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All amino acids exist in L-form except CORRECT ANSWERS: glycine amphoteric CORRECT ANSWERS: act as an acid or base essential amino acids CORRECT ANSWERS: PVT TIM HALL histidine CORRECT ANSWERS: essential AA in child but not in adult purely ketogenic AA CORRECT ANSWERS: leucine and lysine lysine CORRECT ANSWERS: precursor to carnitine carnitine CORRECT ANSWERS: takes fatty acid into mitochondria for B-oxidation aromatic AA CORRECT ANSWERS: phenyalanine, tyrosine, tryp...

Ascaris lumbricoides CORRECT ANSWERS: MC roundworm, colicky pain, lives in small intestine Aspergillosus fumigatus CORRECT ANSWERS: in nuts & grains, makes aflatoxin, primary liver cancer, fungus ball in lung Bacillus anthracis CORRECT ANSWERS: anthrax, woolsorter's disease, inhaled spores, sporulation Blastomycosis CORRECT ANSWERS: endemic fungus on eastern seaboard from Florida to Canada Bordetella pertussis CORRECT ANSWERS: pertussis, whooping cough, inspiratory whoop Bor...

What is the pacemaker of the heart? CORRECT ANSWERS: SA node What is the path of electricity in the heart? CORRECT ANSWERS: SA node, AV node, bundle of His/bundle branches, purkinje fibers What innervates the SA node? CORRECT ANSWERS: Vagus What are the most clinically significant heart murmurs? CORRECT ANSWERS: diastolic murmurs Systole CORRECT ANSWERS: contraction Diastole CORRECT ANSWERS: relaxation Laminar flow CORRECT ANSWERS: streamline, steady rate, all layers rem...

Used first microscope to describe the cellular nature of cork; first to describe microorganisms found in pond water? CORRECT ANSWERS: Anton Van Leeuwenhoek Introduced the smallpox vaccine? CORRECT ANSWERS: Edward Jenner Known for instituting hand washing before delivering babies? CORRECT ANSWERS: Semmelweis Father of bacteriology; disproved spontaneous generation by identifying airborne bacteria using swan necked flasks; developed anthrax vaccine and preventive treatment for rabies? ...