What Is an Allosteric Molecule

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Essay

What is an allosteric molecule?

Recognize the significance of medical law, regulatory guidelines, ethics, and risk management in the practice of medical assisting.

Understand the different areas of medical assisting and their respective roles.

Identify key skills associated with general, administrative, and clinical areas of medical assisting.

Demonstrate knowledge of the specific tasks performed in the clinical area of medical assisting.

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Definitions:

Colloid Osmotic Pressure

The pressure exerted by proteins, mainly albumin, in a blood vessel's plasma that tends to pull water into the circulatory system.

Ascending Limb

Part of the loop of Henle in the kidney nephron that transports filtrate from the renal medulla back towards the cortex, important for the reabsorption of water and salts.

Loop of Henle

A section of the nephron in the kidney that is responsible for concentrating urine and conserving water.

Cotransported

Referring to the simultaneous transportation of two or more molecules across a cell membrane, usually by a specific carrier protein.