Biomolecules
What is the only polysaccharide synthesized in the human body?
Glycogen
A type of transport that means “cell drinking”;taking in outside EFC
pinocytosis
What enzyme is responsible for creating an mRNA strand?
RNA Polymerase
______ is the study of the genome as a whole.
Genomics
What type of feedback loop is giving birth/labor?
Positive feedback
What biomolecule functions mainly as a source of energy that can be quickly mobilized?
Carbohydrates
What direction does H2O move during osmosis?
Toward the side with more solute concentration
Where in the cell does translation take place?
In the cytoplasm
What are the possible genotype(s) of someone with blue eyes if blue eyes is a recessive trait?
bb
What type of method of study would you use to listen to someone's heartbeat?
Auscultation
What type of bond joins together amino acids?
Peptide
What happens to a cell when placed in a hypertonic solution?
Cells shrivel up
How many pairs of homologous chromosomes are in the human karyotype?
23 pairs of homologous chromosomes
When two alleles are both dominant, and a person who inherits both dominant alleles shows both phenotypic traits.
Codominance
What type of radiology includes using magnets to excite electrons to produce an image?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
What are the four components of every amino acid?
Central carbon atom, an amino group (-NH2), a carboxyl group (-COOH), and an R-group to give it its unique feature.
List the four types of endocytosis
Phagocytosis, pinocytosis, receptor-mediated cytosis
What is semiconservative replication of DNA?
Each new DNA strand has one old one and one new one
Multiple genes that code for one phenotype is called:
polygenic inheritance
What region of the phospholipid bilayer is hydrophobic? What does this mean?
The fatty acid tails are hydrophobic (inside), this means they are water-fearing.
What are the 5 primary types of lipids in humans?
Fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, eicosanoids, steroids
Does phagocytosis require a live cell membrane? Why or why not?
Yes, because it requires ATP.
If the complementary strand of DNA is TAC, what is it's anticodon?
UAC
TAC --> AUG (codon) --> UAC (anticodon)
Hemophilia is an example of what type of trait?
Recessive x-linked trait.
What two biomolecules can we find in the cell membrane? List the examples of each.
Lipids: Phospholipids, Cholesterol, Glycolipids
Proteins: Transmembrane Proteins, Glycoprotein, Peripheral Proteins.