Biology/Biochemistry
DNA replication is ______: one old parent strand and one new daughter strand is incorporated into each of the two new DNA molecules.
Semiconservative
This word refers to the electrostatic attraction between atoms
Bonds
*DOUBLE POINTS* A form of associative learning in which the frequency of a behavior is modified using reinforcement or punishment.
Operant conditioning
What is the scientific term for the knee cap?
Patella
Infoldings of the inner mitochondrial membrane that increase the surface area available for electron transport chain complexes
Cristae
Non-mirror-image stereoisomers Differ at some, but not all, chiral centers They have different chemical and physical properties
Diastereomers
A portion of the cerebral cortex that controls motor processing, executive function, and the integration of cognitive and behavioral processes
Frontal lobe
*DOUBLE POINTS* What is the name of the shoulder bone?
Scapula
As the climate became colder during the Ice Age, a particular species of mammal evolved a thicker layer of fur. What kind of selection occurred in this population?
Directional selection
What type of intermolecular forces provides the most accurate explanation for why noble gases can liquefy?
Dispersion forces
Functional impairment of a limb or sensory ability with no apparent physical cause.
Conversion disorder
The tricuspid valve prevents backflow of blood from the:
right ventricle into the right atrium.
The hypothalamus controls the stress response of the body by releasing CRF, which leads to eventual release of cortisol, the body’s stress hormone, systemically. This trigger is eventually suppressed by which mechanism?
Negative feedback loop of cortisol
A certain carbon nucleus dissociates completely into α particles. How many particles are formed?
3
A country where the economy is profit-driven and privately-owned, but public services like healthcare and education and state-funded, would be considered:
Welfare capitalist
What part of the human body has no blood supply?
Cornea
Statin drugs inhibit HMG-CoA reductase. As such, they are likely prescribed for:
hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol).
A nuclide undergoes two alpha decays, two positron decays, and two gamma decays. What is the difference between the atomic number of the parent nuclide and the atomic number of the daughter nuclide?
6
A doctor does a check up on a 40-year-old patient and talks to him in a serious and professional manner. A few moments later, the same doctor goes to a different room to do a routine check up on a 5-year-old patient. The doctor makes funny faces throughout the check-up in order to make the patient laugh. This scenario is most closely related to which concept?
Impression management
A two-week-old male infant is brought to the emergency room. His mother reports that he has been unable to keep any milk down; shortly after he nurses, he has sudden projectile vomiting. During exam, an olive-shaped mass can be felt in his upper abdomen. It is determined that there is a constriction in the digestive system that prevents food from reaching the small intestine from the stomach. Which structure is most likely the site of the problem?
Pyloric sphincter