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How do kidneys compensate for respiratory alkaliosis ?

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How do kidneys compensate for respiratory alkaliosis ?

the slower pace this imbalance happens it helps the kidneys maintain normal blood PH

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Hydrophilic

dissolves easily in water

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hydrophobic

does not dissolves easily in water

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What is the importance of water in biochem ?

allows anything inside the cell to have the right shape at the molecular level

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Simple diffusion ?

movement of molecules from an area in high concentration to low concentration

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Osmosis

movement of water through a semipermeable membrane that does not allow solutes to cross

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fluid tonicity

solutions in which the solutes is lower concentrated than the cell is hypotonic. solutes more concentrated than cell is called hypertonic

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hemostasis

the body needs to reach and maintain a certain state equiliprum

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Nucleasomes

section of DNA wrapped around core of protien

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histones

group pf protien found in chromatin

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chromatin

general term of histones and DNA

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Rough ER

Produce protien and ribosomes attached to it

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Smooth ER

produce lipids and detoxify toxins through the liver and kidney

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What are functions of mitochonderia in animals ?

gives energy depends how much this organelle needs

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