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In order for a telescope to produce a large magnification one would select lenses of

Two waves approach each other as shown. When they completely overlap, the resulting wave will look like

Suppose an audible sound wave were being produced at a frequency of 800 cycles per second. If the frequency were doubled, the sound would become

Your bones are playing tug-of-war over calcium levels. Which two hormones are on each side, with one increasing plasma calcium and the other decreasing it?

What classes of hormones are lipophilic?

Let’s wrap up this exam with one last shabang!  Choose TWO (15 points each) of the following questions to answer in detail (oye!): You prepared yourself a scrumptious peanut butter and jelly sandwich to eat after the exam. Since you are now an expert in digestive physiology, tell me what happens once you take a large bite of your ooey gooey deliciousness all the way to going #2.  Be as detailed and concise as possible and include as many anatomical terminology and physiological processes.  A detailed flowchart would suffice. You see one of your best friends is crying and feeling down on herself. You sit beside her, give her a hug, and tell her how so very special she is.  Since you are now an expert in reproductive physiology as well, you tell her about how amazing her life is and how she was created.  Discuss the arduous pathway sperm must take to fertilize an oocyte, the various obstacles in the pathway, and why people struggle to get pregnant.  You will want to be as detailed and concise as possible in order to make your friend feel better soon.    You are at your family reunion by the lake and go to the bathroom. You’re filled with so much gratitude and love (#familyfirst) that you start pondering life’s many wonders, one being you going pee pee in the potty.  Please explain to your 2 year old nephew, who is a budding scientist, how urine is made and the structures involved.  He likes the details and always asks “why”, so make sure you explain this process so that he is able to understand what is going on with his body. Remember though, he also has an attention span of a puppy.  An adorable puppy… “Can you hear me now?”  Imagine you are a sound wave.  What do you need to do in order for me to hear you?  Discuss the anatomical structures and the physiological process of how we, humans, hear.  Yes, your response should be in first person.  It’s moving day (ugghhh) and you need to move the desk that you’ve spent countless hours studying for General Physiology down the flight of stairs.  Your friends show up to help and they soon find out you’re an expert in muscle physiology.  They start asking you tons of questions.  You find some scratch paper in your desk and start answering their questions (with clarity and in a concise manner), such as what happens at the NMJ, how does contraction occur, and what sarcomeres are even made of. Man!  You’ve learned so much this semester!

One day you decide that you’re sick of your life in Florida and instead decide to move to Colorado and live in the mountains. At first, you find it difficult to adapt but eventually living in the mountains feels no different than living in Florida. Because you’re an inquisitive general physiology student, you decide to investigate and dig up some old blood tests with yourhemocrit (PCV) from when you lived in Florida and compare it to the PCV from a recent visit to the doctor. You find that you have a higher hemocrit in Colorado than you did in Florida. Explain in detail why this is the case and the process your body underwent to increase your hemocrit.

In class, we talked about various animal adaptation in sensory physiology. Please give one example of an animal and their keen sense of vision, olfaction, or hearing. I need the details (anatomical structures involved, etc).

Tell me about your frontal lobe. What are the anatomical changes that happen during adolescence? What are your thoughts on the videos we watched in class regarding the frontal lobe? Explain in a thoughtful and reflective paragraph.

A co-ed soccer team has 9 women and 7 men on its roster.  6 players play on the field at one time. a) What is the probability the starting lineup will have 3 men and 3 women on it?  (2 marks) b) What is the probability the starting lineup will have at least 5 men on it?  (3 marks) c) What is the expected number of women on the team?  (2 marks)