Bio Final Flashcards
(52 cards)
The testes produces hormones called
Androgen( testicular hormone)
_____________lines the seminiferous tubules. And in this lining there are cubodial cells called________and tall and somatic cells called______________
- germinal epithelium
- primordial germ cells
- Sertoli cells ( nurse cells)
_________ are the ones that nourish(feed) developing sperms
Sertoli cells( nurse cells)
List the steps of primordial germ cells developing into sperm
- primordial germ cells
Through mitotic cell division
Produce large number of - spermatogonia (sperm mother cell) (they have 46 chromosomes)
Through mitotic division produce - primary spermatocytes(46 chromosome)
Through meiosis 1 produce - two haploid secoundary spermatocyte(23 chromosomes)
Through meiosis two produce - four haploid spermatid
Through spermiogenesis produce - 4 spermatozoa ( sperm )
Hermaphroditic species
Sex of both female and male within the same individual
Dioecious species
Separate male and female sexes
Himalayan rabbits are ________ Color in moderate temperatures
And ________ Color in cold temperatures
- white coloured coat
- black Coloured coat
Genetic disorders can be grouped into
- single gene disorder
- chromosome disorder
- multi factorial disorder
____________ and ____________ are examples of diagnostic tests to be taken durning pregnancy to find out if the baby had a genetic disorder or not
- Amniocentesis
- chorionic villus
Human gene editing technology is used to
Disrupt harmful genes or to repair mutated genes
Patient derived cellular gene therapy products use
Cells removed from the patient are genetically modified and then Returned to the patient
________ is one of the richest genetic resource centres in the world in terms of crop diversity
Ethiopia
What are the five major cereals that are the core of Ethiopias agriculture and food economy
- teff
- maize
- wheat
- sorghum and barley
_________ is the most recent and complex branch in the field of bioinformatics
Systems biology
How many muscles are in our body
700
Muscles make up ________ of the human body weight
Half
The cardiac muscle forms a thick middle layer between _____________ and ____________ with blood supplied to circulate via the ________________
- the outer layer of the heart wall( pericardium )
- the inner layer ( endocardium)
- coronary circulation
The cardiac muscle is an__________ muscle composed of tissues of the wall of the heart called_________
-involuntary striated
-myocardium
The skeletal muscles composes_______________ of total body mass
30 to 40%
The skeletal muscle fibers innervated by a single motor axon are called
a motor unit
What is Isometric
Doesn’t change the length
What is Concentric
shortening the muscle
What is Eccentric
lengthening the muscle fibers
Humans are born with over _________bones, but many of the bones fuse between birth and the end of maturity we are left with ___ bones
-300
-206