DNA
Glycolysis
Citric Acid Cycle
Throwback
Black History
100
The structure of DNA is made up of pyrimidines
What is cytosine and thymine
100
The difference between the initial state and final state of a chemical reaction
What is Net Energy?
100
The TCA Cycle process begins with pyruvate being converted into ___________ .
What is Acetyl CoA?
100
This instrument provides the highest resolution of a tissue specimen in a scientific laboratory
What is an electron microscope?
100
June 19th (Juneteenth) is a celebration to commemorate a historical announcement made in 1865
What is the announcement of the abolition of slavery?
200
DNA is inside of the nucleus of cells in a condensed form
What is chromatin
200
During glycolysis, an enzyme is sused that indicates the committed step which means the process must move forward and eventually create pyruvate
What is Phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1) ?
200
Name 3 byproducts of the TCA cycle
What is CO2, NADH, H, FAD(2H)
200
This cell organelle is responsible for steroid hormone synthesis and drug detoxification
What is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
200
African American surgeon who pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusions ad organized the first blood-bank in the United States
Who is Charles Drew?
300
In order to start replication , DNA must be unbound by an enzyme
What is DNA helicase?
300
This enzyme is found in all tissues and has a higher affinity for glucose
What is hexokinase?
300
Products of the TCA cycle proceed into another metabolic pathway called the _________ .
What is the Electron Transport Chain
300
The toxin, benzene, is an aromatic hydrocarbon that is found in gasoline and produced in volcano fire is categorized as
What is a solvent?
300
In 1981, this woman became the First African American woman neurosurgeon in the United States
Who is Alexa Canady?
400
DNA runs in bidirectional way 5' -> 3' and 3' -> 5'. However, replication can only happen in one direction.
What is 5' -> 3'?
400
Missing enzyme
What is Pyruvate Kinase?
400
For every 1 molecule of glucose, the TCA cycle proceeds _ times
What is 2 times?
400
A comparison of the amount of a therapeutic agent that causes the therapeutic effect to the amount that causes toxicity
What is therapeutic index?
400
the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage
What is intersectionality?
500
The complementary strand reads
What is
500
Glycolysis consists of _ steps (enzymes)
What is 10 steps?
500
Each acetyl coenzyme A proceedes once through the citric acid cycle. Therefore, in total, it created _ NADH + H+ molecules, _ FADH2 molecules, _ carbon dioxide molecules, and _ ATP molecules
What is
6 NADH + H+
2 FAD(2H)
4 CO2
2 ATP
500
Absence of a normal opening
What is -atresia?
500
In 2017, this Boonshoft School of Medicine alumni became the first African American accepted into the orthopaedic surgery residency at University Hospitals – Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi
Who is Kevin Purcell?