2. Give an example of a type of mutation.

3. Are mutations genetic…give an example?

4. Explain the process of transcription.

5. Explain the process of translation.

2. Why is it important that you protect yourself from radiation from the sun?

3. Use the base-pairing rules to determine the base sequence that is complementary to the sequence C-G-A-T-T-T-A.

4. A plant’s DNA has nucleotides that are 20 percent thymine. What percentage of guanine would be present?

5. How did you feel about the information concerning how DNA was discovered?

2. Research indicates that stem cells may resolve spinal trauma by regrowing attachments between severed nerves. However, many religions believe that stem cell research is morally wrong. Is stem cell research morally, ethically permissible if it can resolve spinal trauma, Parkinson’s disease, and other disease processes?

3. Many people watched the care and rehabilitation Christopher Reeve received. However, most quadriplegics and paraplegics can’t afford this level of medical care and are often placed in nursing homes where they receive minimal care. Doesn’t everyone deserve the same level of care? Is it feasible to expect the public health care system to support this level of care.

4.  We talk a lot about confidentiality in health care. Regulations such as HIPAA legislate confidentiality for medical records. Yer, if a child is admitted to the hospital with subdural hematoma and child abuse is suspected, we are mandated to report it. Isn’t this a branch of confidentiality? Why is this breach okay? Discuss other situations in which it okay to breach confidentiality.

5. If  you had a child in the first grade and you found out that a child with severe cerebral palsy was going to join the class, how would you feel? Does the presence of CP indicate ot predict the level of intelligence?

2. Explain the difference between rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.

3. What is the most common type of fracture in the elderly?

4.  What is a herniated disc. What are the most common causes?

5. How does the structure of the bone make it strong but yet light weight?

2. How do the end products of  mitosis differ from the end results of meiosis?

3. How does crossing-over relate in your lives?

4. Why is meisosis important in sexual reproduction?

5. In humans, the egg is larger than the sperm. Explain how is possible that a child inherits equally from its mother and father?

2. What occurs in the final step of cell division?

3. What would happen if cytokinesis took place before mitosis?

4. What would happen if chromosomes did not duplicate before interphase?

5. Why are individual chromosomes more difficult to see duriong interphase than during mitosis?

2. Explain what happens to osteoclasts in bone cancer? What happens in prostate cancer in this relationship?

3. What happens to blood vessels during a bone break?

4. What is the pupose of the a hybrid fixator?

5. Explain the process during bone repair.