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Opt 211 Test 3
Genetics
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10/26/2007

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Term
About how many genes are in the human genome?
Definition
30,000
Term
What type of genetic diseases are Huntington's, osteogenesis imperfecta, achondroplasia, and tuberous sclerosis?
Definition
autosomal dominant
Term
What do diseases that have an autosomal recessive almost always result from?
Definition
The loss of function of the affected gene
Term

What type of disease is cystic fibrosis?

Definition
autosomal recessive
Term
In what diseases can you see mucous strands on the cornea due to decreased water but not decreased mucus?
Definition
cystic fibrosis
Term
What type of genetic disorder is hemophilia?
Definition
x-linked
Term
What type of syndrome is fragile X?
Definition

x linked dominant

Term
What type of genetic disorder is Lieber's hereditary optic neuropathy?
Definition

mitochondrial inheritance

Term
What is the permanent dilation of blood vessels usually creating small red focal lesions usually in the skin or mucous membranes?  The blood vessels are squiggly.
Definition
telangiectasia
Term
What is papilledema?
Definition
swelling of the optic nerve head
Term
What type of genetic trait is an ABO blood type an example of?
Definition
codominance
Term
What do you call genetic disorders that result from the change of a single nucleotide?
Definition
Mendelian disorder
Term
What is Mendel's first law?
Definition
Two members of the gene pair separate from each other in the gametes, so half the gametes carry one member of the pair and the other half carry the other member of the pair
Term
What type of mutations often cause premature termination of translation?
Definition
insertions
Term
What is the nondisjunction of chromosomes during mitotic division in the early embryonic period when two different cell lines are derived from a single fertilized egg.  It usually involves sex chromosomes.
Definition

mosaicism

Term
What is the unequal separation of chromosomes during the first phase of meiosis?
Definition
nondisjunction
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What is a chromosome or chromatids with noncentrally located centromeres producing chromosome arms of unequal lengths?
Definition
acrocentric
Term
What is the transfer of chromosome parts between nonhomologous chromosomes?
Definition

translocation

Term
What do you call a translocation when the translocated fragment is functional?
Definition
a balanced translocation
Term
What type of chromosome translocation refers to the balanced transfer of chromosome parts between acrocentric chromosomes?
Definition
Robertsonian translocation
Term
What type of chromosomal alteration is cri du chat syndrom?
Definition
Deletion, it produces mental retardation and a cat like cry
Term
What is it called when a section of DNA gets snipped off and reinserted in the wrong way?
Definition
inversion
Term
What type of DNA change is Williams syndrome an example of?
Definition
Deletion
Term
What type of DNA change is cystic fibrosis an example of?
Definition
single gene mutation
Term
What is the most common Mendelian disorder that causes mental retardation?
Definition
fragile X syndrome
Term
What type of mutation refers to the loss or gain of a whole chromosome?
Definition
genomic mutation
Term
What type of mutation effects one or more genes and a point effecting a single (affecting a single base substitution) or Mendelian disorder?
Definition
gene mutation
Term
Where are Barr bodies located?
Definition
on the nuclear membrane of the cell
Term
What cells are used to test for the presence of Barr bodies and hence qualification for Olympic events as females?
Definition

Barr bodies are visible in sqamous cells by scraping the buccal mucosa

Term
What autosomal dominant liver disease causes and extra circular line on the cornea?
Definition
Alagilles syndrome
Term
What are Haab's stria and what are they associated with?
Definition
breaks in Descemet's membrane, associated with primary congenital glaucoma
Term
What autosomal recessive disease is characterized by corneal clouding, enlarged cornea, and is autosomal recessive?
Definition
Primary congenital glaucoma
Term
What X linked disease is characterized by corneal clouding, corneal opacities, and cataracts?
Definition
Lysomal Storage Diseases (over 40+)
Term
What autosomal dominant connective tissue disease is characterized by a dislocated lens, glaucoma, and cataracts?
Definition
Marfan's syndrome
Term
What autosomal dominant neurocutaneous disorders result in lisch nodules?
Definition
neurofibromatosis 1
Term
What inherited autoimmune inflammatory disease causes corneal abrasion?
Definition
Sjogren's syndrome
Term
What autosomal neuromuscular disease results in corneal cataracts?
Definition
Myotonic muscular dystrophy
Term
What autosomal recessive disease results in the accumulation of copper in the tissues and Kayser Fleischer rings around the cornea?
Definition
Wilson's disease
Term
What disease results from an insertion of four nucleotides, is lethal, and causes a cherry red macula?
Definition
Tay Sach's disease
Term
Which form of albinism is found mostly in males, oculocutaneous or ocular albinism?
Definition
ocular
Term
In what genetic disease do babies put out black urine?
Definition
phenylketourea
Term

Would you dilate a patient with Down's syndrome?

Definition
No, they have bad reactions to this.
Term
Which type of Down's syndrome causes a cleft lip?
Definition
trisomy 13
Term

What is the technical term for the water head baby?

Definition
Monosomy X-Hydrops Fetalis
Term
Which disease can cause the formation of bone spicules in the retina, atrophy, and pigment infiltration of the inner retinal layers?
Definition
Retinitis pigmentosa
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