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Name the molecule made by your body cells to provide chemical energy for all cell processes.  In which cell organelle is it made?

What happens to the blood’s pH in the diabetic who makes large amounts of the acid chosen in the previous question?

Into which portion of the spinal cord would you place your needle to collect cerebral spinal fluid during a spinal tap?

A boxer received a blow to the face that fractured their ethmoid bone and they lost their sense of smell.  Which cranial nerve is most likely to be injured?

During the action potential step- depolarization, which ion moves which direction to explain the change in membrane potential?

Cerebrum lobe that identifies which body region a sensory input came from.  Contains the primary somatosensory cortex

Which of the following can be metabolized by glycolysis?  Select all that apply.

Answer the following questions about the brain in the picture. Name structure A: _______________________________ Name structure B: _______________________________ Name structure C: _______________________________

The nerve you chose in the previous question has a second function.  What is it?

Which type of transport is needed to absorb digested glucose from the small intestinal lumen into the simple columnar epithelial cells?  (Hint: this is what is used to get glucose into the intestinal cells not out!)