Q1. Several people habitually use barbiturates to depress feelings of anxiety. Barbiturates cause hypoventilation that is the slower-thannormal rate of breathing, since they suppress the respiratory centers in the brain. What happens to the red blood count of a habitual user of barbiturates? Explain in details. Q2. A paleontologist has […]

BIOCHEMISTRY Competency 208.5.3: Myoglobin and Hemoglobin – The graduate constructs models of various states of hemoglobin, demonstrates how changes in the usual configuration of hemoglobin can lead to molecular disease, and distinguishes between the chemical structure and function of hemoglobin and myoglobin. Competency 208.5.5: Carbohydrate Metabolism, Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) – […]

Q1. A man of Mediterranean ancestry goes to his doctor with the next symptoms: he is very tired all of the time, and he has complexity catching his breath after even mild exercise. His doctor orders the following tests: CBC, hematocrit, and differential WBC count. The tests show immature erythrocytes, […]

Unsaturated fatty acids are often classified according to the number of carbon atoms between the terminal methyl carbon (the omega carbon) and the closest double bond to the methyl end of the chain. An omega 6 fatty acid, for example, would have a double bond in position 6 counting from […]