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You have two subject’s who have both undertaken an exercise training program. One subject brings you her training log and you notice that her blood pressure is constantly increasing (both systolically and diastolically) during exercise, while the second subject shows a moderate increase in systolic blood pressure and little or […]

The human brain and spinal cord are immersed in the cerebrospinal fluid. The fluid is normally continuous between the cranial and spinal cavities. It normally exerts a pressure of 100 to 200 mm of H2O above the prevailing atmospheric pressure. In medical work pressures are often measured in units of […]

A relative of a friend of yours had a spinal cord injury after a bad car accident. The medical team has decided that this patient is a good candidate for a clinical trial using stem cell therapy. Your friend has not had a biology course since high school, so you […]

What is Mendel’s Concept of Dominance? Answer A. The two members of a gene pair segregate from each other into the gametes, so half the gametes carry one member of the pair, half the gametes carry the other member of the pair. B. In a heterozygote, only the trait from […]