UTA Questions and
Answers Updated 2026
geneticBdisorderB-
BAnswerBcanBbeBinheritedBorBariseBspontaneouslyBinBresponseBtoBanBinfluence
4BgroupingsBofBgeneticBdisordersB-BAnswerBdisordersBorBmitochondrialBDNA,
Multifactorial,BChromosomal,BSingleBGene
MitochondrialBgeneticBdisordersBcausesB-
BAnswerBcombinationBofBseveralBinfluences,BincludingBinheritance,Benvironment,Bevent
sBinButerus
fetalBalcoholBsyndromeB-
BAnswerBdefectsBcausedBbyBtheBeffectsBofBalcoholBonBanBunbornBchild
ThalidomideBDefectB-BAnswerBBabiesBbornBwithBlimbsBabsent
TrisomyB21B-BAnswerBANBextraBchromosomeB21BalsoBknowBPolysomy.
TrisomyB21BsymptomsB-BAnswerB-BAbnormalitiesBofBface,Bhands,Btongue,Beyelids
-BSlowBphysicalBandBmentalBdevelopment
-BShortBstature
-BProneBtoBheartBmalformations,BrespiratoryBdisease,Bleukemia
TranslocationB-
BAnswerBaBchromosomalBsegmentBisBmovedBfromBoneBpositionBtoBanother,BeitherBwi
thinBtheBsameBchromosomeBorBtoBanotherBchromosome
, translocationBleadsBtoB-BAnswerBCMLBorBPhiladelphiaBChromosome
singleBgeneBdisordersB3BcategoriesB-
BAnswerBautosomalBdominant,BautosomalBrecessive,Bsex-linked
autosomalBrecessiveB-
BAnswerBaBgivenBsiteBonBaBpairBofBchromosomes,BtheBnormalBalleleBisBDominat,Bab
normalBalleleBisBRecessive
ForBsomeoneBtoBHaveBaBrecessiveBdisease...B-
BAnswerBmustBhaveBreceivedBbothBrecessiveBgenesBfromBeachBparent
sickleBcellBanemiaB-BAnswerBRBCsBcannotBcarryBO2,BgetBstuckBinBtheBcapillaries
sickleBcellBanemiaBs&sB-BAnswerBIschemicBpain,BSOB,Bfatigue
autosomalBdominantB-
BAnswerBTheBnormalBalleleBisBrecessive,BabnormalBalleleBisBDominant
PKDB(polycysticBkidneyBdisease)B-
BAnswerBdominantBgeneBcodesBforBcystsBinBtheBkidneys
PKdBs&sB-BAnswerBhematuria,Bproteinuria,Bpain,BkidneyBfailure
intracellularBdisruptionsBcanBtakeBtheBformBofB-
BAnswerBHypoxia,BnutritionalBproblems,BchangeBinBacid/BbaseBbalance,BchangeBinBele
ctrolyteBbalance,BchangeBinBfluidBdistribution
ifBtooBmuchBglucoseB-BAnswerBglycogenBconversion