What are the 5 stages of decomposition?
What are the characteristics of putrefaction?
What happens during autolysis?
List 4 factors which affect rate of decomposition
What is the order of types of orgs. attracted to a cadavar during decomposition?
Describe the stages of rigour
Describe the role of microorgs.
What type of enzymes can be used in gel electrophoresis to produced fragments from a section of DNA?
List 5 structures found on a virus
List 9 structures found in a bacterium
Describe a gram -ve bacterial cell wall
Describe a gram +ve bacterial cell wall
What are the 3 stages of HIV?
In which phase of HIV does AIDS onset?
What are the symptoms of active TB?
What copies viral RNA into viral DNA?
What inserts viral DNA into host DNA?
List 4 non-specific immune response mechanisms
What are 2 types of phagocytes?
What do interferons prevent?
What does MHC stand for?
What do antibodies do?
Which type of the specific immune response are T killer cells involved in?
Which type of specific immune response are B cells involved in?
What does non-overlapping, degenerate triplet code mean?
Which is the coding region: introns or exons?
By which process are introns removed?
What are 2 post-transcriptional changes other than mRNA splicing?
List 6 ways pathogens can be transmitted
What are 4 barriers to pathogens on the human body?
Define: Active immunity
How do you gain active natural immunity?
What type of immunity do vaccines give you?
Define: Passive immunity
Give an example of natural passive immunity
Define: vaccine
List 3 pros of vaccinations
List 4 cons of vaccinations
What are 3 evasion mechanisms of HIV
Which receptors are on the surface of HIV?
How does TB evade the immune system?
The 2 types of antibiotic are...
What is the difference between a broad spectrum and a narrow spectrum antibiotic?
Changes in hospital codes of practice
What does HAI stand for?