Explain the anatomy of a typical neuron
What will be an ideal response?
Dendrites are numerous short, branching projections from a neuron that receive information from other neurons or from the environment. The cell body controls the neuron's metabolic activities and integrates input from other neurons. The axon conducts the nerve impulses away from the cell body. Neurotransmitters are released at synaptic knobs.
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The classical form of the metabolic disease phenylketonuria is caused by a mutation in the gene encoding the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), which converts phenylalanine to tyrosine. A variant form of phenylketonuria is caused by a mutation in a separate gene that encodes a different enzyme involved in the synthesis of a cofactor needed for PAH to function. Which of the following phenomena is illustrated by these two forms of phenylketonuria?
A) Allelic heterogeneity B) Compound heterozygosity C) Locus heterogeneity D) Anonymous polymorphism
Involuntary muscle includes ________
A) skeletal muscle only B) smooth muscle only C) smooth muscle and cardiac muscle D) smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and some skeletal muscle
If a tRNA molecule that is specialized for the transfer of the amino acid valine has the anticodon CAG, it will couple with the codon
A) GTC. B) GUC. C) CAG. D) GAC. E) TUG.
Which of the following choices is not something an epidemiologist would focus on?
A) The acquisition of infectious diseases. B) The frequency of infectious diseases C) The distribution of infectious diseases D) The treatment of a single case of an infectious disease E) The prevention of infectious diseases