Suppose that two mosquito populations are being studied. The populations differ in their choice of the water in which they choose to lay their eggs. One population is urban, and avoids laying eggs in water treated with insecticides which are heavily used in urban areas. What difference between populations would […]

Pompe’s disease is one of a class of lysosomal storage diseases in which one or more enzymes that are normally found in the lysosomes are defective or absent. In Pompe’s disease, the enzyme that normally breaks down glycogen is absent. Describe what you would see in an electron micrograph of […]

Q. Joe Average has just been frightened by a very loud noise as he was taking a very difficult physiology exam. In response, his adrenal glands have released a large amount of adrenaline into his circulation. As the adrenaline reaches the heart, which of the follow effects would you expect […]

An alien spacecraft has crash landed on Ram Plaza here on campus.  One of the space travelers seems to have survived, but with very serious injuries.  Before you can treat the traveler you must determine particular cellular facts so that you can administer the appropriate solutions.  After taking a cell sample you determine the concentrations […]