PLTW- Biomed End of Course Final Review.pdf file:///C:/Users/HP/Desktop/NIW/PLTW-%20Biomed%20End%20
PLTW- Biomed End of Course Final Review
1. How quickly does the body lose heat after death?
ANS Approximately 1.5 degreesFahrenheit per hour until it reaches surrounding environment
temp
2. Who did the fingerprint at the crime scene belong to?
ANS Alex Garcia
3. What is rigor mortis?
ANS stiffening of the muscles after death
4. What is lividity?
ANS Pooling of the blood after death
5. What is algor mortis?
ANS Cooling of the body after death
6. What causes your muscles to become stiff after death, or rigor mortis?
ANS Theloss of ATP which lasts for about 3 hours after death
7. What are the 5 manner of death possibilities?
ANS Homocide, suicide, natural,accident, or undetermined
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8. What does a crime scene sketch include?
ANS Sketch, key, and scale
9. What are antigens?
ANS proteins found on the surface of red blood cells
10. What are the 8 different blood types?
ANS A+, A-, B+, B-, AB+, AB-, O+, O-
11. What is blood composed of?
ANS liquid plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells,platelets, antigens and antibodies
12. What protein is hair composed of?
ANS Keratin
13. What are the 4 main fingerprints?
ANS arch, loop, whorl, tented arch
14. What are minutiae?
ANS Specific ridge marks in the fingertips
15. What is an arch fingerprint?
ANS
16. What is a loop fingerprint?
ANS
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17. What is a whorl fingerprint?
ANS
18. What is a tented arch fingerprint?
ANS
19. Do red blood cells have DNA?
ANS NO
20. What shape is DNA in?
ANS a double helix
21. How many bonds do adenine and thymine need?
ANS 2 hydrogen bonds
22. How many bonds do Guanine and cytosine need?
ANS 3 hydrogen bonds
23. Which was does DNA run
ANS negative
24. Which two nitrogen bases are purines
ANS Adenine and Guanine
25. Which two nitrogen bases are pyrimidines
ANS Thymine and Cytosine
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26. Approximately how many nucleotides are in a strand of DNA?
ANS over 3 billion
27. How is DNA packaged?
ANS DNA is packaged as chromosomes, that containnumerous segments of DNA called
genes
28. Why is HIPPA important?
ANS it keeps our medical information safe and confiden-tial
29. When should HIPPA be broken?
ANS if it could harm the public, epidemic, childabuse, or emergency
30. What is acetylsalicylic acid used to treat?
ANS Prescribed to prevent high choles-terol and diabetes
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