A level Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NURSING 602 Module 11 Questions for Self-Study General Information Brain Injury Manifestations and General Mechanisms of Brain Injury 1. Where does information processing from the limbic system and the amygdala occur? ● The limbic system is located in the thalamus and telencephalon and diencephalon. The amygdala is located in the anterior temporal lobe within the uncus. 2. the levels of the causes of coma (structural, metabolic and psychogenic) ● Structural- above tentori...

What did you eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner yesterday? Imagine that your body made its own food, internally. Sound crazy? Plants do this all the time. Plants make their own food in a process called photosynthesis. In photosynthesis, plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide (CO2), and water (H2O) to make sugars, which provide them with the energy they need to live as well as the raw materials they need to grow. As a byproduct of photosynthesis, plants produce and release oxygen (O2). A...

NURSING 602 Module 8 Questions for Self-Study Absorption of Nutrients and Energy Balance 1. Outline the elements of mechanical work, signal transduction, heat production, detoxification/degradation, membrane transport and synthetic reactions that require sufficient absorption of nutrients a. Mechanical work- breaks down molecules into smaller ones b. Signal transduction- the smell of food of taste, triggers saliva which contains the enzyme amylase to breakdown food c. Detoxification- li...

NURSING 602 Module 1 Questions for Self-Study Adaptation and Alterations in Cell Function 1. Describe the processes cells use to communicate with each other - PARACRINE SIGNALING 2. What is the electron transport chain and why is it important for oxidative metabolism and the formation of ATP? -The electron protein chain created energy to phosphorylate ADP to produce ATP -Oxidative phosphorylation occurs in the mitochondria and is the source of energy generation in the production of ATP...