Genetics
What does DNA stand for?
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”
the mitochondria
This process converts glucose into pyruvate in the cytoplasm and produces a net of 2 ATP.
glycolysis
Which ion is primarily responsible for muscle contraction
What is Ca2+
What type of immunity is used the first time the body encounters a specific pathogen?
What is adapative immunity?
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
Watson, Crick, and Rosalind Franklin
This organelle has a cis and a trans side. It is also used to package proteins in vessicles.
What is the Golgi Apparatus
A dimer formed from glucose and galactose
What is lactose?
This hormone produced by pancreatic β-cells lowers blood glucose levels.
What is insulin
Lymphocytes that generate antibodies
What are B lymphocytes
A single helix structure that is the transcript for protein synthesis
what is mRNA
This organelle regulates all functions of the cell
What is the nucleus
What are the primary electron carriers in cellular respiration?
NADH and FADH2
What enzyme is released in our saliva from the mouth to begin digesting carbohydrates?
What is salivary amylase?
The patient has a condition causing them to have an enlarged neck, and constantly have hot flashes. (hyper- or hypo- thyroidism)
What is Hyperthyroidism?
This post-transcriptional process removes introns and joins exons in eukaryotic mRNA.
What is mRNA splicing?
What is a Lysosome
What is the type of Diabetes people often have diagnosed later on in life due to insulin resistance
What is Type 2 Diabetes?
What is the type of signaling used by neurons?
What is synaptic signaling
A disorder where Immunoglobulins attack the myelin sheaths of neurons encompassing the central nervous system.
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
This DNA repair mechanism removes bulky lesions such as thymine dimers.
what is nucleotide excision repair
This organelle is primarily in plant cells or nutrient and water storage
What is a Vacuole?
What enzymes aids to raise blood sugar levels.
What is Glucagon?
What is characterized as the pacemake of the heart
What is the SA (Sinoatrial) Node?
This organelle is considered the first barrier of defense in the body.
What is the skin (epidermis)?