FIS 305 – Exam 1 Study Guide and Practice Questions
What is saliva made up of? - correct answer ✔✔ water, electrolytes, mucus, proteins, salts,
enzymes
What glands is saliva secreted by? - correct answer ✔✔ sublingual, submandibular, and parotid
What enzyme is in saliva from the parotid glands? - correct answer ✔✔ amylase enzyme
What does the parotid gland help with? - correct answer ✔✔ chewing and swallowing
Parotid Gland - correct answer ✔✔ surrounds the mandible and secretes saliva through Stensen
ducts
ALS for Saliva - correct answer ✔✔ saliva will fluoresce a bluish white when viewed under UV
light
alpha amylase - correct answer ✔✔ breaks down starches to maltose or glucose and dextrin
known as starch hydrolyzing enzyme
not confirmatory because found in other species
Iodine Radial Diffusion Test - correct answer ✔✔ early test
Iodine solution + starch = deep blue color
Phadebas Test - correct answer ✔✔ a blue starch polymer
blue dye attached covalently to starch -> goes through hydrolysis
, what makes SaLIgAE test better than Iodine and Phadebas tests? - correct answer ✔✔ its
sensitive, simple, presumably more accurate
How does the SaLIgAE test work? - correct answer ✔✔ changes to a yellow color when a saliva
containing extract is added
Vaginal secretions are what kind of test? - correct answer ✔✔ confirmatory
Vaginal epithelial cells are what? - correct answer ✔✔ large and contains glycogen
What color will cells with a high glycogen content be in Lugol's Staining? - correct answer ✔✔
chocolate brown or tan color
what are the two testing methods for fecal material? - correct answer ✔✔ microscopy and
chemical tests
Urine detection relies on identifying what? - correct answer ✔✔ urea and creatinine
Jaffe Test - correct answer ✔✔ creatinine creates a red compound in the presence of picric acid
Litmus Paper Test - correct answer ✔✔ detects ammonia
test samples using urease to bring out ammonia from the urea
there is more blood volume in what in the body? - correct answer ✔✔ the veins
what 3 types of materials does blood consist of? - correct answer ✔✔ salts (Na, K, Cl), organic
chemicals (glucose, hormones & vitamins), and proteins
What is saliva made up of? - correct answer ✔✔ water, electrolytes, mucus, proteins, salts,
enzymes
What glands is saliva secreted by? - correct answer ✔✔ sublingual, submandibular, and parotid
What enzyme is in saliva from the parotid glands? - correct answer ✔✔ amylase enzyme
What does the parotid gland help with? - correct answer ✔✔ chewing and swallowing
Parotid Gland - correct answer ✔✔ surrounds the mandible and secretes saliva through Stensen
ducts
ALS for Saliva - correct answer ✔✔ saliva will fluoresce a bluish white when viewed under UV
light
alpha amylase - correct answer ✔✔ breaks down starches to maltose or glucose and dextrin
known as starch hydrolyzing enzyme
not confirmatory because found in other species
Iodine Radial Diffusion Test - correct answer ✔✔ early test
Iodine solution + starch = deep blue color
Phadebas Test - correct answer ✔✔ a blue starch polymer
blue dye attached covalently to starch -> goes through hydrolysis
, what makes SaLIgAE test better than Iodine and Phadebas tests? - correct answer ✔✔ its
sensitive, simple, presumably more accurate
How does the SaLIgAE test work? - correct answer ✔✔ changes to a yellow color when a saliva
containing extract is added
Vaginal secretions are what kind of test? - correct answer ✔✔ confirmatory
Vaginal epithelial cells are what? - correct answer ✔✔ large and contains glycogen
What color will cells with a high glycogen content be in Lugol's Staining? - correct answer ✔✔
chocolate brown or tan color
what are the two testing methods for fecal material? - correct answer ✔✔ microscopy and
chemical tests
Urine detection relies on identifying what? - correct answer ✔✔ urea and creatinine
Jaffe Test - correct answer ✔✔ creatinine creates a red compound in the presence of picric acid
Litmus Paper Test - correct answer ✔✔ detects ammonia
test samples using urease to bring out ammonia from the urea
there is more blood volume in what in the body? - correct answer ✔✔ the veins
what 3 types of materials does blood consist of? - correct answer ✔✔ salts (Na, K, Cl), organic
chemicals (glucose, hormones & vitamins), and proteins
