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1. The burrowing of a blastocyst (a developing embryo) into the endometrium of the uterus - typically occuring about a week after fertilizaiton.
Implantation
Sympathic nervous system
Bohr effect
Pyrimidine bases
2. The mass of cells in the blastocyst that ultimately give rise to the embryo and other embryonic structues (the amion - the umbilical vessels - etc.)
FADH2
Inner cell mass
Hydroxyapatite
Aldosterone
3. Paired masses of lymphatic tissue near the back of the throat that help trap inhaled or swallowed pathogens.
Tonsils
Vagina
Alveoli
Enzyme
4. A mature - cartilage cell.
Adrenergic tone
Dorsal root ganglion
RNA polymerase
Chondrocyte
5. A clear fluid the circulates around through the brain and spinal cord that helps to physially support teh brain and act as a shock absorber - and taht also exchanges nutrients and wastes with teh brain and spinal cord.
Cerebrospinal fluid
Amino acid acceptor site
Adipocyte
Intron
6. A thick muscular tube that connects the epididymis of the testes to the urethra. Muscular contractions of the vas deferns during ejaculation ehp propel the sperm outward. Severing of the vas deferens (vasectomy) results in sterility of the male.
Flagella
Vas deferens
Heterochromatin
Synapsis
7. A pair of similar chromosomes that have the same genes in the same order - but may have different versions (alleles) of those genes. One of the pair of chromosomes came from Mom in an ovum - and the other came from Dad in a sperm. Humans have 23 pair
Retina
Homologous chromosomes
Basement membrane
Bipolar neuron
8. An organelle bounded by a double membrane (double lipid bilayer) called the nuclear envelope. The nucleus contains the genome and is the site of replication and transcription.
Placental villi
Peptidoglycan
Nucleus
Capilary
9. A single piece of double - stranded DNA; part of the genome of an organism. Prokaryotes have circular chromosomes and eukaryotes have linear chromosomes.
Signal transduction
Chromosome
Exocrine gland
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
10. The movement of air out of the respiratory tract. Expiration can be passive (caused by relaxation of the diaphragm and elastic recoil of the lungs) or active (caused by contraction of the abdominal muscles - which increases intraabdominal pressure an
Morula
Expiration
Ganglion
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
11. The tube that carries urine from the bladder to the to outside of the body. In males it also carries semen and sperm during ejaculation.
Gibbs free energy
Cholesterol
Urethra
Systole
12. A hormone released by the posterior pituitary that stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth and milk ejection during breastfeeding.
Oxytocin
Ion channel
Partial pressure
Periperal nervous system
13. A region of specialized cardiac muscle cells in the right atrium of the heart that initiate the impules of heart contraction; for this reason the SA node is knownas the 'pacemaker' of the heart.
Tropomyosin
Purine bases
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Gyrase
14. A relatively direct connection between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron that allows an extremely rapid response to a stimulus - often without conscious brain involvement.
Auditory tube
Respiratory alkalosis
Lacteals
Reflex arc
15. The outer protein coat of a virus (the whole coat)
Ligase
Ovary
Atrioventricular bundle (AV) bundle
Capsid
16. The principal glucocorticoid secreted from teh adrenal cortex. This steroid hormone is released ruing stress - causing increased blood glucose levels and reducing inflammation. The latter effect has led to a clinical use of cortisol as an anti - infl
Cortisol
Estrogen
Renal absorption
Enteric nervous system
17. A clump of gray matter (unmyelinated neuron cell bodies) found in the peripheral nervous system.
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Ganglion
Ligand - gated ion channel
Vaccination
18. Chemoreceptors in the upper nasal cavity that respond to odo chemicals.
Atrioventricular bundle (AV) bundle
Olfactory receptors
Neuromuscular junction
Angiotensin
19. The folds of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion
Transversion mutation
Oxidative phosphorylation
Cristae
Release factor
20. The specific site on an antigenic molecule that binds to a T cell receptor or to an antibody.
Liver
Sudoriferous gland
Symporter
Epitope
21. MRNA that codes forsingle type of protein - such as is found in eukaryotic cells.
Release factor
Aminoacyl tRNA
Krebs cycle
Monocistronic mRNA
22. An alkaline - fructose - rich fluid produced by three different glands in the male reproductive tract and released during ejaculation. Semen is very nourishing for sperm.
Secretin
Acetylcholine (Ach)
Hexokinase
Semen
23. The secretion of a cellular product to the extracellular medium through a secretory vesicle.
Exocytosis
Menstruation
Myelin
Gastrin
24. The maintenance of relatively constant internal conditions (such as temperature - pressure - ion balance - pH - etc.) regardless of external conditions.
Genetic code
Homeostasis
Nucleus
Topoisomerase
25. An enzyme that phosphorylates something else. Kinases are frequently used in regulatory pathways - phosphorylating other enzymes.
Villi
Sarcomere
Kinase
Inflammation
26. The second phase of the uterine (endometrial) cycle - during which the endometrium (shed off during menstration is rebuilt). This phase of the cycle is under the control of estrogen - secreted from the follicle developing in the ovary during this tim
Proliferative phase
Carbonic anhydrase
Semilunar valves
Ossicles
27. A neuron found completely within the central nervous system. Interneous typically connect sensory and motor neurons - especially in reflex arcs.
I band
Interneuron
Periperal nervous system
Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
28. The elimination of wastes from the body.
Excretion
Polyspermy
Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Cortex
29. Paired glands found on the posterior external wall of the bladder in males. Their secretions contain an alkaline mucus and fructose - among other things - and make up approximately 60% of the ejaculate volume.
Cholesterol
Seminal vesicles
Centromere
Endoderm
30. A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart chambers. Arteries have muscular walls to regulate blood flow and are typically high - pressure vessles.
Artery
Cornea
Centromere
Genotype
31. A protein hormone secreted by sustenacular cells of the testes that acts to inhibit the release of FSH and LH from the anterior pituitary.
Central canal
Inhibin
Connective tissue
Second messenger
32. The sum of all genetic material in a population.
Gene pool
Wolffian ducts
Memory cell
Second messenger
33. An ion channel that is opened or closed based on the binding of a specific ligand to teh channel. Once opened - the channel allows the ion to cross the plasma membrane according to its concentration gradient. An examples is the acetylcholine receptor
Lipid
Chromosome
Large intestine
Ligand - gated ion channel
34. A mechanism for increasing tension (contractile length) in a muscle by activating more motor units.
Chondrocyte
Motor unit recruitment
Dermis
G- protein linked receptor
35. Also called occluding junctions - tight junctions form a seal between cells that prevents the movement of substances across the cell layer - except by diffusion through the cell membranes themselves. Tight junctions are found between the epithelial c
Tight junction
Antigen (Ag)
Hemophilia
Alimentary canal
36. A red blood cell; they are filled with hemoglobin - and teh function of the erythrocytes is to carry oxygen in the blood.
Erythrocyte
Adrenal medulla
Facultative anaerobe
Chemotroph
37. Heterogeneous nuclear RNA; the primary transcript made in eukaryotes before splicing.
hnRNA
Coronary vessels
Atrioventricular valves
Ileocecal valve
38. (1) The integration of input (EPSPs and IPSPs) from many presynaptic neruons by a single postsynaptic neuron - either temporaly or spatially. Summation of al input can either stimulate the postsynaptic neuron and possibly lead to an action potential
Summation
Rule of addition
A site
Actin
39. An inactive precursor of an enzyme - activated by various methods (acid hydrolysis - cleavage by another enzyme - etc.)
Zymogen
Binary fission
Operon
Auditory tube
40. Also known as the cortical reaction - the slow block invovles an increase in intracellular [Ca2+] in the egg - which causes the release of cortical granules near the egg plasma membrane. This results in the hardening of the zona pellucida and its sep
Slow block to polyspermy
Ligand - gated ion channel
Motor unit recruitment
Carrier protein
41. The membrane that separates the middle ear from the inner ear.
Cleavage
Penetration
Oval window
Circular smooth muscles
42. Transfer RNA; the type of RNA that carries an amino acid from the cytoplasm to the ribosome for incorporation into a growing protein.
tRNA
Absolute refractory period
Oxidative phosphorylation
Enterokinase
43. The oxidation of high - energy electron carriers (NADH and FADH2) coupled to the phosphorylation of ADP - producing ATP. In eukaryotes - oxidative phosphorylation occurs in the mitochondira.
Autonomic nervous system (ANS)
Oxidative phosphorylation
Fibroblast
Vital capacity
44. A sequence of amino acids (usually basic) that directs a protein to the nuclear envelope - where it is imported by a specific transport mechanism.
A band
Substrate(s)
T cell
Nuclear localization sequence
45. The step in the sliding filament theory during which yosin undergoes a conformaitonal change to its low energy state - in the process dragging the thin filaments (and the attached Z lines) toward the center fo the sarcomere. NOte that power stroke re
Rule of multiplication
Power stroke
Oxidative phosphorylation
Frameshift mutation
46. A bacterium that cannon survive on minimal medium (glucose alone) because it lacks the ability to syntheisze a molecule it needs to live (typically an amino acid). Auxotrphs must ave the needed substance (the auxiliary trophic substance) added to the
Auxotroph
Auditory tube
Wolffian ducts
Carbohydrates
47. A protein fiber with a unique triple - helix that gives it great strength. Tissues with a lot of collagen fibers are typically very strong - e.g. bone - tendons - ligaments - etc.
Collagen
Gibbs free energy
Antibody (Ab)
Splicing
48. In the autonomic divison of the PNS - a neuron that has its cell body located in the CNS - and whose axon extends into the PNS to synapse with a second neuron at an autonoic ganglion. (The second neuron's axon synapses with the target axon)
Lumen
Preganglionic neuron
Pyloric sphincter
Obligate anaerobe
49. Produced in muscle cells from the reduction of pyruvate (under anaerobic conditions) to regenerate NAD+ so that glycolysis can continue. A rise in lactic acid usually accompanies an increase in physical activity.
Attachment
Phagocytosis
Loose connective tissue
Lactic acid
50. The unit of combact bone - also called a Haversian system. Osteons are essentially long cylinders of bone; the hollow center is called the central canal - and is where blood vessels - nervs - and lymphatic vessels are found. Compact bone is laid down
Inspiration
Osteon
Formed elements
Primary oocytes
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