Cpps 403 final exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Another name for the gastronintestinal (GI) system Alimentary canal or digestive tract Inlet of the GI tract? Oral cavity Outlet of the GI tract Anus What are the 2 components that make up the digestive system? 1. Luminal or tubular gastrointestinal tract - include mouth, pharynx, espophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. COntnts within the lumen are part of the external environment 2. Accessory component - teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallb...

Adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA-SCID) -autosomal recessive metabolic disorder -immunodeficiency -increase in dATP inhibits ribonucleotide reductase and prevents DNA synthesis -patients receive BM transplant or ERT -Busulfan to condition patient prior to cell reintroduction Beta-thalassemia common blood disorder -mutation in the HBB gene that produces Beta Globin -BE/B0 most common -Be allele point mutation leading to alternative splicing creating B-globin with partial instabi...