Description : During deficiency of thiamine the concentration of the following compound rises in blood and intracellular fluid: (A) Glycogen (B) Sugar (C) Amino acids (D) Pyruvic acid
Last Answer : (D) Pyruvic acid
Description : Concentration of pyruvic acid and lactic acid in blood is increased due to deficiency of the vitamin (A) Thiamin (B) Riboflavin (C) Niacin (D) Pantothenic acid
Last Answer : Answer : A
Last Answer : (A) Thiamin
Description : An essential agent for converting glucose to glycogen in liver is (A) Latic acid (B) GTP (C) UTP (D) Pyruvic acid
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Concentration of the following is higher in intracellular fluid than in extracellular fluid: (A) Sodium (B) Potassium (C) Chloride (D) Bicarbonate
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Complete hydrolysis of proteins produces : (a) Ammonia and carbon dioxide (b) Urea and uric acid (c) A mixture of amino acids (d) Glycogen and a fatty acid
Last Answer : A mixture of amino acids
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
Description : A biochemical indication of vitamin B12 deficiency can be obtained by measuring the urinary excretion of (A) Pyruvic acid (B) Malic acid (C) Methyl malonic acid (D) Urocanic acid
Description : Pyridoxine deficiency can be diagnosed by measuring urinary excretion of (A) Pyruvic acid (B) Oxaloacetic acid (C) Xanthurenic acid (D) None of these VITAMINS 119
Description : All the following are true about phenylketonuria except (A) Deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase (B) Mental retardation (C) Increased urinary excretion of p-hydroxyphenyl pyruvic acid (D) Decrease serotonin formation
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 : Aspartate amino transferase uses the following for transamination: (A) Glutamic acid and pyruvic acid (B) Glutamic acid and oxaloacetic acid (C) Aspartic acid and pyruvic acid (D) aspartic acid and keto adipic acid
Description : Methyl malonic aciduria is seen in a deficiency of (A) Vitamin B6 (B) Folic acid (C) Thiamine (D) Vitamin B12
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Convulsive episodes occur when there is a severe deficiency of: (A) Pyridoxine (B) Folic acid (C) Thiamine (D) Riboflavin
Description : Methyl malonic aciduria is seen in the deficiency of (A) Vitamin B6 (B) Folic acid (C) Thiamine (D) Vitamin B12
Description : Convulsive episodes occur when there is a severe deficiency of (A) Pyridoxine (B) Folic acid (C) Thiamine (D) Riboflavin
Description : Which of the following concerning the pH of urine is correct? 1) is a useful indicator of the acid/base balance of the blood 2) rises on a vegetarian diet 3) is determined by the concentration of ... lower than 5.5 in renal tubular acidosis 5) would be above 7.0 after prolonged and severe vomiting
Last Answer : Answers-2 c - excretion of ammonium occurs when an acid urine is produced but the pH of urine is of course determined by the concentration of H+ ions d-unable to lower the pH to ... and distal nephron and this perpetuates the metabolic alkalosis until the fluid balance is restored with IV fluids.
Description : Compared with intracellular fluid, extracellular fluid has, a. a greater osmolarity b. a higher protein concentration c. a lower chloride ion concentration d. a lower hydrogen ion concentration
Last Answer : a lower hydrogen ion concentration
Description : Phrynoderma is a deficiency of (A) Essential fatty acids(B) Proteins (C) Amino acids (D) None of these
Description : Pyridoxine deficiency can be diagnosed by measuring urinary excretion of (A) Pyruvic acid (B) Oxaloacetic acid (C) Xanthurenic acid (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Xanthurenic acid
Description : Muscle glycogen will not serve as a precursor of blood sugar, why?
Last Answer : Glucose-6-phosphatase is absent in muscle.
Description : Transketolase activity is affected in (A) Bitoin deficiency (B) Pyridoxine deficiency (C) PABA deficiency (D) Thiamine deficiency
Description : Deficiency of thiamine causes (A) Beri beri (B) Scurvy (C) Night blindness (D) Rickets
Description : What is the disease caused by thiamine deficiency? (A) Nyctalopia (B) Scurvy (C) Rickets (D) Beriberi
Description : Convulsions and delirium could be caused by a severe deficiency of (A) Thiamine (B) Glutamate (C) Niacin (D) Magnesium
Description : What is the disease caused by thiamine deficiency? (A) Nycalopia (B) Scurvy (C) Rickets (D) Beriberi
Description : The absorption of glucose is decreased by the deficiency of (A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin D (C) Thiamine (D) Vitamin B12
Description : Transketolase activity is affected in (A) Biotin deficiency (B) Pyridoxine deficiency (C) PABA deficiency (D) Thiamine deficiency
Last Answer : B
Description : Into which of the following acids is glucose broken down in the first stage of carbohydrate metabolism? Is it: a) pyruvic acid (pie-rue-vick acid) b) lactic acid c) hydrochloric acid d) citric acid
Last Answer : ANSWER: A -- PYRUVIC ACID
Description : Which of the following gives a positive Ninhydrin test? (A) Reducing sugar (B) Triglycerides (C) α-amino acids (D) Phospholipids
Description : Decarboxylation of α-keto acids requires (A) Thiamine pyrophosphate, FAD, NAD+ (B) Flavin mononucleotide (C) NADP+ (D) NAD+ only
Description : Pernicious anaemia in humans is caused by the deficiency of (a) Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) (b) Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) (c) Thiamine (Vitamin B1) (d) Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5)
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : Anaemia occurs due to the deficiency of (1) riboflavin (2) thiamine (3) folic acid (4) niacin
Last Answer : (3) folic acid Explanation: Anemia is a decrease in number of red blood cells (RBCs) or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. However, it can include decreased oxygen-binding ... oxygen from the lungs to the capillaries, anemia leads to hypcoda (lack of oxygen) in organs.
Last Answer : (A) Pyridoxine
Last Answer : folic acid
Description : Colloid osmotic pressure of intracellular fluid is (A) Equal to that of plasma (B) More than that of plasma (C) More than that of plasma (D) Nearly zero WATER AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE 285
Description : The principal cation in intracellular fluid is (A) Sodium (B) Potassium (C) Calcium (D) Magnesium
Description : In primary dehydration (A) Intracellular fluid volume is reduced (B) Intracellular fluid volume remains normal (C) Extracellular fluid volume is much reduced (D) Extracellular fluid volume is much increased
Description : In intracellular compartment the fluid present in ml/kg body weight is about (A) 100 (B) 200 (C) 200 (D) 330
Description : What is the principal cation of intracellular fluid? (A) K+ (B) Na+ (C) Ca2+ (D) Mg2+
Description : In beri beri there will be accumulation of _________ in blood. (A) Aceto acetic acid (B) β−hydroxy butyric acid (C) Pyruvic acid (D) Methyl malonic acid
Description : In beri beri there will be accumulation of _______ in blood. (A) Aceto acetic acid (B) β-OH butyric acid (C) Pyruvic acid (D) Methyl malonic acid
Description : The mean intracellular concentration of ATP in mammalian cell is about (A) 1 mM (B) 2 mM (C) 0.1 mM (D) 0.2 mM
Description : Binding of catecholamines to α2− adrenergic receptors (A) Increases the intracellular concentration of cAMP (B) Increases the intracellular concentration of cGMP (C) Decreases the intracellular concentration of cAMP (D) Decreases the intracellular concentration of cGMP
Description : Rate of tissue respiration is raised when the intracellular concentration of (A) ADP increases (B) ATP increases (C) ADP decreases (D) None of these
Description : The following are true about parathyroid hormone a. it is an 84 amino acid peptide hormone b. it increases calcium absorption from the gastrointestinal tract c. it acts on a cell surface receptor that increases intracellular cyclic AMP d. all above
Last Answer : all above
Description : Receptors perform the following function/functions: A. Ligand recognition B. Signal transduction C. Both ligand recognition and signal transduction D. Disposal of agonists and antagonists
Last Answer : D. Disposal of agonists and antagonists
Description : The following receptor type has 7 helical membrane spanning amino acid segments with 3 extracellular and 3 intracellular loops: A. Tyrosine protein kinase receptor B. Gene expression regulating receptor C. Intrinsic ion channel containing receptor D. G protein coupled receptor
Last Answer : D. G protein coupled receptor
Description : O2 released in the process of photosynthesis comes from (a) CO2 (b) Water (c) Sugar (d) Pyruvic acid