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Where are we?
100
One long term consequence of poorly managed diabetes when nerves die
What is neuropathy?
100
The functional units of the kidney that filter wastes from your blood are known as this...
What are nephrons?
100
ELISAs are important lab tests in medicine. What does ELISA stand for?
What is Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay?
100
These 2 words (same spelling) describe what some students will do in May, and what they are then considered.
What are graduate and graduate?
100
In a medical facility, this specialty area deals with obesity
What is bariatrics?
200
The name of Anna Garcia's ex-husband (who is now seeing Erica Piedmont)
Who is Alex Garcia?
200
These specific lymphocytes make antibodies when you are sick
What are B cells?
200
Moles are a dense collection of these types of skin cells; if they become cancerous, the most dangerous type of skin cancer could result.
What are melanocytes?
200
Rearranging the same 5 letters, you can spell 2 words that mean the following:
- the next frontier
- what some super-heroes wear
What are space and capes?
200
In history, this decade was when the actual structure of DNA was determined
What is the 1950's?
300
In excess, this type of cholesterol is a major contributor to atherosclerosis, and these types of fats (not trans fats which have been largely banned) generally increase levels of the harmful cholesterol
What is LDL (low density lipoprotein) and saturated fats?
300
This enzyme allows for the digestion of starch into simpler sugars
What is amylase?
300
Antibiotic resistant genes come to be through random mutations. However, there are 3 ways these genes can be transferred to other bacteria. Name them
What are conjugation, transformation, and transduction?
300
Using the same 5 letters, identify the 2 words described below:
- something teens need more of
- something bananas and oranges have
What are sleep and peels?
300
In the United States, this state capital is the only state capital with more than 1 million people (although getting enough water in the Sonoran desert for all these people can be a challenge)
What is Phoenix?
400
This procedure involves inflating a small balloon to reduce atherosclerotic plaque
What is an angioplasty?
400
This procedure allows someone to test for peripheral artery disease.
What is the ankle brachial index?
400
DNA microarrays are a useful lab tool when studying cancer. After analysis, a well (representing a particular gene) shows up as red. Therefore one may conclude that this gene is _____________ in cancer cells compared to healthy cells. This gene is likely a/an ________________
What is upregulated and oncogene?
400
These 2 words (with the same spelling) mean "to guide" or a chemical element
What are lead and lead?
400
In the periodic table, this element has an atomic number of 19
What is potassium?
500
A mutation in this gene results in hemoglobin S which may stick to other hemoglobin molecules when deoxygenated, resulting in sickle cells.
What is the beta globin gene?
500
For coronary artery bypass grafting, 2 specific blood vessels are typically used. Name one.
What are the saphenous vein and internal thoracic artery?
500
To run PCR and amplify a template DNA, you need these 3 basic "ingredients" or components and this machine.
What are nucleotides, primers, DNA polymerase (enzyme) and a thermal cycler.
500
These 2 words (same spelling) can mean:
"To make smooth" or
"of a nation in Eastern Europe"
What are polish and Polish?
500
If you wanted to see lions in the wild, this country has the largest lion population of any place in the world
What is Tanzania?