Biomed (FINAL) Flashcards

1
Q

What’s the pattern of ridges in a fingerprint called? (A _____ _______)

A

A ridge pattern

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What’s a fingerprint minutiae? (which _____ pattern is which)

A

Which ridge pattern is which

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2
Q

What does plasma transport things through?

A

Blood

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3
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What do confirmatory tests identify? (Identifies ___ _________)

A

One substance

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4
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What proteins are found on the red blood cells’ surface? (B____ A_______)

A

Blood antigens

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5
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What do antibodies attatch to? (hint - similar to antibodies)

A

Attach to antigens

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6
Q

What’s an independent variable?

A

The factor that the scientists manipulate

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7
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What’s a dependent variable?

A

What’s measured in an experiment

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8
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What’s a cell? (basic ________ in ______ things)

A

Basic function in living things

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9
Q

What’s a nucleus? (an ________ that contains _______ material)

A

An organelle that contains genetic material

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10
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What are histones (Protein ________ which ___ is twisted)

A

Protein molecules which DNA is twisted

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11
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What is DNA? (double-stranded ____ ________)

A

Double-stranded acid molecule

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12
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What do genetics study? (H_______)

A

Heredity

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13
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What’s a gene? (a bit of ___ on a __________)

A

A bit of DNA on a chromosome

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14
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What’s a genome? (all _______ info in an ________)

A

All genetic info in an organism

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15
Q

What’s a chromosome? (thread-like _________ made of DNA _________)

A

Thread-like structure made of DNA molecules

16
Q

What are base pairs? (pairs formed between _____ in the structure of ___)

A

Pairs formed between bases in the structure of DNA

17
Q

Eukaryotic cells (think on what a prokaryotic cell doesn’t have)

A

Has a nucleus/organelle that bond by membranes

18
Q

Prokaryotic cells (think on what a eukaryotic cell has)

A

Doesn’t have a nucleus/organelle that bond by membranes

19
Q

What’s an organelle? (small ____ structures that carry out a ________ within the ____)

A

Small cell structures that carry out a function within the cell

20
Q

Nucleotide (monomer of _______ _____)

A

Monomor of nucleic acids

21
Q

DNA profile (a person’s ___ ________ )

A

A person’s unique DNA sequence

22
Q

Restriction enzymes (recognizes specific ____ _____ and ____ it)

A

Recognizes specific base pairs and cuts it

23
Q

PCR (technique that allows __________ to make lots of ______ of a ____)

A

Technique that allows biologists to make lots of copies of a gene

24
Q

Recognition site (a specific ____ ____ where a __________ ______ will cut)

A

Specific base pair where a restriction enzyme will cut

25
Q

Restriction digest (___________ _______ used to cut ___)

A

Restriction enzymes used to cut DNA

26
Q

What’s a gel electrophoresis? (used to separate ___ _________ by placing a mixture of ___ on a ___)

A

Used to separate DNA fragments by placing a mixture of DNA on a gel

27
Q

RFLP (differences in ____that can result in _________ _______)

A

Differences in DNA that can result in different patterns

28
Q

DNA ladder (different-sized ___ _________ in ____ _____)

A

Different-sized DNA fragments in base pairs

29
Q

What are DNA bands? (_____ on the agarose gel once _______)

A

Lines on the agarose gel once stained

30
Q

What’s a well? (a ____ in an agarose gel)

A

Hole in an agarose gel where DNA is inserted

31
Q

Agarose gel

A

A jelly slab

32
Q

What’s a micropipette? (tool used to insert ___ into the _____)

A

Tool used to insert DNA into the wells