Description : Which one of the following organs converts glycogen into glucose and purifies the blood? (1) Liver (2) Kidney (3) Lungs (4) Spleen
Last Answer : (1) Liver Explanation: Liver produces bile which is stored in the gall bladder. Liver is the largest gland in the body.
Last Answer : Liver
Description : Glucagon is secreted when glucose level of blood falls. It mobilises reserve food like glycogen into glucose. What is pregnancy hormone ? Why is it known so ? -Biology-10
Last Answer : Progesterone is called pregnancy hormone. It helps in maintaining pregnancy by non-formation of new ova, promoting thickening and secretory activity of uterine wall and attachment of embryo to the uterine wall.
Description : Which of the following represents the action of insulin? (a) Increases blood glucose level by stimulating glucagon production. (b) Decreases blood glucose levels by forming glycogen. (c) ... promoting cellular uptake of glucose. (d) Increases blood glucose levels by hydrolysis of glycogen.
Last Answer : (b) Decreases blood glucose levels by forming glycogen
Description : Lipogenesis in body starts when (a) Glucose combines with glycerol (b) Glycogen depots of muscle and liver are occupied (c) Glycogen depots of muscle and liver are scanty (d) Blood sugar level is high
Last Answer : (b) Glycogen depots of muscle and liver are occupied
Description : Which of the following is not found in blood? a) fibrinogen b) glucose c) urea d) glycogen
Last Answer : ANSWER: D -- GLYCOGEN
Description : The glucose is converted into glycogen in liver and stored in `:`
Last Answer : The glucose is converted into glycogen in liver and stored in `:` A. Liver B. Liver and musles C. Liver and spleen D. Spleen and muscles
Description : Glucose-1-phosphate liberated from glycogen cannot be converted into free glucose in (A) Liver (B) Kidneys (C) Muscles (D) Brain
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Renal glycosuria occurs due to (A) Increased filtration of glucose in glomeruli (B) Increased secretion of glucose by renal tubular cells (C) Decreased reabsorption of glucose by renal tubular cells (D) Increased conversion of glycogen into glucose in tubular cells
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : One of the following statement is correct: (A) Glycogen synthase ‘a’ is the phosphorylated (B) cAMP converts glycogen synthase b to ‘a’ (C) Insulin converts glycogen synthase b to a (D) UDP glucose molecules interact and grow into a Glycogen tree
Last Answer : C
Description : The salivary hydrolase is known as salivary amylase, or ptyalin. Ptyalin digests carbohydrates breaking starch and glycogen, glucose polymers, into maltose (a glucose disaccharide) and dextrin.
Last Answer : Why doesn't the food enter the trachea instead of going to the esophagus?
Description : Action of Insulin does not include the following: A. Facilitation of glucose transport into cells B. Facilitation of glycogen synthesis by liver C. Facilitation of neoglucogenesis by liver D. Inhibition of lipolysis in adipose tissue
Last Answer : . Facilitation of neoglucogenesis by liver
Description : What molecule supplies the energy needed to join glucose molecules together to form a molecule of glycogen?
Last Answer : Generally speaking, no molecule supplies the energy to join a glucose into a growing glycogen chain. A previous step must be done and that is the formation of uridine diphosphate glucose (UDP-glucose or UDPG) ... group on one of the glycogen's nonreducing ends to form an alpha(1-4)-glycosidic bond.
Description : An essential agent for converting glucose to glycogen in liver is (A) Latic acid (B) GTP (C) UTP (D) Pyruvic acid
Description : Glycogen phosphorylase liberates the following from glycogen (A) Glucose (B) Glucose-6-phosphate (C) Glucose-1-phosphate (D) Maltose
Description : Pompe ’s d isease is caused due to deficiency of (A) Lysosomal α-1→4 and 1→6-glucosidase (B) Glucose-6-phosphatase (C) Glycogen synthase (D) Phosphofructokinase
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Action of glycogen synthase is inhibited by (A) Insulin (B) Glucose (C) Mg2+ (D) Cyclic AMP
Description : Allosteric activator of glycogen synthase is (A) Glucose (B) Glucose-6-Phosphate (C) UTP (D) Glucose-1-phosphate
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : In the synthesis of glycogen from glucose the reversible step is (A) Glucose → glucose 6-phosphate (B) Glucose 6-phosphate → glucose 1-phosphate (C) Glucose 1-phosphate → UDP glucose (D) UDP glucose → glycogen
Description : The pathway of glycogen biosynthesis involves a special nucleotide of glucose. In the reaction below, NuDP stands for NuDP Glucose + glycogenn → NuDP + glycogenn+1 (A) ADP (B) GDP (C) UDP (D) CDP
Description : The process of breakdown of glycogen to glucose in the liver and pyruvate and lacate in the muscle is known as (A) Glyogenesis (B) Glycogenolysis (C) Gluconeogenesis (D) Cellular degradation
Description : The carbohydrate reserved in human body is (A) Starch (B) Glucose (C) Glycogen (D) Inulin
Description : Starch and glycogen are polymers of (A) Fructose (B) Mannose (C) α−D-Glucose (D) Galactose
Description : An essential for converting Glucose to Glycogen in Liver is (A) Lactic acid (B) GTP (C) CTP (D) UTP CARBOHYDRATES AND CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM 19
Last Answer : D
Description : Glycogen while being acted upon by active phosphorylase is converted first to (A) Glucose (B) Glucose 1-phosphate and Glycogen with 1 carbon less (C) Glucose-6-phosphate and Glycogen with 1 carbon less (D) 6-Phosphogluconic acid
Description : Glycogen is converted to glucose-1- phosphate by (A) UDPG transferase (B) Branching enzyme (C) Phosphorylase (D) Phosphatase
Description : The branching enzyme acts on the glycogen when the glycogen chain has been lengthened to between glucose units: (A) 1 and 6 (B) 2 and 7 (C) 3 and 9 (D) 6 and 11
Description : Glycogen synthetase activity is depressed by (A) Glucose (B) Insulin (C) Cyclic AMP (D) Fructokinase
Description : Glycogen structure includes a branch in between–glucose units: (A) 6–12 (B) 8–14 (C) 6–10 (D) 12–18
Description : Uridine diphosphate glucose (UDPG) is (A) Required for metabolism of galactose (B) Required for synthesis of glucuronic acid (C) A substrate for glycogen synthetase (D) All of the above
Description : Branching occurs in glycogen approximately after every (A) Five glucose units (B) Ten glucose units (C) Fifteen glucose units (D) Twenty glucose units
Last Answer : B
Description : A carbohydrate, commonly known as dextrose is (A) Dextrin (B) D-Fructose (C) D-Glucose (D) Glycogen
Description : Oxidation of which substance in the body yields the most calories (A) Glucose (B) Glycogen (C) Protein (D) Lipids
Description : A 65-year old patient has colon carcinoma metastatic to the liver and lungs. He has had a weight loss of 10 kg. Cytokine-dependent tumor cachexia is attributable to which of the ... is impaired e. Partial reversal of differentiated adipocytes to pre-adipocyte morphology and gene expression occurs
Last Answer : Answer: a, b, c, d, e Tumor cachexia appears to be mediated by TNFa. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), as well as other cytokines, activate a variety of inflammatory cells, most ... chronic syndromes of anorexia, weight loss, and cachexia that are associated with both chronic infection and malignancy
Description : Answer: b, c The body contains fuel reserves which it can mobilize and utilize during times of starvation or stress. By far the greatest energy component is fat, which is calorically dense since it ... liver and free glucose have a trivial caloric value of less than 1000 kcal for a 70 kg male
Last Answer : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning the indications and administration of nutritional support to cancer patients? a. Preoperative nutritional support should be provided to all ... total parenteral nutrition solutions maintain integrity of the small bowel e. None of the above
Description : The function of the liver is to (a) Promote digestion of food (b) Promote respiration (c) Store glucose as glycogen (d) None of these
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : ______ is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals and fungi. (1) Cellulose (2) Glycogen (3) Pectin (4) Chitin
Last Answer : (2) Glycogen Explanation: Glycogen is a multi branched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in humans, animals, and fungi. The polysaccharide structure represents the ... Glycogen is the analogue of starch, a glucose polymer that functions as energy storage in plants.
Description : Which of the following is known as animal starch? (1) glycogen (2) cellulose (3) glucose (4) chitin
Last Answer : (1) glycogen Explanation: Glycogen, the principal storage form of glucose in animal cells, sometimes called "animal starch" for its resemblance with starch found in plants. It t is stored in ... be converted to glucose if needed. In the liver this conversion is regulated by the hormone glucagon.
Description : Carbohydrate is stored in the body as (1) glucose (2) starch (3) glycogen (4) sucrose
Last Answer : (3) glycogen Explanation: Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide that serves as a form of energy storage in animals and fungi. In humans, glycogen is made and stored primarily in the ... branched and compact than starch. Polysaccharide represents the main storage form of glucose in the body.
Last Answer : (2) Glycogen Explanation: Glycogen is a multi branched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of emery storage in humans animals, and fungi.
Description : In the glycogen synthesis, which is the active glucose derivative?
Last Answer : UDP-glucose.
Description : Regarding retinal metabolism: a. insulin is essential for the uptake of glucose by the retina b. anaerobic metabolism predominates c. the pigment retinal epithelium stores glycogen and supplies the need of the retina d. the demand of oxygen is met entirely by the central retinal artery
Last Answer : anaerobic metabolism predominates
Description : The effects of glucocorticoid hormones include: a. increase hepatic glycogen synthesis b. decrease glucose uptake by the adipose tissue c. decrease hepatic gluconeogesis d. increase protein synthesis in the skeletal muscles
Last Answer : . increase hepatic glycogen synthesis
Description : The ultimate respiratory substrate, yielding maximum number of ATP molecules, is (a) glycogen (b) ketogenic amino acid (c) glucose (d) amylose.
Last Answer : (c) glucose
Description : Glycogen is a polymer of (a) galactose (b) glucose (c) fructose (d) sucrose
Last Answer : (b) glucose
Description : In which of the following groups are all polysaccharides? (a) Sucrose, glucose and fructose (b) Maltose, lactose and fructose (c) Glycogen, sucrose and maltose (d) Glycogen, cellulose and starch
Last Answer : (d) Glycogen, cellulose and starch
Description : Which one of the following pairs is mismatched? a. Protein - amino acids b. Nucleic acid - nucleotides c. Fats - glycogen d. Starch - glucose
Last Answer : c. Fats - glycogen
Last Answer : (D) Lipids
Description : Before starvation (a) Glucose is utilized (b) Glycogen is consumed (c) Fat is consumed (d) Glucose & Glycogen consumed
Last Answer : (d) Glucose & Glycogen consumed
Description : Starvation starts with (a) Utilization of glucose by cells (b) Utilization of glycogen by cells (c) Utilization of fat & protein by cells (d) None of the above
Last Answer : (c) Utilization of fat & protein by cells