8/6/2019 Written Exam I Potential Essay Questions F11
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BIO202
WrittenExamI PotentialEssayQuestions
HormoneAction
1.
ExplainhowthecombinationofahormoneanditsreceptorcanaltertheGproteinsontheinnersurfaceoftheplasmamembrane.
WhatistheactivesubunitoftheGproteinthatinteractswithandalterstheactivityofmoleculesinsidethecell?
2.
DescribehowGproteinscanalterthepermeabilityoftheplasmamembrane.3.
DescribehowGproteinscanalterthesynthesisofanintracellularmolecule,suchascAMP.4.
Describehowahormonethatcrossestheplasmamembraneinteractswithitsreceptorandhowit
alterstherateofproteinsynthesis.
Whyistherenormallyalatentperiodbetweenthetimehormonesbindtotheirreceptorsandthetimeresponsesareobserved?
Whattypesofhormonesarethese?
Blood
1. Describefivewaysthebloodhelpsmaintainhomeostasis.2.
Whereareredbloodcellsremovedfromtheblood?
Listthethreebreakdownproductsof
hemoglobinandexplainwhathappenstothem.3.
Startingwiththeformationofprothrombinaseinthecommonpathway,describetheeventsthat
resultinclotformation.4. Whatareantigensandantibodies?
Howdotheycauseagglutinationandbloodclotting?5.
Describetheeventsthatleadtothedevelopmentofhemolyticdiseaseofthenewborn(HDN).
Why
doesntHDNusuallydevelopinthefirstpregnancy?LymphandImmuneSystem
1.
Listthecellsinvolvedwiththeinnateimmuneresponseandgivetheprimaryfunctionofeach.2.
DescribetheeventsthattakeplacefromthetimeaBlymphocytebecomesactivatedbyanantigen
duringaprimaryresponse.
DescribewhathappenstothesameBlymphocytesduringasecondaryresponse.
Whatarethemajordifferencesbetweenprimaryandsecondaryresponses?
