How could prostate cancer cause infertility?

What is true for all epithelial tissues?

Older people tend to have more brittle bones. Why? Relate your answer to what you know about remodeling and also bone tissue.

A patient is experiencing both frequent fractures AND muscle weakness. What would you investigate based on what those two have in common?

How does the skin help to regulate body temperature?

If someone were born without a pituitary gland, what kind of effects would there be for the reproductive system?

What do all connective tissue types have in COMMON? Draw it!

Why are canaliculi essential?

Tetanus bacterium toxin acts by preventing acetylcholine (ACh) release from muscle cell membranes. What happens to the muscles as a result and why?

Burn victims with 3rd degree burns lose all the major functions of skin. List as many as you can and tell which ones are the most concerning for immediate survival.

Given what you know about female hormones' effects, what kinds of effects happen around the body during menopause and WHY?

Where are the three muscle tissue types found in the body?

While on spring break from college, a student fell on the pavement and broke her wrist. At the emergency room, a resident placed a cast on her wrist after manipulating the carpal bones. It seemed to heal within a few months. Now, decades later she has noticed lumps in the area where the break happened and she has been complaining of pain. What could be causing the lumps and the pain?

Give the steps in order from a neurological signal arriving to an axon terminal to muscle contraction.

Describe two ways you could make a temporary tattoo that lasts longer than the sticker or henna kinds. Your answer should show what you know about the layers of the skin

Patients with endometriosis have a much higher likelihood of ectopic pregnancy (embryo outside the uterus). Why?

Your body is lined inside & outside with epithelium, but it's not all the same kind. How does each epithelial tissue type fit its job? Go through all 6 types!

Astronaut Scott Kelly spent a year on the International Space Station, while his twin brother, Mark, remained on Earth (though he is also an astronaut and has been to space, briefly). What results do you think the NASA Twin Study revealed regarding their bones and articular cartilage after Scott’s return? Be sure to include the types of cells likely involved.

If a person joined the cross country team 6 weeks into the season, how would their muscle cells, heart and lungs be different from athletes who had been training that whole time?

A man got his finger caught in a machine at the factory. The damage was less serious than expected, but nonetheless, the entire nail was torn from his right index finger. The parts lost were the body, root, bed, matrix and cuticle of the nail. Is this nail likely to grow back? Why or why not?

The morning after pill* can be taken shortly after unprotected sex, contains a large dose of progestin (synthetic progesterone). Why would this prevent pregnancy? Give at least 2 reasons utilizing your understanding of hormonal interactions in the female reproductive system.

Bone and blood are both connective tissues. What makes them so different?

How does bone remodeling work?

If you wanted to design a medicine that caused muscles to relax, what cellular activity could you target?

Ichthyosis vulgaris is a genetic disorder affecting a protein that is important for keratinization. There is no cure (yet! Maybe one day with CRISPR?) so they are unable to make very much keratin, but a person can take measures to stay healthy. What problems would a person with this disorder have?