Master nursing pharmacology with this 2025 study guide. Includes essential terms, definitions, and correct answers for exam preparation and clinical practice.

BIO 230 SFSU WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025




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Prionv-vcorrect-answersv-Arevmisfoldedvproteinsvthatvcausevothervsimilarvproteinsvtovmisfold

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ArevcausativevofvMadvcowvdisease



Non-CodingvDNAv-vcorrect-answersv-
Promotersvandvintrons(partsvofvprocess)v98%vofvgenomevisvnoncoding

-vDNAvthatvdoesn'tvgetvcodedvintovavprotein



RNAv-vcorrect-answersv-
Ribonucleicvacid;vavtypevofvnucleivcanvacidvthatvcarriesvcodesvforvmakingvproteinsvfromvthevnucleus
vtovthevribosomes




Genev-vcorrect-answersv-DNAvsequencevneededvtovencodevavfunctionalvproteinvorvRNA

,Genomev-vcorrect-answersv-ThevfullvsetvofvDNAvpresentvinvanvindividualvorganism

Allvthevchromosomevandvproteinvinvthevnucleus



Chromosomev-vcorrect-answersv-
Threadlikevstructurevofvnucleicvacidsvandvproteinvfoundvinvthevnucleusvofvmostvlivingvcells,vcarrying
vgeneticvinfovinvthevformvofvgenes



PackagevthatvholdsvsomevDNAvandvproteins,vpartvofvthevgenomev(humansvhavev46)



Cytosinev-vcorrect-answersv-
Avnitrogenvcontainingvpyrimidinevbasevfoundvinvnucleicvacids,(pairsvofvguanine)



DictionaryvofvthevGeneticvCodev-vcorrect-answersv-



Carbohydratesv-vcorrect-answersv-Complexvstructure;vmanyvsugarvsubunitsvmainvsourcevofvenergy



NucleicvAcidsv-vcorrect-answersv-MakevDNAvandvRNAvstoresvgeneticvinfovfoundvinvnucleus



Proteinsv-vcorrect-answersv-Madevofvaminovacidsvthatvarevfoldedvup,vdovallvthevworkvinvthevcells



Mutationsv-vcorrect-answersv-Changevinvstructurevofvgene

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CovalentvBondv-vcorrect-answersv-Electronsvsharingvbonds

, IonicvBondv-vcorrect-answersv-Electricalvattractionvbetweenvoppositelyvchargedvions



HydrogenvBondv-vcorrect-answersv-(Weak)velectronsvarevattractedvtoveachvother



Nucleotidev-vcorrect-answersv-MakevupvDNA,vinformationvstoragevandvtransfervnucleicvacid



Structurev-vcorrect-answersv-



Functionsv-vcorrect-answersv-



Structurevofvlivingvthingsv-vcorrect-answersv--
vcells,vtissues,vatoms,velectrons,vorganelles,vmolecules




Codonsv-vcorrect-answersv-3vnucleotidesvtogethervtovformvgeneticvcodes



Usevevidencev-vcorrect-answersv-



SilentvMutationsv-vcorrect-answersv--
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PointvMutationv-vcorrect-answersv--
Codesvforvhemoglobinvproteinvthatvcarriesvoxygenvinvthevbody,vmutationvaffectingvavsinglevnucleoti
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-1vnucleotidesvsubstituted,vadded,vdeleted

-Mutationvthatvcausesvavsinglevnucleotidevchange,vinsertion,vorvdeletion