Biomedical review Obj 6.00

The study of how a person's genes determine individual response to a medication is known as:

• genetics

• pathology

• pharmcogenomics

• pharming

Home medical test kits such as diabetes, pregnancy, and HIV are examples of rapid:

• diagnostic tests

• prognostic tests

• diagnostic procedures

• prognostic procedures

The police found what they believe is a child's body. How can the body's approximate age at time of death be determined?

• by the shape of the pelvic bones

• by the size of muscle attachment points in the skull

• by the degeneration and wear on the joints

• by the ossification of bones and eruption of adult teeth

The latin term mortis refers to:

• death

• rigor

• life

• flesh

What is karyotyping?

• a technique used to make copies of DNA segments

• a technique used to print DNA on a glass slide

• a technique for separating molecules by length and charge

• a technique for looking at an organism's set of chromosomes

The latin word rigor means:

• death

• discoloration

• stiffness

• temperature

The investigation of drugs and poisons in the body in cases of illegal drug use, drug abuse, poisoning, and death is an example of forensic:

• toxicology

• ontology

• anthropology

• pathology

Which source would be the most appropriate sample to use in DNA fingerprinting?

• hair shaft

• hair root

• red blood cells

• sweat

The study of gene response to a particular medication is known as:

• metagenomics

• epigenomics

• pharmacogenomics

• microgenomics

Dr. Jones is trying to determine the most effective antibiotic to treat a pathogenic bacterial infection. She should order what diagnostic test?

• biopsy

• blood smear

• cell culture

• urinalysis