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What are the two main types of blood collection methods mentioned in the text?
What are the two main types of blood collection methods mentioned in the text?
Venous blood collection and arterial blood collection
Name three popular methods of blood collection or sampling.
Name three popular methods of blood collection or sampling.
Arterial Sampling, Venipuncture Sampling, Fingerstick Sampling
What are some possible risks associated with blood drawing?
What are some possible risks associated with blood drawing?
Pain, bleeding, fainting, bruising, infection, hematoma
What is a capillary sample?
What is a capillary sample?
What can capillary blood sampling be used to test for?
What can capillary blood sampling be used to test for?
How is capillary blood sampling generally performed?
How is capillary blood sampling generally performed?
What is venous blood?
What is venous blood?
What does a total serum protein test measure?
What does a total serum protein test measure?
What is serum?
What is serum?
What percentage of our blood is plasma?
What percentage of our blood is plasma?
What is plasma mainly composed of?
What is plasma mainly composed of?
What are the two major groups of proteins measured in a total serum protein test?
What are the two major groups of proteins measured in a total serum protein test?
Which type of molecules can cross the cell membrane by dissolving in the lipid part of the membrane?
Which type of molecules can cross the cell membrane by dissolving in the lipid part of the membrane?
What is the process used by some substances that are unable to diffuse through the semipermeable membrane unaided, such as glucose and amino acids?
What is the process used by some substances that are unable to diffuse through the semipermeable membrane unaided, such as glucose and amino acids?
What is the principal intracellular cation?
What is the principal intracellular cation?
What maintains the unequal concentrations of sodium (Na+) and potassium (K+) ions on either side of the plasma membrane?
What maintains the unequal concentrations of sodium (Na+) and potassium (K+) ions on either side of the plasma membrane?
Which active transport mechanism indirectly supports other transport mechanisms such as glucose uptake, and is essential in maintaining the electrical gradient needed to generate action potentials in nerve and muscle cells?
Which active transport mechanism indirectly supports other transport mechanisms such as glucose uptake, and is essential in maintaining the electrical gradient needed to generate action potentials in nerve and muscle cells?
What is the process of passive movement of water down its concentration gradient towards equilibrium across a semipermeable membrane?
What is the process of passive movement of water down its concentration gradient towards equilibrium across a semipermeable membrane?
What allows the cell to bring in fluid through engulfing of particles by extensions of the cytoplasm?
What allows the cell to bring in fluid through engulfing of particles by extensions of the cytoplasm?
What is the term for the transfer of particles too large to cross cell membranes, which occurs by engulfing the particles forming a membrane-bound vacuole?
What is the term for the transfer of particles too large to cross cell membranes, which occurs by engulfing the particles forming a membrane-bound vacuole?
Which organelle is enclosed by its own membrane within the cytosol and has individual and highly specialized functions?
Which organelle is enclosed by its own membrane within the cytosol and has individual and highly specialized functions?
What type of transport uses chemical energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to transport substances up their concentration gradient?
What type of transport uses chemical energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to transport substances up their concentration gradient?
What kind of molecules can pass freely across the membrane by simple diffusion due to their small size?
What kind of molecules can pass freely across the membrane by simple diffusion due to their small size?
What do carrier protein molecules involved in facilitated diffusion and active transport have that allows them to attract and bind substances to be transferred?
What do carrier protein molecules involved in facilitated diffusion and active transport have that allows them to attract and bind substances to be transferred?
Which organelle is described as the 'power house' of the cell?
Which organelle is described as the 'power house' of the cell?
What is the function of smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
What is the function of smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
Which structure contains a variety of enzymes involved in breaking down fragments of organelles and large molecules inside the cell?
Which structure contains a variety of enzymes involved in breaking down fragments of organelles and large molecules inside the cell?
What is the main function of ribosomes present in the cytoplasm?
What is the main function of ribosomes present in the cytoplasm?
In a non-dividing cell, what form does DNA take?
In a non-dividing cell, what form does DNA take?
Which organelle is involved in synthesis and assembly of the components of ribosomes?
Which organelle is involved in synthesis and assembly of the components of ribosomes?
Where are ribosomes found when they manufacture proteins for export from the cell?
Where are ribosomes found when they manufacture proteins for export from the cell?
What contains stacks of closely folded flattened membranous sacs and is larger in cells that synthesize and export proteins?
What contains stacks of closely folded flattened membranous sacs and is larger in cells that synthesize and export proteins?
What are membranous sausage-shaped structures in the cytoplasm?
What are membranous sausage-shaped structures in the cytoplasm?
What is central to aerobic respiration, producing chemical energy in the form of ATP?
What is central to aerobic respiration, producing chemical energy in the form of ATP?
In which organelle are some substances able to pass between it and the cytoplasm through tiny pores?
In which organelle are some substances able to pass between it and the cytoplasm through tiny pores?
What type of RNA is involved in protein synthesis and is also found in the nucleus?
What type of RNA is involved in protein synthesis and is also found in the nucleus?
What is the fundamental function of membranes in a cell?
What is the fundamental function of membranes in a cell?
What is the structure of the plasma membrane?
What is the structure of the plasma membrane?
What is the role of cholesterol in the plasma membrane?
What is the role of cholesterol in the plasma membrane?
How are phospholipid molecules arranged in the plasma membrane?
How are phospholipid molecules arranged in the plasma membrane?
What is the function of proteins that extend all the way through the plasma membrane?
What is the function of proteins that extend all the way through the plasma membrane?
What is the main function of protein molecules on the surface of the plasma membrane?
What is the main function of protein molecules on the surface of the plasma membrane?
What does a hydrophilic head of a phospholipid molecule mean?
What does a hydrophilic head of a phospholipid molecule mean?
What is meant by a hydrophobic tail of a phospholipid molecule?
What is meant by a hydrophobic tail of a phospholipid molecule?
