CHEMICAL SIGNALS MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS Endocrine System: a system of glands that secrete hormones to regulate body function Hormones: chemical messengers or regulators • they are released by cells in one part of the body and affect cells in other parts of the body to speed up or slow down processes. Endocrine Hormones – are produced in glands and secreted directly into the blood and distributed by the circulatory system. Makes hormones and regulates the pituitary gland Pineal gland (makes serotonin
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Produced by Anterior Pituitary Gland 2. Targets of hGH are Bone‚ muscle‚ skin‚ adipose tissue and liver 3. Effects of hGH are to promote protein synthesis‚ encourage use of fats for fuel‚ and elevate blood glucose by decreasing uptake and increasing glycogen breakdown 4. Regulation of hGH is hormonal 5. hGH is a protein 6. hGH is water soluble 7. hGH is protein kinase activation 8. Endocrine disorders - Hyper secretion causes Giantism in children and Acromegaly in Adults Hypo secretion - Dwarfism
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Functions and graphing functions Basics: A function is a rule that changes input into output A relation is any set of ordered pairs A function is defined as a set of ordered pairs in which no two ordered pairs have the same element A function must give exactly one unique output for each input Also called a mapping or simply a map The set of input numbers is called the domain The set of output numbers is called the range The set of all possible outputs is called the co-domain The range is generally
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FINAL TOPIC OUTLINE DRAFT - TEAM C ENG/221 3/8/2009 NANCY DELAIN ESQ. Week 3 Team C – Informal Outline Team C decided to create an in-depth manual and presentation on the subject of the Online Discussion Forum. For each of the different forums presented‚ we will provide detailed information on the purposes of each of the individual forums‚ discuss the audience (instructor and student) relationship for each individual forum‚ and provide an informational tutorial explaining
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1. Write the names of four movies or books that feature the following conflicts. Briefly describe the conflict. (Identify two for each type of conflict) a. External conflict The Matrix External – The human race are slaves to Artificial Intelligence. Speechless External – Protagonists are working as speech writers for opposing political parties - Heroine has a fiancé b. Internal conflict Pretty woman Internal – She wants the fairytale and he doesn’t know if he can provide it. Titanic Internal
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Earthworm Smooth Muscle In this experiment‚ contractions of the earthworm gut are measured in an organ bath with a force transducer. The effect of neurotransmitters and ionic concentrations on contraction strength and rate will be investigated. Written by staff of ADInstruments With acknowledgement to: Dr. Stuart I. Cromarty‚ Department of Natural Sciences‚ Assumption College‚ Worcester‚ MA‚ USA. [pic] Background Smooth muscle is one of three muscle fiber types found in animals. Unlike
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and function. the principle of microscopic anatomy. the principle of structural organization. the principles of cardiovascular physiology. Which of the following represents the sum total of all structural levels working together to keep us alive? Molecular level Chemical level Organismal level Cellular level The human body as a whole is enclosed and protected by the integumentary system. This is an example of a necessary life function. Select the correct function from
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Study Outline Chapter 3: Federalism I. Governmental structure A. Federalism: good or bad? A.1. Definition: political system with local governmental units‚ in addition to national one‚ that can make final decisions A.2. Examples of federal governments: Canada‚ India‚ and Germany A.3. Examples of unitary governments: France‚ Great Britain‚ and Italy A.4. Special protection of subnational governments in federal system is the result of: A.4.a. Constitution of country A.4.b. Habits‚ preferences
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last longer than six weeks and infrequently for several years. In this particular disease‚ when one thing goes wrong in your immune system‚ that is the part of the body which fights off viruses‚ bacteria‚ and germs‚ our immune system is not able to function properly. Commonly our system produces proteins referred to as antibodies that defend the body from these invaders. Lupus is an autoimmune disease‚ which suggests that your system cannot tell the distinction between these foreign invaders and your
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Outline and briefly evaluate the view that gender identity is created and reinforced through socialisation. Gender identity is a person’s private sense‚ and subjective experience‚ of their own gender. This is generally described as one’s private sense of being a man or a woman‚ consisting primarily of the acceptance of membership into a category of people: male or female. It can be argued that socialisation reinforces this sense through primary socialisation which is done by the family and secondary
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