Recent content by galadriel3562

Yes, a hereditary disease is almost by definition also familial. But not all familial diseases are hereditary, depending on the mode of transmission for the familial disorder (acquired or genetic, or a combination of both)

In essence: yes. Though keep in mind that it isn't always so nicely divided as we might like, there's exceptions to any rule...for example, here's a whole table of hereditary (genetic) disorders with non-mendelian inheritance...

As for your first question, some genetic disease require a certain amount of build up before they actually manifest, a good example would be Huntington's disease. The cause is a replication of DNA code which is present from birth, and a dominant mutation which means that if you have one copy of...

Then the VEP would be what you're looking for, tests that usually are referred to as imaging, such as CT or MRI wouldn't be able to show you the signal being transmitted. As CT and MRI would only visualize the structure of the optic nerve and not the signal traveling along the optic nerve. It...

You might try looking for a visual evoked potential test, the test is done to detect issues in the conduction of signal through the optic nerve (can be used to diagnose MS) and consist of administering an EEG to the patient while showing them an image (usually a checkerboard). It therefore isn't...

Would it be possible to get more details on the question? With this I can only give a very general response: immunity to parasites is somewhat different from immunity responses to bacteria and/or viruses as parasites can be a great deal larger than the average white blood cell (think...

Thanks!

I tried to draw everything relevant into the original figure: The centrifugal force (Fc) is the red arrow, the normal force (Fn) the blue one and the orange is the gravity and it's components. Taking the blue, red, and the opposite orange arrows: the centrifugal force in this is then the...

The correct answer to the problem states that: Fn = Fmpz + Fzcomponent, this answer does appear to be correct given that my own solution results in a negative normal force. Given the correct answer I took it to mean that the centripetal force and the Fz component are going in the same direction...

Yes, sorry bit of translation issue I do mean the normal force. As for your statement, the centripetal force in this problem should then be composed of other forces (or components of other forces), but it should still be directed at the midpoint of the circle, no? So given that the normal force...

Homework Statement The problem is as follows: A skater started at the top of a halfpipe that makes a 40 degree angle with the horizontal. He is now about halfway down the pipe and represented by the rectangle. His center of gravity is represented by Z, the midpoint of the circular movement...

In essence I'd say no, because an atom without any electrons (or the 'incorrect' number of electrons) wouldn't be a an atom but an ion, so technically the answer to your question is yes, an atom can leave behind it's electrons, but we wouldn't call it an atom anymore if it does (so it's really a...

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