Biomedical Science- Final Exam Review Questions with Complete Solutions

Biomedical Science- Final Exam Review
Questions with Complete Solutions
scientific method - ANSWER--question, research, hypothesis, experiment, data, results

cause of death - ANSWER-conditions that resulted in a human's death

manor of death - ANSWER-natural, accident, suicide, homicide

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-documentation
-pictures/drawings - ANSWER-What are the basics for evaluating a crime scene?

autopsy - ANSWER-an examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of the
disease

a double helix; each chain is polymer of subunits called nucleotides - ANSWER-What is
the structure of DNA?

sugar molecules linked by phosphate groups - ANSWER-What is the backbone of
DNA?

rungs&bases of DNA - ANSWER-adenine-thymine : cytosine-thymine

complementary sequencce - ANSWER-the opposite sequence of base pairs

TAGC - ANSWER-What is the complementary strand to ATCG?

gene - ANSWER-make up chromosomes; determines the order of monomers in a
nucleic acid; codes for a protein

chromosome - ANSWER-threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the
nucleus

DNA - ANSWER-carries most of the genetic instructions; deoxyribonucleic acid

nucleotide - ANSWER-forms the basic structural unit of nucleic acids

gel electrophoresis - ANSWER-method for separation and analysis of DNA, RNA,
proteins, and their fragments based on size and charge

restriction enzymes - ANSWER-enzymes that cut a DNA molecule in a particular place;
found in bacteria; provides a defense mechanism against viruses