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BIO202 WrittenExamIPotentialEssayQuestions HormoneAction 1. ExplainhowthecombinationofahormoneanditsreceptorcanaltertheGproteinsontheinner surfaceoftheplasmamembrane.WhatistheactivesubunitoftheGproteinthatinteractswith andalterstheactivityofmoleculesinsidethecell? 2. DescribehowGproteinscanalterthepermeabilityoftheplasmamembrane. 3. DescribehowGproteinscanalterthesynthesisofanintracellularmolecule,suchascAMP. 4. Describehowahormonethatcrossestheplasmamembraneinteractswithitsreceptorandhowit alterstherateofproteinsynthesis.Whyistherenormallyalatentperiodbetweenthetime hormonesbindtotheirreceptorsandthetimeresponsesareobserved?Whattypesofhormones arethese? Blood 1. Describefivewaysthebloodhelpsmaintainhomeostasis. 2. Whereareredbloodcellsremovedfromtheblood?

theblood?Listthethreebreakdownproductsof hemoglobinandexplainwhathappenstothem. 3. Startingwiththeformationofprothrombinaseinthecommonpathway,describetheeventsthat resultinclotformation. 4. Whatareantigensandantibodies?Howdotheycauseagglutinationandbloodclotting? 5. Describetheeventsthatleadtothedevelopmentofhemolyticdiseaseofthenewborn(HDN).Why doesntHDNusuallydevelopinthefirstpregnancy? LymphandImmuneSystem 1. Listthecellsinvolvedwiththeinnateimmuneresponseandgivetheprimaryfunctionofeach. 2. DescribetheeventsthattakeplacefromthetimeaBlymphocytebecomesactivatedbyanantigen duringaprimaryresponse.DescribewhathappenstothesameBlymphocytesduringasecondary response.Whatarethemajordifferencesbetweenprimaryandsecondaryresponses?

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