SCI 225 Midterm 1 practice questions || All Questions Answered Correctly.

The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the most likely diagnosis? correct answers Cystic Fibrosis Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: correct answers protect cells from injury If a patient liquefactive necrosis, which organ should the nurse asses first? correct answers Brain The nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads to progressive dementia in middle to late adulthood. To which disease is the nurse most likely referring? correct answers Huntington's Disease The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid is called a: correct answers codon The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both genes and the environment, is called the disease: correct answers Phenotype The condition that occurs when a zygote is missing in each cell is referred to as: correct answers a "monosomy" The process by which RNA is formed from DNA for protein synthesis as: correct answers transcription The somatic cell that contains a multiple of 23 chromosomes is called: correct answers an euploid cell Which is the chief function of ribosomes? correct answers protein synthesis A disease results in the accumulation of lipids in the nerve cells of the brain: correct answers Tay-sachs disease Cellular autophy is: correct answers a decrease in cell size The process by which cells program themselves to die: correct answers Apoptosis Which causes metaplasia in humans? correct answers cell injury from noxious stimuli The postmortem decease in a patients body temperature will be documented as: correct answers algor mortis Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal changes in: correct answers cell secretions