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- has a connection to all people
- fascinating part of the human body
- a life-sustaining...
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blood
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- has implications in public policy, commerce, and economics
- has been revered by many cultures
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blood
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- one of the most important marker tools used in evaluating health status
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blood tests
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- protein found in the blood
- rise in response to inflammation (an acute-phase protein)
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C-reactive protein (CRP)
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- may be used to screen apparently healthy people for CHD and CVD
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c-reactive protein (CRP)
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- an observable characteristic
- outward, physical manifestation of the organism
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phenotype
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the inherited instructions it carries within its genetic code
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genotype
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signs of chronically high cholesterol (2)
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1. a corneal arcus
2. xantholasma
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a kind of pale ring in the iris
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corneal arcus
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- a kind of build up on the skin around the medial aspect of the eye
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xantholasma
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- autosomal dominant disorder
- causes severe elevations in total cholesterol and LDL
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familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)
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- syndrome comprises multiple congenital anomalies and mental retardation
- underlying defect...
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smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS)
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low D7-sterol reductase
- _____ cholesterol
- _____ blood levels
- _____ 7 dehydrocholesterol...
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decrease, increase, increase
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