Human Anatomy
This chronic respiratory disease causes the airways to narrow and swell, making breathing difficult and leading to symptoms like wheezing.
What is asthma?
This amino acid is unique in its structure in which its side chain connects to its backbone twice.
What is proline?
This is the name for the covering of axons that is white and speeds up neuronal communication
Myelin Sheath
True or false, capsaicin, the compound that makes food spicy, activates your taste receptors
False, touch receptor
This principle of Forensic Science states that “Any time two items have contact, there is an exchange of material”
What is Locard’s Exchange Principle?
This chamber of the heart is the final chamber before blood enters the aorta.
What is the left ventricle?
The IUPAC name for the alcohol in consumable alcohols.
What is ethanol?
The recognition of faces is controlled by this part of the brain?
The right hemisphere
What scientific process is utilized to temper chocolate?
Crystallization
This type of analysis, abbreviated as STR, is the most common method of modern Forensic DNA analysis.
What is “Short Tandem Repeat” analysis?
What is the name of one of the three smallest bones in the body?
What is the malleus, incus, or stapes?
This is the number of ATP molecules generated per glucose molecule.
What are 32 ATP molecules?
What type of brain surgery involves severing the connection between the frontal lobe and other parts of the brain.
A lobotomy
What neurotransmitter does caffeine resemble?
Adenosine
This presumptive test is used commonly throughout the Forensic field for its ability to turn pink when reacting with hemoglobin in blood.
Phenolphthalein Test
This type of gland is responsible for the maturation of T-cells.
What is the thymus?
This is the process when a protein is unfolded or broken, losing its native shape and biological function due to temperature, pH or other factors.
What is denaturation (of a protein)?
This region of the brain contains the dopamine-producing cells that are destroyed in Parkinson’s disease.
Substantia nigra
This parasitic infection, found in cat feces or contaminated food, can be dangerous to pregnant women and individuals with weakened immune systems
What is toxoplasmosis?
Caused by a toxin-producing bacterium, this disease can result in muscle paralysis and has been linked to improperly canned or preserved foods in the U.S
What is botulism?
Approximately what percentage of your blood volume is in venous circulation at all times?
What is 70%?
(Will accept 60-80%)
These enzymes catalyze the three irreversible steps of the Citric Acid Cycle/Krebs Cycle (name one)
citrate synthase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
These infectious agents are proteins that fold abnormally and cause fatal brain diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Kuru.
What are prions?
What compound gives oranges their color?
Beta carotene
This insect and its larvae are commonly used to make predictions regarding time of death at a crime scene.
What are blow flies?