BMSC 207 INTRODUCTION AND CELL MEMBRANES
What is physiology? - Answers -The study of the normal functioning of a living
organism and its component parts, including all its chemical and physical processes.
Physiology Literal Meaning - Answers -Knowledge of Nature
Human Genome - Answers -all of the DNA of the human species
emergent properties - Answers -Properties that cannot be predicted to exist based only
on knowledge of the system's individual components
Examples of human emergent properties - Answers -Intelligence, Emotion
Human Genome Project - Answers -An international collaborative effort to map and
sequence the DNA of the entire human genome.
True or false: Genes only code for one protein - Answers -False - Genes can code for
many proteins
What is physiology closely tied to? - Answers -Anatomy
Pharmacogemonics - Answers -The influence of genetics on the body's response to
drugs
Most basic level of life organization - Answers -Atoms organize to form molecules
What life do collections of molecules organize to form? - Answers -Cells
WHat is the cell membrane made of? - Answers -Lipid and Protein
Cell Membrane Function - Answers -Separates cells from their external environment
What are collections of cells that carry out related functions called? - Answers -Tissues
WHat do tissues form? - Answers -Organs - Structural and Functional Tools
integumentary system (Consists of what? Job?) - Answers -Consists of the skin
Forms a protective boundary that separates the body's internal environment from the
external environment
musculoskeletal system - Answers -the system of bones and skeletal muscles that
support and protect the body and permit movement
, What four systems exchange materials between internal and external environments?
What do they exchange? - Answers -Respiratory (Pulmonary) - Gases
Digestive (Gastrointestinal) - Takes up nutrients and water and eliminates wastes
Urinary (Renal) - Removes excess water and waste material
Reproductive - Eggs and sperm
Circulatory System - Job - Answers -Distributes materials by pumping blood through
vessels
Nervous and Endocrine System Jobs - Answers -Coordinate body functions
Immune System Job - Answers -Protect the internal environment from foreign
substances by intercepting material that enters through the intestines and lungs or
through a break in the skin
What is the function of a physiological system or event? - Answers -It is the "why" of
the system or event. As in why is it necessary.
teleological approach - Answers -Describing physiological processes by their purpose
rather than their mechanism. The study of why.
Mechanistic Approach - Answers -Explains how events happen. This is what
physiology focuses on.
Translational Research - Answers -Applies basic biomedical research findings to
treatment and prevention of human diseases
Who came up with the concept of homeostasis? - Answers -French Physician Claude
Bernard
Homestasis definition - Answers -the body's ability to maintain a stable internal
environment, regardless of what is going on in the outside environment
What happens when homeostasis is disturbed? - Answers -The body attempts to
compensate and fight off the disease.
Pathophysiology - Answers -The study of body functions in a disease state
What is considered the Internal Environment in Multicellular Animals - Answers -
Extracelular Fluid - Serves as the transition between intracellular fluid and external
environment
The law of mass balance (Definition) - Answers -says that if the amount of a substance
in the body is to remain constant, any gain must be offset by an equal loss
What is physiology? - Answers -The study of the normal functioning of a living
organism and its component parts, including all its chemical and physical processes.
Physiology Literal Meaning - Answers -Knowledge of Nature
Human Genome - Answers -all of the DNA of the human species
emergent properties - Answers -Properties that cannot be predicted to exist based only
on knowledge of the system's individual components
Examples of human emergent properties - Answers -Intelligence, Emotion
Human Genome Project - Answers -An international collaborative effort to map and
sequence the DNA of the entire human genome.
True or false: Genes only code for one protein - Answers -False - Genes can code for
many proteins
What is physiology closely tied to? - Answers -Anatomy
Pharmacogemonics - Answers -The influence of genetics on the body's response to
drugs
Most basic level of life organization - Answers -Atoms organize to form molecules
What life do collections of molecules organize to form? - Answers -Cells
WHat is the cell membrane made of? - Answers -Lipid and Protein
Cell Membrane Function - Answers -Separates cells from their external environment
What are collections of cells that carry out related functions called? - Answers -Tissues
WHat do tissues form? - Answers -Organs - Structural and Functional Tools
integumentary system (Consists of what? Job?) - Answers -Consists of the skin
Forms a protective boundary that separates the body's internal environment from the
external environment
musculoskeletal system - Answers -the system of bones and skeletal muscles that
support and protect the body and permit movement
, What four systems exchange materials between internal and external environments?
What do they exchange? - Answers -Respiratory (Pulmonary) - Gases
Digestive (Gastrointestinal) - Takes up nutrients and water and eliminates wastes
Urinary (Renal) - Removes excess water and waste material
Reproductive - Eggs and sperm
Circulatory System - Job - Answers -Distributes materials by pumping blood through
vessels
Nervous and Endocrine System Jobs - Answers -Coordinate body functions
Immune System Job - Answers -Protect the internal environment from foreign
substances by intercepting material that enters through the intestines and lungs or
through a break in the skin
What is the function of a physiological system or event? - Answers -It is the "why" of
the system or event. As in why is it necessary.
teleological approach - Answers -Describing physiological processes by their purpose
rather than their mechanism. The study of why.
Mechanistic Approach - Answers -Explains how events happen. This is what
physiology focuses on.
Translational Research - Answers -Applies basic biomedical research findings to
treatment and prevention of human diseases
Who came up with the concept of homeostasis? - Answers -French Physician Claude
Bernard
Homestasis definition - Answers -the body's ability to maintain a stable internal
environment, regardless of what is going on in the outside environment
What happens when homeostasis is disturbed? - Answers -The body attempts to
compensate and fight off the disease.
Pathophysiology - Answers -The study of body functions in a disease state
What is considered the Internal Environment in Multicellular Animals - Answers -
Extracelular Fluid - Serves as the transition between intracellular fluid and external
environment
The law of mass balance (Definition) - Answers -says that if the amount of a substance
in the body is to remain constant, any gain must be offset by an equal loss
