BIO 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Selective Internal Radiation Therapy, Atomic Number, Carbon-12

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29 May 2019
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Nucleotides are bases are the foundation of the genetic code with the instructions on how to build and maintain the human body from conception through old age: ~ 3 billion base pairs. Matter is the substance of the universe: everything is made of matter. 14c is a carbon isotope and is considered radioactive due to the instability: radioactive isotopes are used in the medical field. Interventional radiologist: controlled use of radioisotopes has advanced medical diagnosis and treatment of disease radioembolization, the radiologist accesses the liver with a fine needle, threaded through one of the patient"s blood vessels. The radiologist then inserts tiny radioactive seeds into the blood vessels that supply the tumors. Review questions: together, just four elements make up more than 95 percent of the body"s mass. ________: protons, neutrons, electrons, atoms, on the periodic table of the elements, mercury (hg) has an atomic number of 80 and a mass number of 200. 59.

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