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20+ Biology DAT Score Notes: CH. 5 - Vascular Systems
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20 Biology DAT Score Notes. Saturday, April 3, 2010. CH 5 - Vascular Systems. DOWNLOAD TEXT FILE (RAPIDSHARE). Active Immunity - production of antibodies during immune response. Agglutinate - clumping of antigens called by antibodies (Igs). Allergy - inappropriate responses to certain foods and pollens that causes immune response. Aorta - largest blood vessel. Aortic Loops - 5 pairs of vessels that act as an additional blood pump in earthworms. Arteries - branched off of Aorta. Left Atrium - receives blo...
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20+ Biology DAT Score Notes: CH. 8 - Respiration
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20 Biology DAT Score Notes. Saturday, April 3, 2010. CH 8 - Respiration. DOWNLOAD TEXT FILE (RAPIDSHARE). Overview of Cellular Respiration. External Respiration - entrance of air into lungs and gas exchange between alveoli and blood. Internal Respiration - includes the exchange of gas between blood and cells. Respiration - utilization of oxygen by an organism. Pyruvate - 2 is formed for every glucose burned. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (PGAL) - 2 is formed for every glucose burned, precusor to pyruvate.
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20+ Biology DAT Score Notes: CH. 16 - Evolution
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20 Biology DAT Score Notes. Saturday, April 3, 2010. CH 16 - Evolution. DOWNLOAD TEXT FILE (RAPIDSHARE). Adaptive advantage - a variation in genetic that imparts an advantage. Evolution - change in genetic makeup in a population over time. Actual remains - with teeth, bones, etc found in rock, tar pits, ice, amber. Amber - fossilized resin of tree. Analogous Structure - similar structure, different origin. Wing of insect vs wing of bird. Cast - minerals deposited in molds. Dominant allele - letter p is u...
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20+ Biology DAT Score Notes: CH. 12 - Excretion
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20 Biology DAT Score Notes. Saturday, April 3, 2010. CH 12 - Excretion. DOWNLOAD TEXT FILE (RAPIDSHARE). Elimination - removable of indigestible material. Excretion - removal of metabolic wastes, especially nitrogenous wastes produced by deamination of amino acids, like urea and ammonia. Malpighian tubules - minearl salts and uric acid accumulated here and transported to intestine for disposal. Nephridia - in annelids, two pairs in each segment that rid body of wastes. Renal pelvis - funnel-like region t...
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20+ Biology DAT Score Notes: CH. 1 - The Basis Of Life
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20 Biology DAT Score Notes. Wednesday, February 3, 2010. CH 1 - The Basis Of Life. DOWNLOAD TEXT FILE (RAPIDSHARE). Absorption - The passage of nutrient molecules through lining of the digestive tracts. Anabolic reactions - build up of large chemicals. Assimilation - the building of new tissues from digested food. Catabolic reaction - break down of large chemicals. Digestion - the process of converting food into usable form. Excretion - The removal of waste products. Protoplasm - Substance of life. Conju...
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20+ Biology DAT Score Notes: CH. 13 - Animal Behavior
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20 Biology DAT Score Notes. Saturday, April 3, 2010. CH 13 - Animal Behavior. DOWNLOAD TEXT FILE (RAPIDSHARE). Patterns of Animal Behavior. Circadian rhythm - daily cycle of behavior like eating, sleeping, etc. Complex reflexes - a response that involves the brainstem or cerebrum. Environmental rhythms - patterns of behavior in response to environmental stimuli. Fixed-action patterns - innate behavior in response to certain stimuli. Releaser - stimulus that elicits innate behavior. Pseudoconditioning - t...
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20+ Biology DAT Score Notes: CH. 7 - Neuroscience
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20 Biology DAT Score Notes. Saturday, April 3, 2010. CH 7 - Neuroscience. DOWNLOAD TEXT FILE (RAPIDSHARE). Nervous system - a collective of nerve ending that enables organisms to receive and respond to stimuli from external and internal environment. Neurons - functional units of nervous system. Converts stimuli into eletrochemical signals. Axon - long cellular process that transmits impulse away from cell body to next neuron. Myelin - allows axons to conduct impulses faster, sheath the axon. Schwann cell...
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20+ Biology DAT Score Notes: CH. 15 - Classification
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20 Biology DAT Score Notes. Saturday, April 3, 2010. CH 15 - Classification. DOWNLOAD TEXT FILE (RAPIDSHARE). Order of classification - kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species. Taxonomy - science of classification and nomenclature used. Animalis - heterotrophic, motile generally, differentiation of tissues. Fungi - non-photosynthetic that's either saprophytic or parasitic. Cell wall made of chitin. Non-motile, differentiated and multicellular. Lysogenic - invades, then lay dormant. Dicotyle...
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20+ Biology DAT Score Notes: CH. 3 - Genetics
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20 Biology DAT Score Notes. Saturday, April 3, 2010. CH 3 - Genetics. DOWNLOAD TEXT FILE (RAPIDSHARE). Allele - alternative forms of gene. Colchicine - inhibits spindle formation. Down Syndrom - classic trisomy of chromosome 21. Episome - plasmids capable of integration into bacterial genome. Filial - F generation in genetic crossing. Gene - basic unit of heredity, composed of DNA and located on chromosome. Genotype - genetic makeup of the individual. Monosomy - somatic cells having 2N-1 chromosomes.
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20+ Biology DAT Score Notes: CH. 11 - Digestion
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20 Biology DAT Score Notes. Saturday, April 3, 2010. CH 11 - Digestion. DOWNLOAD TEXT FILE (RAPIDSHARE). Digestion - degradation of larger molecules into smaller molecules that can be absorbed. Extracellular digestion - digestive process outside of cell, within lumen or tract. Heterotrophic - organisms unable to synthesize their own nutrients. Intracellular digestion - occurs in cell in membrane-bound vesicles. Digestion in Unicellular Organisms. Phagocytosis - enveloping of food particles via pseudopods.