ANATOMY
ECOLOGY
MEDICAL/SURGERY
ENZYMES/HORMONES
GENETICS
100
Name the bone
Tibula
100
True or False
Plants release volatile compounds to warn other plants
False
100
What is the brain surgery called when access is taken from the skull?
craniotomy
100
LH and FSH are secreted from which gland?
Pituitary Gland
100
What is a phenotype?
Physical characteristics
200
What is the largest endocrine gland in the human body ?
Thyroid Gland
200
What allows plant chemical co-ordination?
phytohormones
200
Lumbar puncture, in neurosurgery, is commonly known as?
Spinal Tap
200
Name a hormone with the letter K
- Kallikrein - Enzymes involved in blood pressure regulation and other physiological processes.
- Kynurenine - A metabolite of tryptophan that influences immune response and neurological functions.
- Kisspeptin - A neuropeptide that regulates reproductive hormone release, playing a key role in puberty and fertility.
- Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) - A growth factor involved in skin cell proliferation and wound healing.
200
What is a recessive allele?
an allele which does not express itself, due to the presence of a dominant allele.
300
What organ responds to change in blood CO2 levels ?
medulla oblongata/ Brain stem
300
a type of natural selection that occurs when individuals with traits on one side of the mean in their population survive better or reproduce more than those on the other side ?
Directional Selection
300
What part of the brain is damaged in hemispatial neglect ?
Right parietal lobe
300
Which of the following statements about enzyme kinetics is true according to the Michaelis-Menten model?
A) Vmax is achieved at low substrate concentrations.
B) The Michaelis constant (Km) is equal to the substrate concentration at Vmax.
C) A low Km value indicates high affinity between enzyme and substrate.
D) All enzymes follow Michaelis-Menten kinetics.
C) A low Km value indicates high affinity between enzyme and substrate.
300
In humans, the trait for free earlobes (E) is dominant over attached earlobes (e). If a heterozygous individual (Ee) is crossed with a homozygous recessive individual (ee), what is the expected phenotypic ratio of the offspring?
A) 1:1 free
B) 3:1 free
C) 1:2:1
D) 2:1 free
A)
400
What type of evolution occurs when unrelated species evolve similar traits?
convergent evolution
400
List the six levels of ecology from smallest to largest
Organismal, population, community, ecosystem, landscape, and global
400
What are the 4 main types of anaesthesia?
general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, sedation (sometimes called "monitored anesthesia care"), and local anesthesia.
400
Which type of enzyme regulation involves the binding of an inhibitor at a site other than the active site?
A) Competitive inhibition
B) Non-competitive inhibition
C) Allosteric regulation
D) Feedback inhibition
B) Non-competitive inhibition
400
What is the term for a segment of DNA that can move from one location to another within the genome?
A) Exon
B) Transposon
C) Intron
D) Promoter
B)
500
Type of anatomy that a cytologist studies ?
Microscopic Anatomy
500
deals with the study of how organisms alter the environment for the benefit of themselves and other living beings
niche construction
500
what is a baby whose genetic makeup has been altered?
a) CRISPR baby
b) Genetically Edited Baby
c) Designer baby
d) Genotypic baby
500
What is the primary role of coenzymes in enzymatic reactions? A) To increase the substrate concentration
B) To provide a binding site for the substrate
C) To donate or accept specific atoms or functional groups
D) To act as a product of the reaction
C)
500
Which of the following is an example of epistasis?
A) Two genes that control flower color and shape independently
B) A gene that masks the expression of another gene
C) The blending of traits in offspring
D) Multiple genes affecting a single trait
B)