What does hydrophilic mean and what does it refer to?
Water-loving, It refers to the phosphate end of a phospholipid
Is this a positive or negative feedback system? What is the control center? What is the effector?
negative feedback system, control center- sympathetic nervous system, Effector-heart or muscles around the blood vessels
What is the fluid mosaic model?
A description of plasma membrane. (phospholipid bilayer is fluid, The many different kinds of chemicals floating in it are the mosaic)
What is the plasma membrane made of?
Phospholipid bilayer
What are the greek roots and their meanings for homeostasis
homeo-same, stasis-standing
Describe two ways to study the body.
Regional, surface, developmental, comparative, organ systems
What two places are DNA found?
Nucleus and mitochondria
What is Physiology?
The study of how the parts of an organism work and how they work together
Why does the plasma membrane reorient itself?
The phospholipids. The lipid tails are attracted to each other and the phosphate ends are attracted to the polar molecules of water,both inside&outside the cell
What do pinocytosis and phagocytosis mean? are the active or passive transport?
phagocytosis: cell eating, pinocytosis: cell drinking. Always requires energy, always active transport
Describe the 4 phases of mitosis.
Prophase: Metaphase : Anaphase : Telephase: Interphase:normal cell function
What is Chromatin?
disorganized DNA
Name 5 of the 11 organ systems outlined in our text.