Biomed (FINAL) Flashcards
What’s the pattern of ridges in a fingerprint called? (A _____ _______)
A ridge pattern
What’s a fingerprint minutiae? (which _____ pattern is which)
Which ridge pattern is which
What does plasma transport things through?
Blood
What do confirmatory tests identify? (Identifies ___ _________)
One substance
What proteins are found on the red blood cells’ surface? (B____ A_______)
Blood antigens
What do antibodies attatch to? (hint - similar to antibodies)
Attach to antigens
What’s an independent variable?
The factor that the scientists manipulate
What’s a dependent variable?
What’s measured in an experiment
What’s a cell? (basic ________ in ______ things)
Basic function in living things
What’s a nucleus? (an ________ that contains _______ material)
An organelle that contains genetic material
What are histones (Protein ________ which ___ is twisted)
Protein molecules which DNA is twisted
What is DNA? (double-stranded ____ ________)
Double-stranded acid molecule
What do genetics study? (H_______)
Heredity
What’s a gene? (a bit of ___ on a __________)
A bit of DNA on a chromosome
What’s a genome? (all _______ info in an ________)
All genetic info in an organism