Exam 1 Core
Type of epithelia found in human kidneys
What are simple cuboidal?
The most common signaling molecule for vasodilation in blood vessels
What is nitric oxide?
Ratio of sodium to potassium ions pumped out/in to a cell by the sodium potassium pump to reset resting potential
What is 3:2?
Term for an evolutionary tree that reflects evolutionary relationships among many groups of organisms
What is a cladogram?
In patients with asthma, the process for which albuterol is intended to initiate when a physician prescribes it
What is bronchodilation?
If a patient is experiencing extreme constipation, the portion of the alimentary canal most likely to be examined by a physician
What is the large intestine?
The first cell formed during spermatogenesis that is haploid in nature
What is the secondary spermatocyte?
Ion whose influx causes the fusion of vesicles containing neurotransmitters with the presynaptic terminal membrane of a neuron
What is calcium?
Genotype represented by the "2pq" portion of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation
What is heterozygous?
Portion of a nephron targeted by a diuretic medication
What is the ascending Loop of Henle?
The most typically-defective structure in a patient with a heart murmur
What is the left atrioventricular (AV)/bicuspid valve?
Step of urine production in which podocytes act
What is filtration?
Lobe of the human brain that controls hearing ability
What is the temporal lobe?
Colonization is an example of this type of genetic drift
What is the founder effect?
One of two hormones that may be injected into a patient during an IUI procedure that also can be found in the developing embryo's chorion later on in development
What is hCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin)?
The first non-physical barrier line of defense of innate immunity
What are neutrophils?
Process disrupted by administering an ACE inhibitor blood pressure medication
What is vasoconstriction?
Approximate number of cone photoreceptor cells per human eye
What is 6 million?
The event that is not occurring during the process of allopatric speciation
What is gene flow?
Serotonin receptor targeted by hallucinogenic mushrooms
What are 5HT receptors?
Cellular structure most strongly affected by the binding of TLR 5
What is the flagellum?
Extracellular matrix of a secondary oocyte that a sperm must first penetrate in order to reach the cell membrane
What is the zona pellucida?
Shape arrangement of actin chains on thin filament of a sarcomere
What is a double helix?
Subgroup that contains all placental mammals
What are Eutherians?
Class of organisms that offered "transitional" fossil evidence for whale evolution
What are protocetids?