In cellular respiration, the energy begins in glucose. Glucose is then converted to other molecules and its energy is stored in other molecules. For each of the 4 steps of cellular respiration, list which molecule contains most of glucose’s energy at the end of that step.

Why might certain foods be more satiating/have a higher satiety index than others, regardless of time of day eaten? Give your overall conclusion on the information presented regarding time of day (and day of the week, such as changes on weekends) on satiety and an overall healthy diet/eating plan.

1. In osmosis, which direction does water move with respect to solute concentration?

2. Using the appropriate osmotic terms (hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic) describe what would happen to each organism in the following settings:

a. A single-celled freshwater protist is placed into a beaker of salt water.

b. A salt-water snail is mistakenly put into a freshwater tank.

c. A head of lettuce is placed soaked in a sink of salt water.

d. A bunch of carrots are placed soaked a sink of distilled water.

3. Some gardeners kill slugs by pouring salt on them. Given what you have learned about osmosis, explain why this method is effective.

Regarding the ABCD Method of Nutrition Assessment, when might the assessment of body mass index (BMI) be problematic? When might assessments of dietary intake by registered dietitians be problematic?.

How beneficial do you think that phytochemicals and zoochemicals are, whether in their source functional food or added to another food (different that fortifying a food with a nutrient), or even in a pill as a supplement?.

1. A signaling molecule . . (choose the best answer)

A. Will produce the exact same effect on all cell types it interacts with

B. Could be a hormone or neurotransmitter

C. Will not elicit changes in gene expression

D. Is never water soluble

E. Must travel through the bloodstream to its target cell

2. Insulin . . (choose all that apply)

A. Is antagonistic to Glucagon

B. Is produced by the pancreatic beta cells

C. Triggers storage of glycogen in the liver

D. Promotes release of glucose from the pancreas

E. Is a hormone

3. The posterior pituitary and anterior pituitary are different in which of the following ways? (choose all that apply)

A. The posterior pituitary makes its own hormones

B. The anterior pituitary makes its own hormones

C. The anterior pituitary makes TSH to stimulate the Thyroid

D. The posterior pituitary gland does not affect mammary glands

4. The hypothalamus . . (choose all that apply)

A. Is a nerve center

B. Releases neurohormones

C. Affects the pituitary gland to release hormones

D. Is an example of how the 2 control and communicate mechanisms often work together

5. The action potential of a neuron . . (choose all that apply)

A. Can travel either way through the axon

B. Is caused by an influx of Na ions

C. Is a massive change in voltage on the membrane

D. Can be slowed by myelin insulation

1.A scientist is studying a human disorder that may be attributable to a mutation in the mitochondrial DNA. Based on what evidence the scientist believes this

A. Specific genetic mutation is observed
B. A rare parasitic disease is associated with his disorder

C. Maternal rather than Mendelian inheritance pattern is observed

D. The ATP production is affected

2.Eukaryotic and bacterial DNA replication share many features, but eukaryotic DNA replication is more complex. What features of eukaryotic DNA replication are not shared with bacteria?

A.Linear chromosomes

B. All answers are correct

C. DNA complexed with nucleosomes

D. Eukaryotic chromosomes contain multiple ORIs

3. Bacterial transformation involves DNA transfer to a recipient cell

A.By sexual reproduction

B.As naked DNA in solution

C.By cell-to-cell contact

D.By a bacteriophage

4. Mutations in the mitochondrial DNA can cause human disorders. What future approach involving nuclear transplantation might be available to treat mtDNA-based human disorders?

A.Mitochondrial swapping

B.Nuclear disintegration

C.Mitochondrial suppression

D.Nuclear Activation

5. During DNA replication

A. The two DNA strands separate, each strand then becomes a template for the assembly of a similar strand. Each new DNA helix has one old strand with one new strand.

B. The two DNA strands separate, each strand then becomes a template for the assembly of a similar strand. Each new DNA helix has two new strands.

C. The two DNA strands separate, each strand then becomes a template for the assembly of a complementary strand. Each new DNA helix has one old strand with one new strand.

D. The two DNA strands separate, each strand then becomes a template for the assembly of an identical strand. Each new DNA helix has one old strand with one new strand.

6. What is the function of RNA primase in DNA replication?

A.Provides a DNA primer
B. synthesizes RNA primer that provides a free 5′-OH upon which DNA polymerization depends

C. provides a free 3′-OH upon which DNA polymerization depends

D.

Please describe stutter. How does it happen (mechanism)? How can it affect DNA interpretation

b) A laboratory professional is reviewing a peripheral blood smear of a 10-year-old patient and notes that 35% blasts are present. Which of the following diagnoses is likely based on these findings?

c) A 45-year-old female was evaluated by her physician because she had unexplained bruising on her upper torso. Patient history was unremarkable. Physical examination revealed a palpable liver and spleen. CBC results revealed: WBC count: 12 × 109/L Hb: 8.7 g/dL Hct: 25% Normal indices PLT count: 5 109/L Differential: 80% blasts and 15% promyelocytes present Bone marrow findings: hypercellular marrow with 47% myeloblasts present. Nucleated erythroblasts: 22%; promyelocytes: 28%; megakaryopoiesis appears normal. Cytogenetic analysis: t(15, 17) present.What is the most likely diagnosis?

d) According to the WHO classification, when differentiating myelodysplastic syndromes and acute leukemia, acute leukemia's:

e) A patient presents with bleeding and is found to be in DIC. The peripheral smear contains hypergranular promyelocytes. The white count is slightly elevated. The bone marrow contains cells with multiple Auer rods with a clear blue cytoplasm. What is the probable type of AML?

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How is the life of a sessile biofilm cell different than the same cell when it is planktonic - relative to nutrients, attachment, resistance to antimicrobial conditions, both physical and chemical?

1. Explain why Phenol Red Lactose broth tubes are used for Water Quality testing.

2. A. What does it mean if a water quality analysis returns a positive result for the presence of E. coli? B. What is the meaning of the term indicator organism?

5. Early Monday morning you collect a water sample from a local beach. You set up an MPN test with the water sample, using one tube for each dilution. After the correct incubation time, you examine the tubes and discover positive results in the 1 ml tube, but the 10 ml and 0.1 ml tubes are negative.

A. Should the beach be opened? Explain your answer.

B. What could have caused the results you obtained? Be specific.

define circadian rhythm in  plants and explain what happens when an organism is artificially maintained in a constant environment

Use the pressure-flow model to explain what is likely to happen to water, pressure and solute potential in the following scenarios and how that is likely to affect sugar transport in the phloem:

a. Potatoes rapidly growing and accumulating starch.

b. An Arabidopsis thaliana mutant homozygous for a loss-of-function mutation in the sucrose-H+ transporter SUC2.

c. A plant watered with salty water accumulating higher than normal levels of Na+ and Cl- ions in the root xylem.

d. A plant in which all emerging fruit are removed.

e. Potential adaptation(s) in Sea Asparagus (Salicornia virginica) growing on BC ocean beaches to get sugar to move from photosynthetic leaves to non-photo-synthetic leaves. These plants transport Na and Cl ions in the xylem and secrete it from leaves.

What is a heterozygous B-thalassemia?

Question 10 (Mandatory) (1 point)

A serum ferritin level on a patient with a slight microcytic anemia due to a chronic disease will typically be ___________________.

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Question 11 (Mandatory) (1 point)

Another name for a siderotic, or iron, granule is a ________________________.

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Question 12 (Mandatory) (1 point)

The test which evaluates the binding ability of transferrin is the _____________________ test.

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Question 13 (Mandatory) (1 point)

Most of the iron stored in the body is stored as __________________.

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Question 14 (Mandatory) (1 point)

The ferritin level in Sideroblastic anemia would be __________________.

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Question 15 (Mandatory) (1 point)

Which of the following would be seen in Sideroblastic Anemia?

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