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Active Immunity - correct answers Immunity produced by the person's own
immune system. This type of immunity can be brought about by a natural infection
or by a vaccine. It is usually long lasting.
Adhesion - correct answers A sticking together of substances; the molecular
attraction exerted between the surfaces of bodies in contact.
Adenine - correct answers A component of nucleic acids, energy-carrying
molecules such as ATP, and certain coenzymes. Chemically, it is a purine base.
Agarose - correct answers A polysaccharide obtained from seaweed that is used as
the supporting medium in gel electrophoresis.
Allele - correct answers Alternative versions of a gene that produce distinguishable
phenotypic effects.
Alpha-globin - correct answers The poly-peptide chain of hemoglobin that is
designated as alpha.
Amino Acid - correct answers An organic molecule possessing both the carboxyl
and amino acid groups. Amino acids serve as the monomers of proteins.
,Amino Group - correct answers A functional group that consists of a nitrogen atom
bonded to two hydrogen atoms.
Amplification - correct answers A usually massive replication of genetic material
and especially of a gene or DNA sequence.
Angiography - correct answers The radiographic visualization of the blood vessels
after injection of a radiopaque substance in the form of an angiogram.
Amylase - correct answers Any of a group of enzymes (as amylopsin) that catalyze
the hydrolysis of starch and glycogen or their intermediate hydrolysis products.
Anemia - correct answers A condition in which the blood is deficient of red blood
cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume.
Antibiotic - correct answers Substance produced by or a semi-synthetic substance
derived from a microorganism and able in dilute solution to inhibit or kill another
microorganism.
Antibiotic Resistance - correct answers Resistance to one or more antibiotics,
usually due to additional genetic information.
Antibody - correct answers Any of a large number of proteins of high molecular
weight that are produced by specialized B cells after stimulation by an antigen and
,act specifically against the antigen in an immune response, that are produced
abnormally by some cancer cells, and that typically consist of four subunits
including two heavy chains and two light chains
Antigen - correct answers Any substance foreign to the body that invokes an
immune response either alone or after forming a complex with a larger molecule
(as a protein) and that is capable of binding with a product (an antibody or a T cell)
of the immune response.
Antiseptic - correct answers A substance that inhibits the growth or action of
microorganisms especially in or on living tissue.
Antiviral drugs - correct answers Drugs that act, are effective, or are directed
against viruses.
Aorta - correct answers The large arterial trunk that carries blood from the heart
to be distributed by branch arteries through the body.
Aortic Valve - correct answers The semilunar valve that prevents blood from
flowing backward into the left ventricle.
Arrhythmia - correct answers An alteration in rhythm of the heartbeat either in
time or force.
, Artery - correct answers Any of the tubular branching muscular and elastic walled
vessels that carry blood through the body.
Atom - correct answers The smallest whole particle of an element that can exist
alone or in combination.
Atrium - correct answers A chamber of the heart that receives blood from the
veins and forces it into the ventricles as the heart pumps.
Autopsy - correct answers An examination of the body after death usually with
dissection as will expose the vital organs for determining the cause of death or the
character or extent of changes produced by disease- also called a necropsy,
postmortem examination.
Autosome - correct answers A chromosome that is not directly involved in
determining sex (gender), as opposed to the sex chromosomes (X or Y).
Bacillus - correct answers A cylindrical or rod- shaped bacterium.
Bacteria - correct answers A domain in the system of classification dividing all
organisms into three major domains of life that includes the prokaryotes.
Beta-globin - correct answers The polypeptide chain of hemoglobin that is
designated beta and that when deficient or defective causes various anemias (as
beta -thalassmia or sickle-cell anemia).
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