Carla is diagnosed with breast cancer. She informs her doctor that her mother and her grandmother have also had breast cancer. The doctor explains to Carla that she has specific genes that make her more vulnerable to breast cancer and that she is genetically predisposed to develop the disease. In this scenario, these genes are known as

The following image is of a diatom. it lives in water and gets food from photosynthesis. it is encased in a hard shell made of something similar to glass or sand . a diatom is a(n) because it has a) multi-celled organism; specialized parts. b) vertebrate; a skeleton. c) insect; an exoskeleton. d) single-called organism; only one cell.

Aflashlight produces light using energy from the batteries. in which order does the energy change form? a. from chemical to electric to light energy b. from electric to light to chemical energy c. from electric to chemical to light energy d. from light to electric to chemical energy

Match the following terms describing electrical events with the correct phases of the cardiac cycle. the ventricular muscle cells depolarize at the start of this phase. during this phase, na+ entry through the funny channels causes the pacemaker potential of sa nodal cells to gradually become less negative until it reaches threshold. the ventricular muscle cells repolarize right before this phase. the cytosolic concentration of calcium in the contractile cells of the ventricle is highest during this phase. a. isovolumetric relaxation b. ventricular ejection c. isovolumetric contraction d. ventricular filling