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Question 1: What happens on membrane level during an action potential? Question 2: How are polysaccharides and polypeptides similar and how are they different?
What are homologous chromosomes? Which are the human cells that do not have homologous chromosomes?
How are the concepts of chromosome, chromatin and chromatids related? In which phase of the cell cycle does DNA duplicate?
What does the embryonic notochord give rise to? A. nucleus pulposus B. spinal cord C. vertebrae D. digestive tube E. coelom
Which of these features is NOT present in all the vertebrate animals? A. notochord B. the spinal cord and brain C. limbs with digits (fingers and toes) D. heart in the ventral thorax E. pharyngeal sli
What organelle in a skeletal muscle cell stores then releases lots of calcium ions to trigger muscle contraction?
Which cell type contains a lot of secretory granules? A. skeletal muscle fiber B. osteocyte C. macrophage D. goblet cell E. endothelial cell
Scale and dimensions: The diameter of an average cell in the body is: A. half a micrometer B. 1 meter C. half a millimeter D. 10 centimeters E. 10 micrometers
What is autophagic intracellular digestion? Why is this type of intracellular digestion intensified in an organism undergoing starvation?
Question 1: How does the amoeboid movement occur? What are examples of beings and cells that use such movements for locomotion? Question 2: How do the rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparat
What are cilia and flagella? How do these structures acquire movement? What are some examples of ciliated and flagellated cells in humans?
What is meant by suction force of the plant cell? Does the suction force facilitate or make difficult the entrance of water into the cell?
Question 1: Decribe Natural Killer Cells include their major targets and how they differ from T & B lymphocytes.Question 2: What are the two main types of endocytosis?
Question 1: Why does the body have adrenal glands? Question 2: Are the adrenal glands truly redundant in design with the sympathetic nervous system?
Question 1: Why must the neurochemical design of the autonomic nervous system be this way? Question 2: How does the same neurochemical induce different responses in target effector tissues?
Question 1: What is the significance of the anatomic design of the autonomic nervous system? Question 2: Is the autonomic nervous system a true homeostatic system?
Question 1: Mitochondrial DNA is/are A) similar to nuclear DNA sequences. B) circular C) information storage for enzymes associated with photorespiration. D) associated with paternal inheritance patte
A patient comes into the emergency department having deficits in the sensations of her right foot and is diagnosed as having had a stroke.
What unit is used to describe the resolution of a microscope? how does this unit compare to that used to describe the resolution for a computer screen?
What is the difference between a class I and a class II topoisomerase? What is DNA gyrase? Why is it important to maintain the chromosomes in "supercoiled domains"?
How do sigma factors allow for the modulation of gene expression? What two common ways discussed in lecture can sigma factor activity/expression undergo modulation?
Question 1: How does the rate of mutation in mammalian mitochondrial genomes compare to the rate of mutation in the nuclear genome? Question 2: Why do human mitochondrial mutations commonly result i
Describe how the body maintains homeostasis in regulating glucose metabolism in the body. Tell what happens when there is too much or too little of each major regulatory hormone.
Question 1: What do the introductions of species to new parts of the world tell us about interactions between species? Question 2: What is the best strategy for harvesting wild animals for meat?