BIOL 1080 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Olfactory Bulb, Neurofibrillary Tangle, Temporal Lobe
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Living things contain nucleic acid, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. Population of living things evolve and have adaptive traits. Theory: a well-supported and wide ranging explanation of some aspect of the physical universe. Statistical significance: measure of the possibility that the results were due to chance. Clinical trial: the studies on humans based on newly developed drugs. Informed consent: consent that a participant must take/sign in which he/she agrees that there are possible harmful effects of the new drug that they will be tested on. Placebo: innocuous, nondrug substance made to look like the drug being tested. Epidemiological studies: researchers look at patterns that occur within large populations (ex. air pollution on asthma effect) Transports nutrients, respiratory gases, waste and heat. Maintains constant internal environment thru the excretion of nitrogenous waste. Produces and releases eggs and sperm cells. Ability to maintain a relatively stable internal temperature despite changes in the external environment. Try to keep body temperature around the set point.
