SCI 225 (SCI225)

SCI225 Pathophysiology week 12-14 QuizA patient has chronic pyelonephritis. What would the nurse expect to see in this patient? - correct answer Kidney scarring Chronic pyelonephritis is a persistent or recurrent infection of the kidney leading to scarring of one or both kidneys. The patient is diagnosed with kidney stones. The nurse practitioner recommends using ultrasound waves to break large renal calculi into smaller stones that can be passed through the urinary tract. Which procedure...

SCI 225 EXAM 2How can we know climate of the past? - correct answer ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agazzis - correct answer created glaciation hypothesis after studying glacial erratics and striations Glacial erratics - correct answer enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers glaciation hypothesis - correct answer over time climate can change and during cold periods glaciers move down and during warm periods they retreat HMS challenger - correct answer a ship tha...

Midterm SCI 225Homeostasis - correct answer Relatively stable internal conditions under fluctuating environmental conditions. In homeostasis, the body's organ systems normally maintain temperature, pH, blood composition, and fluid levels within a precise range and cor- rect any fluc disease - correct answer a deviation from normal structure or function in the body that interrupts or modifies the performance of vital functions. For example, the amount of glucose in the blood is tightly regula...

SCIENCE 225What does NOS stand for? - correct answer Nature of Science What is the nature of science in your own words? - correct answer The nature of science is used as a tool to teach science as an interconnected subject in which all concepts are taught equally. All of the common core standards K-12 are addressed in NOS. What are the 1-4 components of NOS? - correct answer 1. collecting empirical data - table 2. there's more than one way to solve a problem- a diverged road 3. Science ...

Study Stack for Midterm SCI 225Tay-Sachs disease - correct answer A disease that results in accumulation of lipids, in the nerve cells of the brain. What causes metaplasia in humans? - correct answer cell injury from noxious (poisonous) stimuli Algor Mortis - correct answer The cooling of the body after death Dysplasia is characterized by - correct answer abnormal changes in cell secretions Clastogens - correct answer agents tht cause chromosomal breakage What is tatooing and stip...

Midterm SCI 225What is the difference between a complication and a sequela? - correct answer Complication: during a disease Sequela: after the disease Palliative treatment - correct answer Is the relief of pain Know that macrophages and natural killer cell are enhanced by - correct answer interferon Know that histamines and kinins are released - correct answer When cells are injured Understand cell mediated immunity. - correct answer Know that Scleroderma is related to - correc...

Test 1 SCI 225How is solar radiation distributed on Earth's surface? - correct answer hottest towards the equator because of its direct rays hitting the earth directly. What is law of superposition? - correct answer oldest rocks are on the bottom. How can you determine the age of the seafloor? - correct answer The youngest crust of the ocean floor can be found near the seafloor spreading centers or mid-ocean ridges. As the plates split apart, magma rises from below the Earth's surface to...

Test 1 SCI 225How is solar radiation distributed on Earth's surface? - correct answer hottest towards the equator because of its direct rays hitting the earth directly. What is law of superposition? - correct answer oldest rocks are on the bottom. How can you determine the age of the seafloor? - correct answer The youngest crust of the ocean floor can be found near the seafloor spreading centers or mid-ocean ridges. As the plates split apart, magma rises from below the Earth's surface to...

Midterm Study Guide for SCI 225 updatedHeterozygous having two different alleles for a trait Homozygous having two identical alleles for a trait Genotype genetic makeup of an organism Phenotype physical characteristics of an organism Allele Different forms of a gene Klinefelter syndrome A chromosomal disorder in which males have an extra X chromosome, making them XXY instead of XY. Down Syndrome caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 Turner Syndrome ...

Test 2 SCI 225Who is Louis Agassiz? - correct answer came up with glacial erratic; where glaciers deposited rocks differently (1830) Who is Frank Libby? - correct answer came up with half-life which discovered dated wood in glacial material What is HMS challenger? - correct answer SIX scientists who when on a 4-YEAR expedition and discovered 4,700 new species of animals and plants. the found FOSSILS in the wrong climate Who is Cesare Emiliani? - correct answer observed changes in ocean ...