Elementary Physiology Class and Exam 1 Notes

This Note is for Elementry Physiology (PSIO241) EXAM 1 WVU. Everything needed for the exam is in these four notes. They cover... Chapter 1&2 Cell Structure: This note has these topics- Fluid Compartments, Osmolarity, Homeostasis, Negative and Positive Feedback, ATP, Mitochondria, Cellular Respiration, Glycolysis, Citric Acid Cycle, Oxidative Phosphorylation, ETC, Cell Structure. Chapter 3 Resting Membrane Potential: This note has these topics- Resting Membrane Potential, Excitable Tissues, Ion Channels, Equilibrium Potential for K+ and Na+, Na+-K+ Pump, Potassium Concentration, Chapter 3 Plasma Membrane: This note has these topics- Cell Membrane Overview, Phospholipids, Lipid Bilayer, Fluid Mosaic Model, Cell to Cell Adhesions, Desmosomes, Tight Junctions, Gap Junctions, Membrane Transport / Permeability, Particle characteristics, Simple Diffusion, Ions and Channels, Flick's Law of Diffusion, Osmosis, Tonicity, Osmolarity, Facilitated Diffusion, Carrier mediated Transport Characteristics, Active Transport, Vesicular Transport, Exocytosis, Endocytosis Chapter 4: This note has these topics- Neural communication / Action, Membrane Electrical States, Graded Potentials, Action Potentials, Refractory Periods, Action Potential Propagation, Contiguous Conduction, Myelin, Saltatory Conduction, Synaps, Chemical Synapse, Synaptic Drug Interactions, Neuromuscular Junction Synapse