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100

The universal blood type

What is "O-"?

100

This is the functional unit of a muscle.

What is a "sarcomere"?

100

The room number of our lab

What is "140"?

100

This is your TA's major.

What is "psychology"?

100

This Game of Thrones character is famous for "knowing nothing."

Who is "Jon Snow"?

200

This is the percentage of red blood cells in the total volume of a blood sample.

What is hematocrit?

200

Fick's Law can be written as Q=DA(C1-C2).  This is what D stands for.

What is "the diffusion coefficient"?

200

This is our lab section number

What is "121"?

200

Dr. Woodman (the voice of your podcasts) is missing this.

a. front tooth

b. index finger

c. an eye

d. empathy

What is "an eye"?

200

This is the amount of times that Ross Geller has been married.

What is "3"?

300

White Blood Cell Counts can be a helpful diagnostic tool, especially when the count changes drastically when a certain health condition is present. This white blood cell subtype is greatly associated with chronic diseases such as tuberculosis and leukemia.

A. neutrophils

B. monocytes

C. eosinophils

D. basophils

What is "monocytes"?

300

These three bones comprise the middle ear.

*Bonus: This muscle dampens vibrations to protect the ear from loud noises.

What is "malleus, incus, and stapes"?

What is "the stapedius" or "tensor tympani"?

300

This is the name of an intern that we have had in our lab.

What is "Haleigh, Jordan, or Tyra"?

300

According to Fergie, the boys that claim they know her always call her this name.

What is "Stacey"?

300

Fill in the blank "I just like to ____; ____ is my favorite."

What is "smile" and "smiling"?

400

This blood disease where hemoglobin becomes spiky and sharp due to a change in just one of the 287 amino acids in a beta chain of a globin molecule. In this disease, wrongly shaped blood cells tend to rupture easily and dam up blood vessels, preventing accurate oxygen flow to the body.

What is "Sickle-Cell Anemia"?

400

This is the reason that aldosterone or ADH would be released into the bloodstream.

What is "low blood pressure is sensed, and aldosterone and ADH increase the reabsorption of water in the kidneys"?

400

This is one of the images printed on the front of our Physiology LAB Syllabus.

What is "EKG wive, Vernier Lab Pro, electronic power supply"?

400

This is a brand of smoke detector.

What is "who the h*ck knows this"?

400

This 2002 rom com featuring Reese Witherspoon is named after a popular Lynyrd Skynyrd song.

What is "Sweet Home Alabama"?

500

This is mainly composed of a soft network of reticular connective tissue bordering on extensive blood capillaries. It produces different numbers of each blood type as needed in response to body needs and regulatory factors.

What is "red bone marrow?"

500

In endocrinology, hormones are categorized as "releasing hormones" and "secreting hormones".  These two organs provide secreting and releasing hormones.

What are "the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland (anterior and posterior)"?

500

This famous functional unit of the kidney performed an iconic new year's eve duet with Gabriella Montez? (Hint: this person was featured as the desktop screensaver of the lab computer during renal week.)

Who is "Zac Nephron"?

500

These are two qualities that a holy infant and a chicken wing have in common.

What is "they are tender and mild"?

500

This is the easily-confused name of the woman interviewing stepbrothers Dale Doback and Brennan Huff.

What is "Pam"?