Lecture Outline Questions for AP Biology
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What do ancestral species signaling molecules suggest about evolution?
What is the function of cell junctions?
What are 3 types of cell junctions?
What are the functions of each cell junction?
What is the purpose of the plasmodesmata in plant cells?
List the functions of membrane proteins
Explain positive feedback
Explain negative feedback
What are examples of negative feedback?
What are examples of positive feedback?
What does a Signal –Transduction Pathway do for cells?
Give examples of Local signaling and long distance signaling
What are the 3 stages of cell signaling?
What are the functions of each stage of cell signaling?
Immunity and Cell Communication
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What are the 1st lines of defense for the body?
What are the 2nd lines of defense for the body?
What are the 3rd lines of defense for the body?
Which responses are specific and non-specific?
What will be produced in Humoral immunity?
What is the purpose of the Humoral response?
What will be produced in Cell mediated immunity?
What is the purpose of Cell mediated immunity?
After macrophage engulfs and digest pathogens, what happens next?
Which cells track down and attack bacteria, fungi, protist, and foreign tissue?
Which cells are responsible for transplant rejection?
Which cells will be activated by 2nd exposure?
What do Helper T cells release?
What does the chemical released by Helper T cells activate?
What activates B cells?
What is the purpose of T cells and B cells binding?
What cells produce antibodies?
What Biomolecule group do antibodies belong?
What is active immunity?
What are examples of active immunity?
What is passive immunity?
What are examples of passive immunity?
List the inflammatory response.
What cell triggers a fever?
Nervous System and cell communication
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Draw and label a neuron
Define the following vocabulary: Cell Body, Dendrites, Axons, Myelin Sheath, Schwann cells, Synaptic
terminals, Synapse, Neurotransmitters
What is the relationship between Sensory Receptors and Effector Cells?
What is the role of a Sensory Neuron?
What is the role of a Motor Neuron?
A Reflex is a response between the?
What is the typical resting potential voltage of a neuron?
Explain why Resting Potential is polarized.
Explain how Action potential becomes depolarized.
Explain how a Neuron will become repolarized?
What is a result of Hyperpolarization?
What is the purpose of the refractory period?
How does an impulse travel from neuron to neuron?
Endocrine System and cell communication
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What is the function of the Endocrine system?
What is the function of a hormone?
What is the function of target cells?
What is the difference between Endocrine Glands and Exocrine glands?
How does the Nervous system regulate the Endocrine system?
Which gland is called the mastery gland?
What are the functions of the following: Pituitary gland, Pineal gland, Thyroid gland, Parathyroid gland,
Thymus, Adrenal glands, Pancreas, and Gonads
8. Which gland works with the excretory system to maintain blood volume?
9. Which hormone regulates uterine contraction and increases a protective emotion? Evidence has shown
this occurs in dogs as well as humans.
10. What hormones are secreted by pancreas to maintain glucose levels in blood?
11. Is the diagram illustrating negative or positive feedback?
12. How do you know?
Excretory System and cell communication
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What organs are part of the excretory system?
What is the functional unit of the kidney?
How many kidneys do you need to maintain homeostasis?
What 3 processes are occurring in the nephron?
What occurs in Bowman’s capsule?
What occurs in the proximal convoluted tubule?
Where does most water reabsorption occur in the kidney?
What processes occur in the distal convoluted tubule?
What is the final structure where reabsorption and secretion can occur?
How does ADH regulate the processes occurring in the kidneys?