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List three (3) common sites for breast cancer metastasis:

It is very common for cancer to metastasize to the breast.

A 47 y/o F patient is sent over from the mammograpy department. You are told to evaluate the well circumscribed density seen on the patient’s mammogram with ultrasound.   A) What information can sonography tell the radiologist about the breast mass? (1 point) B) Which breast is the mass in?  What quadrant will you evaluate with ultrasound? (2 points)  

40.  Over summer break you are planning on taking a trip to Mexico with some friends! Woohoo! You plan on getting a fabulous tan before returning home to Florida.  You know from Biology class to be cautious in the Hawaiian sun because UV light is a mutagen that causes which of the following DNA mutations? 

16. Which of the following is the 1st enzyme used in DNA Replication (this is the enzyme that untwists the DNA double helix)?

36. Which of the following forms of RNA is least stable in a cell and is regularly degraded after translation? 

9. The either OH or H atoms attached to “which carbon” of a nucleotide sugar (ribose/deoxyribose) allows one to determine whether the nucleotide is a ribonucleotide (RNA) or a deoxyribonucleotide (DNA)? 

44. BONUS! (1pt.) It’s been a AMAZING semester! I hope you learned TONS of biology even while being online! Have a great summer break and I wish you the best moving forward! =) To earn your 1pt EXTRA CREDIT, tell me your favorite thing about class this semester!

18. Which of the following cells would you expect to have the lowest levels of Telomerase enzyme as they don’t need to constantly be creating new telomeres from DNA Replication? 

Deji needs new makeup products and plans to go shopping this weekend. She wants to go to a retailer that is trendy so she can take pictures to share with her friends.  To do this, she decided she wants to go to Glossier. Sarah is participating in which retail trend?