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Anabolic reactions require energy _______ and are classified as ___________.

Synthesis reactions that build biological macromolecules such as carbohydrates and proteins generally occur through this process:

A healthy person is resting, but her heart rate has started to increase above the normal range.  How will her body respond?

Denaturation of a protein means it has lost its _______________.

In a negative feedback regulation process:

This chemical reaction releases stored energy that can be used by cells for synthesis or other processes that need energy input:

An enzyme called lactase binds the disaccharide lactose and breaks it apart into two monosaccharides: glucose and galactose.  What is/are the substrate(s) of lactase?

As part of the evaluation in a febrile 18-month-old female, the following WBC count with differential is obtained:WBCs 6100/mm (normal 6.0 – 17.0 X103/µL)Neutrophils 35% (normal 40% to 70%)Bands 3% (normal 0% to 4%)Lymphocytes 52% (normal 30% to 40%)Reactive lymphocytes 10%These results increase the likelihood that the cause of child’s infection is:

A 26-year-old professional football player comes to the clinic with the complaint of hair loss. On examination, the scalp is scaly, erythematous, and certain regions are purulent. There are several circular spots where the hair follicles are no longer present.  KOH of skin shows hyphae. What is the most appropriate treatment for this patient?

A 67-year-old male, comes in with a severe temporal headache, the pain started in left temporal area and then spread to the right. The pain has been dull in nature but has gradually been increasing in intensity for the last week.  He reports, feeling sore lumps in the area of his forehead, which hurts.  This is the information the patient provided, what is one laboratory test would you most likely order?