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There are two general strategies for forming the phosphodiester bond of phospholipids. Which nucleotide diphosphate supplies the phosphate group of the phosphodiester bond in both strategies?

What is the structural and functional difference between chlorophyll a and b?  What is the purpose of carotenoids? [1.5 pts]

Where are triacylglycerol molecules found in a chylomicron?

Triacylglycerols provide more than half the energy required of the _____ skeletal muscle.

What is the location of the cell bodies of the neurons that directly contact the lacrimal gland and cause secretion of tears?

Anterior intercostal arteries supplying rib spaces 7-11 are branches of which one of the following?

Following a motor vehicle accident, a patient complains of severe headache and dizziness.  A CT scan of the patient’s head reveals an accumulation of blood within the cranial cavity (indicated by the outline in the image), and displacement of the lateral ventricle. Based upon this image, what is the most likely diagnosis?  

The “danger space” is a clinically relevant fascial space because it can allow the spread of infection from the head/neck inferiorly into the posterior mediastinum (chest cavity). Which one of the following best describes the location of the danger space?

Following surgery to remove a salivary calculus (stone) from the submandibular duct (Wharton’s duct), a patient complains of numbness on one side of his tongue. What is the location of the cell bodies of the afferent (GSA) neurons that have been damaged in this patient?

Explain the process of how free ribosomes end up producing polypeptides in the endoplasmic reticulum. [1.5 pt]