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What is STR profiling used for?
To test for genetic mutations
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To find characteristics associated with a gene
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To determine whether alleles are recessive or dominant
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Why are haemotoxylin and eosin used together?
Haem = basic, eosin = acidic so bind to most substances
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Both are acidic so create acidic conditions to enable cell to viewed
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They activate each other's dye properties
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Different colours create clearer images
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3.
Which type of connective tissue does cartilage come under?
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What type of nerve emerges from dorsal root?
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What does side scatter measure in flow cytometry?
Plasma membrane transparency
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Number in homogenous cell population
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What does parasympathetic system increase?
Water retention in kidneys
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Which immunoglobulin would you find in saliva?
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What is a plasma blast?
Antigen presenting cell
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Antibody producing matured B cell
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Which of these might cause acidosis?
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What does increased RAS activity correct?
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Which comes first in ossification
Primary ossification site forms
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Blood vessel enters bone via nutrient foramen
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Chondrocytes expand and calcify cartilage
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Chondroclasts hollow out medullary cavity
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Which muscle is not striated?
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What process tests for CpG methylation
NeXT Gen DNA sequencing
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PCR with bisulfites added to DNA
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What is a nerve plexus?
When nerves join into a network with those above and below
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Where nerves separate to supply different tissues
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Where autonomic nerve meets ganglion
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When nerves form a thicker fibre with more nerve cells
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Which ligands will nuclear receptors respond to?
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What is different about dideoxy nucleotides?
They methylate very quickly
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Structural features of DNA which help high fidelity replication include...
RNA is stabilised by GAC cap
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Double stranded template for easy checking
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RNA polymerase recognises H bonded complimentary base pairs
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What does adenylate cyclase do?
Stimulates Ca2+ influx into cells
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Activates protein kinase A
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Phosphorylates proteins
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What is ultrasound bad at viewing?
Areas surrounded by lots of fat
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Structures near surface
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20.
Which is an adaptive immune cell responsible for majority of cytokine production?