This COMPOUND, some of it "good," some considered "bad" is carried by high and low density lipoproteins.
What is cholesterol?
100
The common NAME for VARICELLA, a virus that was not reliably distinguished from smallpox until the end of the 19th century.
What is chicken pox?
100
The white blood cell that PRODUCES ANTIBODIES. It's brothers are Cytotoxic and Natural Killers.
What is a B cell lymphocyte.
100
Sterile/Blood cultures --> Royal Blue --> Light Blue -->Red --> Red Gel separator tube -->Green --> Lavender(EDTA) --> Gray top
What is the tube order of blood draw.
100
Taste buds detect the five elements of taste perception: salty, sour, bitter, sweet and umami. A single taste bud CONTAINS THIS MANY CELLS:
What is 50-100 cells?
200
This is the most commonly prescribed narcotic in the United States.
What is Hydrocodone?
200
This food poisoning BACTERIUM effects the gastrointestinal tract. Its colonies appear black on specialized media because it produces hydrogen sulfide.
What is Salmonella?
200
This HEREDITARY BLEEDING DISEASE is associated with Russian royalty, and became known as the "royal disease" because Queen Victoria was a carrier and passed the carrier status down to many of her daughters.
What is hemophilia A?
200
This virus (member of the filoviruses) was first discovered in 1976, following concurrent outbreaks in the Sudan and Zaire.
What is EBOLA?
200
Mary Mallon (1069-1938), a cook in family homes and restaurants was also known as
Who is Typhoid Mary?
300
ALP is elevated in the following disorder. This disease causes gross deformities in the bones due to excessive bone breakdown, followed by disorganized bone remodeling.
What is Paget's Disease?
300
Bacterial DISEASE causing abdominal pain and dehydration. It is associated with oysters, and Dr. John Snow (1854) found the London "Broad Street pump" as a major culprit in spreading this disease.
What is Cholera?
300
This acronym refers to the permissible amount of formaldehyde to which an employee may be exposed in eight hours.
What is PEL?
300
Developed in the 1930s, these COMPOUND were used to restore body weight in concentration camp survivors. Since the 1950s they have also been abused by athletes seeking to enhance performance.
What is testosterone (anabolic steroids)?
400
This VITAMIN DEFICIENCY causes night blindness. It is also known as Nyctalopia from the Greek nykt- "night" and alaos "blind, not seeing."
What is vitamin A (Retinol)?
400
A circular self-replicating segment of DNA in bacteria, these GENES may benefit the survival of the organism, for example antibiotic resistance.
What is a plasmid?
400
This outer layer and protective surface of the skin contains
Stratified (multiple cell layers) squamous (flattened cells)
epithelium that generates keratin and melanin.
What is the EPIDERMIS?
400
Also known as HANSEN’S or FATHER DAMIAN’S disease for the priest who oversaw a colony established in 1873 of afflicted people.
What is Leprosy?
500
This LIPOPROTEIN is also referred to as "pre-beta" lipoprotein, a type of lipoprotein made by the liver. It functions as the body's internal transport mechanism for lipids.
What is VLDL
500
Bacteria having flagella uniformly distributed over the body are described as this.
What is peritrichous bacteria?
500
This hematologic DISEASE produces a spike in monoclonal antibody. Doctors use the mneumonic CRAB (C = Calcium elevated, R = Renal failure, A = Anemia, B = Bone lesions) to help diagnose this diesase.
What is multiple myeloma?
500
This National Laboratory has unique resources
to handle highly infectious biologic agents and the ability to
identify specific agent strains.
What is the CDC?
500
Small molecular weight xenobiotics are absorbed through the skin by this pathway, the movement described as a down a CONCENTRATION GRADIENT.