Study Guide for Dr. Woodward’s Spring Biology Final Exam (2015)
Study Guide is Worth 80 Points
There are 100 questions on your final exam = 200 Points
There are 60 department assessment questions = 60 Points
Please answer the following questions:
1 Describe the seven characteristics which make a virus.
2 Describe and understand the correct order of events that takes place during the lytic cycle.
3 What are the four virus shapes and what diseases are they associated with?
4 What is the difference between the lytic cycle and the lysogenic cycle?
5 Which cells do HIV attack?
6 What is the difference between an active virus and a provirus? Give examples of each.
7 What is the definition and function of the following: antigen, antibody, lymph node, memory cell, plasma cell, antibody
8 What is the difference between your first, second, and third line of defense?
9 Describe the following terms: Inflammatory response, Immune response, Endotoxin, Exotoxin.
10 Describe the following terms: Interferon, Macrophage, Histamine, Antibody, and Antigen.
11 What is the function of the following cells? Cytotoxic T-Cells, Suppressor T-Cells, Helper T-Cells.
12 Describe the following immunity terms: vaccine, antiserum, active immunity, and passive immunity.
13 Which diseases have vaccines?
14 How is AIDS transmitted?
15 What is atherosclerosis?
16 What is a normal blood cholesterol level?
17 What is the most common sign of coronary artery (heart) disease?
18 What is the difference between an atrium and a ventricle?
19 How many chambers are there in the human heart?
20 What is the largest artery in the body?
21 What is the largest vein in the body?
22 What are the three major differences between arteries and veins?
23 What is a capillary and what is its function?
24 What is the difference between an endotherm and an ectotherm?
25 What is lymph?
26 What is normal (average blood pressure)? What do the top and bottom numbers refer to?
27 Which side...