Biology Questions

The digestion process starts in the mouth and the complete digestion process completes in the small intestine where all the nutrients in the food are absorbed.

Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors.

a. Parvovirus B19 binds preferentially to the erythrocyte blood group P antigen on erythroid precursor cells.

Answers B, C, D are incorrect:

b. after entry the single-stranded viral DNA genome is transported to the cell nucleus where the host DNA polymerase synthesizes the complimentary DNA strand.

c. Parvovirus B19 infection can be diagnosed by direct detection of viral DNA not RNA.

d. the fetus of a seropositive mother is protected from infection by maternal circulating antibodies.

The term facultative anaerobe refers to an organism that which uses oxygen when it is present or grows without oxygen when it is not there.

When a cell undergoes meiosis process, it produces 4 haploid cells as a result.

Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, inhibits dopamine, reduces delusions, hallucinations, thought disorganization.

We know that the circulatory system of our body is a loop. The Heart is the pump, the arteries and their smaller branches (arterioles) carry oxygen rich blood all through your body tissues from the heart and the veins and their smaller branches (venules) carry oxygen depleted blood and waste products back to the heart from all the body parts.