Endocrine System
Excretory System
Acid/Bases
Endo/exocytosis
Citric Acid Cycle stuff and things
100

a cell that is receptive to a secreted hormone

target site

100

what is the structural and functional unit of the kidney

Nephron!!

100

what is the neutral pH?

7!

100

the term for cell eating

phagocytosis

100

the CTA is involved in what larger process?

cellular respiration xoxoxo

200

how many rings do steroids have?

200

structure in the kidneys that is involved in the recovery of water and NaCl from the urine

Loop of Henle

200

what is the pH of blood?

7.4

200

the term for cell drinking

pinocytosis

200

what is the name of the energy molecule produced in the citric acid cycle?

GTP (not ATP!! but energetically equivalent)

300

where do water-soluble hormones bind?

receptors on or within the plasma membrane

300

daily double!

what is the term for increased alkali levels in the blood

alkalosis

300

a molecule or ion that donates a hydrogen ion in a reaction

Bronsted-Lowry acid

300

the term for the space outside of the cell

extracellular

300

4 carbon molecule in the cycle that is generated

oxaloacetate <3

400

where do lipid-soluble hormones bind?

intracellular receptors - affect gene expression

400

the name for the inner part of the kidney that contains the renal pyramid

Medulla

400

a species that forms a hydroxide ion in aq solution 

Arrhenius base

400

movement of substances against a concentration gradient using energy

active transport 

400

what is it called when a CO2 is removed from a carbon molecule? how many molecules of CO2 are produced in one churn of the CTA?

decarboxylation reaction, 2 molecules of CO2

500

what are protein kinases?

enzymes that regulate the biological activity of proteins by phosphorylation of amino acids 

500

what hormone causes blood vessels to contract

angiotensin II

500
when something can act as both a base and an acid

amphoteric

500

membrane bound organelles that contain digestive enzymes

lysosomes

500

what is the enzyme that BOTH functions in the citric acid cycle and is also complex 2 in the electron transport chain??

succinate dehydrogenase !

(it converts succinate to fumarate) 

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