3 phases in a PCR reaction
-denaturation, annealing, and elongation
Denaturation
heats it up to break apart bonds
Annealing
adds primers (cool down)
Elongation
activating DNA polymerases so it copies
amount of cycles used to amplify DNA
There are 20-45 cycles; on average: 30
function of PCR
Used for medical diagnostics (bacterial and viral confirmation, determination of diseases/genetic mutations i.e. cystic fibrosis through CFTR gene sequencing, forensics, and prenatal diagnoses).
thermocycler
laboratory apparatus most commonly used to amplify segments of DNA via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
bones that make up cranial fossa
6: frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, temporal, parietal, occipital
anterior cranial fossa:
three groves
anterior cranial fossa: one fossa
-olfactory (olfactory bulb)
anterior cranial fossa: three foramen
anterior cranial fossa: one cristae
-gallo (attachment to the falx cerebri)
middle cranial fossa: two grooves
- carotid (interior carotid artery and cavernous sinus)
middle cranial fossa: one fissure
III, IV, V1, VI, (opthalmic) cranial nerves, superior and inferior opthalmic veins
middle cranial fossa: four foramen
middle cranial fossa: three sellae
middle cranial fossa: three processes
posterior cranial fossa: 1 meatus
-internal auditory(VII, VIII, cranial nerves
posterior cranial fossa: 3 foramen
posterior cranial fossa: 1 groove
-for superior petrosal sinus
posterior cranial fossa: 1 canal
-hypoglossal (XII cranial nerve)
posterior cranial fossa: 1 aqueduct
-vestibular (endolymphatic sinus and duct)
posterior cranial fossa: 1 clivus
medulla and pons
Olfactory
Smell from nasal mucosa of roof of each nasal cavity and superior sides of nasal septum and superior concha
-special sensory