BMEN 320
Midterm Exam Study Guide
Spring 2022
1. What is the scientific method to conduct research
2. Describe process to develop pharmaceuticals
3. What is homeostasis with negative feedback?
4. What is intrinsic and extrinsic regulation within organs, endocrine regulation
5. Describe four major categories of tissues and their sub categories and functions
6. Definition of organs, and types
7. What are stem cell, iPSC, and organoid ?
8. What is current pathway to drug development and provide any alternative way,
9. What are functions of blood Bessel in brain?
10. What are different bonds in biochemistry?
11. What are buffers, and their function?
12. What are functional groups in organic chemicals?
13. Describe carbohydrate’s dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis.
14. What is phospholipids and why they are important in biology?
15. Describe protein structure.
16. Describe three types of RNA and function
17. Cell components such as lysosome, perosixomes, mitochondria, ribosomes, ER, Golgi Complex,
18. What is phagocytosis and endocytosis
19. Role of cytoskeletal proteins
20. Describe transcription and translation process, protein synthesis,
21. Two types of nervous system,
22. Describe neurons, their classification, functional categories,
23. Supporting cells in CNS
24. What is myelin sheath, function, structure, cell type, regeneration process,
25. Astrocyte function and blood brain barrier function
26. FDA approval process,
27. Cancer process such as metastasis