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1. Which of the following situations would NOT stimulate gluconeogenesis? A. High glucagon levels B. High levels of AMP C. High levels of citrate D. High levels of acetyl-CoA - Answer-B. High levels of AMP 1. Proteins are macromolecules formed by joining together individual amino acids. Which of the following is true? A. Protein synthesis proceeds in the NC direction, joining the carboxyl group carbon of the first amino acid to the amino group nitrogen of the second amino acid. ...

What migrates to cathode - Answer-cations migrate to the cathode What is the only achiral amino acid - Answer-glycine How many liters is one mole of gas - Answer-22.4 What is the only thing that can change Keq - Answer-Temperature What can change Q (reactant quotient) - Answer-Volume, concentration, etc What is the heat of formation for elements - Answer-0 Relationship between solubility of gases in liquids and atmospheric pressure - Answer-directly proportional. What is the...

Sociology - Answer-a systematic study of human society, culture and relationships on a group level social institution - Answer-major structures made up of groups or ideas that influence people's daily lives, views of the work, or integration into society ex: religion, schools, political groups, and families Comte's stages - Answer-theological, metaphysical, and scientific theological stage - Answer-people viewed the world and events in that world as a direct expression of the wi...

in vitro - Answer-occurring outside of a living system, ex: tube or Petri dish in situ - Answer-reaction is happening in mixture, generally substrates cannot be isolated or reaction will not occur without other compounds (not used in reaction) in mixture in vivo - Answer-taking place in a living organism transfection - Answer-non-viral (may use chemically shielded plasmid) transfer; DNA or RNA into eukaryotic cell transduction - Answer-viral vector or plasmid transfer; DNA into any k...

Speed of light (c) - Answer-3.000E8 m/s Planck's constant (h) - Answer- Avogadro's number (Na or L) - Answer- Gas constant (R) - Answer-8.314 J/mol*K Electric charge or quantity of electricity - Answer-coulomb (C) Electrical capacitance - Answer-farad (F) Electrical conductance - Answer-siemens (S) Electrical resistance - Answer-ohm (Ω) Energy, work, and heat units - Answer-joule (J) SI unit for force and weight - Answer-Newton (N) SI unit for frequency - Ans...

Asceticism - Answer-severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence There was even fairly convincing proof that this frivolous and exuberant impresario was capable of the strictest asceticism while he was painting a picture. feigned - Answer-Pretended or faked He invented the "paranoiac-critical system," a real delirium of organized interpretation, which consisted of cultivating his hallucinations and putting himself into a state of feigned madness in order to crea...

amino acid - Answer-molecules that contain: 1. an amino group (-NH2) 2. carboxyl group (-COOH) 3. R group/side chain - determines the chemical properties 4. Hydrogen atom (-H) main focus is on alpha aa's - not every amino acid is an alpha aa (GABA) - not every amino acid is coded for a codon - some aa's are converted to non codon coded aa for specific reasons - in eukaryotes they are all L configuration alpha amino acid - Answer-aa that the amino group and the carbo...

Soma - Answer-neuron cell body Oligodendrocytes - Answer-cells that produce MYELIN in CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Schwann Cells - Answer-cells that produce MYELIN in the PERIPHERY Resting Membrane Potential - Answer-about -70mV inside of neuron is negative relative to outside Discuss ion concentrations inside neuron. - Answer-[K+] is high inside neuron [Na+] is low inside neuron Discuss ion concentrations outside neuron - Answer-[K+] is low inside neuron [Na+] is high inside n...

Exocrine glands - Answer-Release enzymes to the external environment through ducts Endocrine glands - Answer-Release hormones directly into body fluids Receptors - Answer-Hormones bind to these proteins and they are highly specific for one type of hormone Peptide hormones - Answer-Hormones derived from peptides that may be large or small and often include carbohydrate portions. Manufactured in the rough ER. Water soluble Steroid hormones - Answer-Hormones derived from and often chemi...

innate immunity - Answer--composed of defenses that are always active but unable to target specific invaders -nonspecific immunity adaptive immunity - Answer--specific immunity -targets a specific pathogen -slower to attack but retains memory of pathogens bone marrow - Answer--produces all leukocytes(white blood cells) that participate in the immune system spleen - Answer--location of blood storage and activation of B-cells, which turn into plasma cells to produce antibodies for adap...