In a fictional situation a person is in an accident and can’t sense any auditory stimuli. This accident also destroyed primary visual cortex. Doctors believe that they can possibly rewire optic nerve to primary auditory cortex. Brainstorm a way for the patient to be able to detect visual stimuli using […]

Q1. Locate a pair of articles, one from a professional journal and one from the popular press classically a news magazine or newspaper. Read each article and point out similarities and differences in their scientific foundation. Q2. In the anterior pituitary region, do you see multiple cell types in each […]

Q1. If a human wants to eat about 10 000 kJ per day, approximate (to the nearest gram) the mass of phytoplankton that would be necessary to meet their daily energy requirements. Based on this value, about what proportion of her own body weight in phytoplankton will a 60 kg […]

Consider a hypothetical hemoglobin with a Hill coefficient of 1 and the same p50 value as normal hemoglobin. Choose the statement below that best describes the two proteins. a. The two hemoglobins would be able to deliver about the same amount of oxygen to the tissues. b. At pO2 less […]