Antibody structure - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

PATHOLOGY HIGH YIELD NBME ELABORATED QUESTIONS AND REVIEWED ANSWERS 2023/2024 Anticentromere antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Scleroderma (CREST) Antidesmoglein (epithelial) antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering) Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Goodpasture's syndrome (glomerulonehpritis and hemoptysis) Antihistone antibodies - CORRECT ANSWER-Drug-induced SLE (hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide) Anti-IgG antibodies - CORRE...

WGU pathophysiology D236-Exam Questions and Answers 2022/2023 What is Starling's Law of Capillary forces? How does this explain why a nutritionally deficient child would have edema? - ANSWER Starling's Law describes how fluids move across the capillary membrane. There are two major opposing forces that act to balance each other, hydrostatic pressure (pushing water out of the capillaries) and osmotic pressure (including oncontic pressure, which pushes fluid into the capillaries). Bot...

IBCLC Exam Questions With Answers | Latest Updated | Graded A+ 2023/2024. Anaphylaxis Correct Ans:- Hypersensitivity (as to foreign proteins or drugs) resulting from sensitization following prior contact with the causative agent. Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary. Anchor scar Correct Ans:- Surgical technique for breast reduction, slang. Ankyglossia Correct Ans:- A tongue tie. Characterized by a thick, short, or tight frenulum under the tongue. Can cause breastfeeding issues, such as a pai...

Antigen Shape to Antibody Shape - Answer-Simple = Pocket Large = Groove Complex = Extended Surface Type of chemical bond used with antibodies - Answer-1)Electrostatic 2) Hydrogen bonds 3) Van der Waals forces 4) Hydrophobic interactions Cross reactivity - Answer-The biding site can accept a shape close enough in shape and get reaction or a stable structure Ex. Penicillin and other B-lactam Diagnostic tests for antibody/antigen - Answer-ELISA Lateral Flow test (pregnancy hCG) Immunofl...

Test Bank Porth Pathophysiology Concepts of Altered Health States 2nd Canadian EditionTable of Contents Chapter 01: Concepts of Health and Disease .......................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 02: Concepts of Altered Health in Children ............................................................................................. 13 Chapter 03: Concepts of Altered Health in Older Adults ............................................

(AAERT TEST) MEDICAL TERMINOLOGYabnormal Pertaining to away from the normal anatomy The study of the structure of an organism such as humans anemia A condition of a lack of red blood cells angioplasty Surgical repair of a blood vessel or vessels anorexia Lack of appetite antibody A protein substance produced in the body in response to an invading foreign substance

APHY 102 Final Exam Review with correct Answers What type of epithelium forms the mucosa of the respiratory tract? ciliated columnar epithelium What causes ovulation of mature egg from ovary & production of estrogen & progesterone. Luteinizing hormone phases of ovarian cycle follicular phase, ovulation, luteal phase The site of sperm maturation and storage epididymis Which of the glands is responsible for 60% of the synthesis of semen? Seminal vesicles What does co...

DNA Replication - ANSWERDNA helicase breaks hydrogen bonds. Each strand acts as a template. Free nucleotides attach. Complementary base pairing occurs- AT and CG. DNA polymerase joins nucleotides. Hydrogen bonds reform. Semi-conservative replication- new DNA molecule contains one old and one new strand Transcription - ANSWERDNA helicase breaks hydrogen bonds between DNA strands. One strand acts as a template. RNA nucleotides attract to exposed complementary bases on DNA. RNA polymerase joins ...

MLS Study Guide Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Define precipitation - ANSWERSantigen-antibody complex where the antigen is free or soluble (lattice structure). Define agglutination - ANSWERSantigen-antibody complex where antigen is bound to particle or cell (insoluble). Define affinity - ANSWERSamount of initial attraction between antibody (fab site) and corresponding antigen (epitope). Define avidity - ANSWERSsum of all attractive forces between antigen and antibody. What...

A good transition-state analog: A) binds covalently to the enzyme. B) binds to the enzyme more tightly than the substrate. C) binds very weakly to the enzyme. D) is too unstable to isolate. E) must be almost identical to the substrate. - Answer-binds to the enzyme more tightly than the substrate. A major advance in the application of mass spectrometry to macromolecules came with the development of techniques to overcome which of the following problems? A) Macromolecules were insoluble i...