Forensics
This molecule can identify a person from biological evidence.
What is DNA?
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
This molecule contains genetic information.
What is DNA?
This body system protects against pathogens.
What is the immune system?
This measurement is recorded as two numbers, such as 120/80.
What is blood pressure?
This process compares evidence from a scene to a possible source.
What is forensic analysis?
This organ removes wastes from the blood and produces urine.
What are the kidneys?
These structures contain tightly packaged DNA.
What are chromosomes?
These medications treat bacterial infections but not viral infections.
What are antibiotics?
This medical image is commonly used to identify broken bones.
What is an X-ray?
This field studies drugs, chemicals, and poisons in the body.
What is toxicology?
This system uses hormones to regulate body functions.
What is the endocrine system?
Different versions of the same gene are called these.
What are alleles?
This type of cell helps the body recognize and fight infection.
What is a white blood cell?
This test records the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an ECG/EKG?
This examination of a body helps determine how a person died.
What is an autopsy?
This is the body’s ability to maintain stable internal conditions.
What is homeostasis?
This is a permanent change in a DNA sequence.
What is a mutation?
This term describes a disease that can spread between individuals.
What is a communicable disease?
This measurement tells how much oxygen is being carried in the blood.
What is oxygen saturation?
This term describes the specific injury or disease that directly caused death.
What is the cause of death?
This chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body.
What is the left ventricle?
This diagram shows how a trait is inherited through a family.
What is a pedigree?
This is the rapid increase of disease cases within a population or area.
What is an outbreak?
This term describes the process of identifying a disease from signs, symptoms, and test results.
What is diagnosis?