The Endocrine System The endocrine system regulates the functioning of every cell‚ tissue‚ and organ in the body. It acts to maintain a stable internal body environment‚ regardless of changes occurring within or outside of the body. Endocrine cells have the ability to sense and respond to changes via the excretion of specific chemicals known as hormones. The endocrine system is one of the body’s two major communication systems‚ the nervous system being the other. Communication within the nervous
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Introduction: Bacteria need specific living conditions to survive. The ideal conditions for bacterial growth is a warm‚ dark‚ and damp environment. This provides the maximum effectiveness for bacterial growth. The areas in our school that contain the most bacteria would be the water fountains because the bacteria from our mouths drop off on to it when we drink from it‚ and because water fountains are not regularly washed in comparison to weight equipment. Water fountains also provide a warm damp
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The goal of the study is to show that phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) stimulated activation of protein kinase C-ç (PKC-ç) in U-251 glioblastoma (GBM) cells resulted in activation of both Akt and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathways and an increase in cell proliferation. The abstract acknowledged that previous studies proved that PMA induced proliferation in glioblastoma cells by PKC-ç. It also states that PKC-ç is involved in cell growth through Akt and motor signaling
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An overview of the nervous and endocrine systems‚ their functions and how together they regulate homeostasis The endocrine system is the internal system of the body that deals with chemical communication by means of hormones‚ the ductless glands that secrete the hormones‚ and those target cells that respond to hormones. The endocrine system functions in maintaining the basic functions of the body ranging from metabolism to growth. The endocrine system functions in long term behavior and works
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NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Cell Signal. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 February 1. Published in final edited form as: Cell Signal. 2009 February ; 21(2): 212–219. doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.10.003. NIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript Altered EGFR Localization and Degradation in Human Breast Cancer Cells with an Amphiregulin/EGFR Autocrine Loop Nicole E. Willmartha‚b‚ Andrea Baillob‚ Michele L. Dziubinskib‚ Kristy Wilsonc‚ David J
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The Sense of Taste Taste is the ability to respond to dissolved molecules and ions called tastants. Humans detect taste with taste receptor cells. These are clustered in taste buds. Each taste bud has a pore that opens out to the surface of the tongue enabling molecules and ions taken into the mouth to reach the receptor cells inside. There are five primary taste sensations: • salty • sour • sweet • bitter • umami Properties of the taste system. • A single taste bud contains 50–100 taste
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Study Guide‚ Chapter 16 The Endocrine System Endocrine System: Overview Acts with nervous system to coordinate and integrate activity of body cells Influences metabolic activities via hormones transported in blood Response slower but longer lasting than nervous system Endocrinology Study of hormones and endocrine organs Endocrine System: Controls and integrates Reproduction Growth and development Maintenance of electrolyte‚ water‚ and nutrient balance of blood Regulation of
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Chapter four 1. What is cell theory? 2. What’s the four function of the plasma membrane? 3. What does SVR stand for and mean? Is it better for something to be smaller and multiple or bigger and singular? 4. What does prokaryotes have? 5. How do eukaryotes and prokaryotes differ? 6. What is the cell membrane? Endomembrane system? 7. List the steps in protein synthesis. 8. What is the cytoskeleton composed of? Give me definition for both. 9. What is a centrosome? 10. What is
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9.1 Sensory Reception Stimulus & Response Stimulus – detectable change in internal or external environment of an organism that produces a response in an organism • Ability to respond to stimuli – increases chance of survival e.g. detect and move away from harmful stimuli • Surviving organisms have greater chance of raising offspring – passing alleles to next generation‚ therefore a selection pressure favouring organisms with more appropriate responses Stimuli – detected by receptiors‚ transform
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Mutation in Trafficking Protein Particle Complex 9 (TRAPPC9) is linked to moderate to severe forms of NonSyndromic Autosomal Recessive Mental Retardation (NS-ARMRA)‚ a disease which affects mostly patients of Middle-Eastern descent. Patients afflicted by TRAPPC9 mutations exhibit secondary phenotypes associated with musculoskeletal defects. TRAPPC9 is a protein subunit of Transport Protein Particle II318‚ which is localized at the ER exit sites.424 TRAPPC9 is required for protein trafficking that
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