Sickle Cell Anemia: Vocab Review

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Erythrocyte: Function?

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Red blood cell: carries oxygen.

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Hemoglobin is found in red blood cells.

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Its function is to carry oxygen.

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Hemoglobin is a type of:

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Protein

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Why does your body need oxygen?

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Oxygen is used to make energy (ATP) throughout the body.

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Protein synthesis:

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Making proteins

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Steps of protein synthesis:

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DNA → mRNA → protein

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Proteins must be made of the correct amino acids in the correct order to function.

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TRUE

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Stem cell definition

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A cell without a job

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Where are most adult stem cells found?

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In the bone marrow

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Mutation:

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A mistake in DNA.