Match the Terms with Their Correct Meanings

question 86

Multiple Choice

Match the terms with their correct meanings.
-Deficiency of clotting cells (platelets)

• A)acrophobia
• B)angiogenesis
• C)biopsy
• D)blepharoptosis
• E)cardiomyopathy
• F)cystocele
• G)electroencephalogram
• H)hemolysis
• I)hydronephrosis
• J)inguinal
• K)ischemia
• L)laparotomy
• M)laryngeal
• N)mastectomy
• O)metastasis
• P)necrosis
• Q)otalgia
• R)peritoneal
• S)thrombocytopenia
• T)tracheostomy

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Definitions:

Barr Bodies

Inactivated X chromosomes found in the nuclei of cells in female organisms, visible as a dense mass, and a key component in dosage compensation.

Promoters

DNA sequences located near the beginning of a gene that signal RNA polymerase where to start transcription.

Frameshift Mutation

A genetic mutation caused by insertions or deletions of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three, altering the reading frame.

Nucleotide Sequence

The order of nucleotides in a segment of DNA or RNA, determining genetic information.