oxygenated blood to 

- Brachiocephalic artery- arms and head 

- Subclavian artery- arms

- Carotid artery- brain  

200

During inhalation, describe what happens to the air pressure, intercoastal muscles and diaphragm 

Both muscles contract, diaphragm goes down, rib-cage goes up.

To inhale, air pressure is low inside the body and high outside. 

200

What are the general differences between the 3 lines of defence used by the body?

1st = physical 

2nd = non-specifc WBC response

3rd = specific antibody response 

200

What are the roles of the descending and ascending loops on Henle?

Descending = reabsorption of H20

Ascending = reabsoption of NaCl

300

How are the stomach contents neutralized in the small intestine?

HCl will activate prosecretin, to secretin. Secretin will alert the pancreas to produce bicarbonate ions which neutralizes stomach content. 

300

Describe how systolic and diastolic blood pressure is taken 

Systolic: 

  1. A cuff with an air bladder is wrapped around the arm

  2. A pump inflates the air bladder, closing off blood flow through the brachial artery 

  3. A stethoscope is put under the cuff, and air is slowly released from the bladder until you hear a low-pitch sound 


Diastolic:

4. The air bladder is further deflated, until the sound disappears

300

Describe emphysema: what it effects, the causes, and treatment 

Effect: Nonreversible lung condition where the alveoli burst and fuse 

Causes: exposure to airborne irritants, including smoking (90% of symptoms) and pollution

Treatment: oxygen tank/ mask, inhalers: bronchodilators & steroids

300

If someone has the blood type AB+, what antigens and antibodies do they have?

Antigen A

Antigen B

Antigen Rh

No antibodies 

300

Define reabsorption, secretion, and filtration

Reabsorption; nephron to blood

Secretion; blood to nephron 

Filtration; blood to Bowman's capsule 

400

Describe the digestion of proteins, starting from the mouth to the small intestine

Mouth: mechanical digestion only

Stomach: pepsin 

Small intestine: trypsinogen becomes trypsin, erepsin

400

Describe the capillary exchange 

Oxygenated blood enters from the arterial end Deoxygenated blood leaves through the venous end

O2, AA, glucose leaves capillary at arteriole end and enters cell. CO2 and waste enter capillary at venous end from cell 


400

Describe the sliding filament theory

  1. Influx of calcium, which exposes the actin filaments’ binding sites   

  2. The myosin filaments can now attach to the actin, forming a cross-bridge. Myosin will power stroke to attach to actin.

  3. ATP interacts with the myosin heads. Myosin head releases.
  4. ATP is reduced to ADP, until the next power stroke 


500

Name the 3 types of carbohydrates with an example of each

- Monosaccharide: glucose, sucrose, galactose

- Disaccharide: fructose, lactose, maltose

- Polysaccharide: starch, cellulose, glycogen

500

List the parts of the heart that blood flows through in the correct order, starting from the vena cava, ending with the aorta.

Vena Cava --> Right atrium --> tricuspid valve --> right ventricle --> pulmonary semilunar valve --> pulmonary artery --> lungs --> pulmonary vein --> left atrium --> bicuspid --> left ventricle --> aortic valve --> aorta


500

Describe the 3 ways that CO2 gets transported from the body to the alveoli (including percentages)

- Carbaminohemoglobin (27%)

- Carbonic acid (64%)

- Dissolved in plasma (9%)

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