Description : Glucagon (A) Increases protein synthesis (B) Inhibits lipolysis in adipocytes (C) Increases gluconeogenesis in liver (D) Stimulates muscle glycogenolysis
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Epinephrine causes in muscle: (A) Gluconeogenesis (B) Glycogenesis (C) Glycolysis (D) Glycogenolysis
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Which is incorrect ? Epinephrin promotes the glycogenolysis in (A) Muscle (B) Liver (C) Heart (D) None of these
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
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Epinephrine increases all of the following except (A) Glycogenolysis in muscles (B) Lipolysis in adipose tissue (C) Gluconeogenesis in muscles (D) Glucagon secretion
Description : Epinephrine decreases (A) Glycogenesis (B) Glycogenolysis (C) Gluconeogenesis (D) Lipolysis
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Insulin stimulates (A) Hepatic glycogenolysis (B) Hepatic glycogenesis (C) Lipolysis (D) Gluconeogenesis
Description : The metabolic actions of adrenaline include the following except: A. Glycogenolysis in liver and muscle B. Inhibition of neoglucogenesis in liver C. Lipolysis in adipose tissue D. Release of potassium from liver followed by its uptake
Last Answer : B. Inhibition of neoglucogenesis in liver
Description : TSH stimulates the synthesis delete (A) Thyroxine (B) Adrenocorticoids (C) Epinephrine (D) Insulin
Description : ACTH stimulates the secretion of (A) Glucocorticoids (B) Epinephrine (C) Thyroxine (D) Luteinizing hormone
Description : What is correct to say about the hormone action in humans? (a) Glucagon is secreted by β-cells of islets of Langerhans and stimulates glycogenolysis. (b) Secretion of thymosins is stimulated ... receptors on ovarian cell membrane. (d) FSH stimulates the secretion of estrogen and progesterone.
Last Answer : (c) In females, FSH first binds with specific receptors on ovarian cell membrane.
Description : Select the correct matching of a hormone, its source and function. Hormone Source Function (a) Vasopressin Posterior Increases loss pituitary of water through urine (b) Norepine- Adrenal ... (d) Prolactin Posterior Regulates growth pituitary of mammary glands and milk formation in females
Last Answer : (b) Norepine- Adrenal Increases heart phrine medulla beat, rate of respiration and alterness
Description : What is correct to say about the hormone action in humans ? (1) FSH stimulates the secretion of estrogen and progesterone (2) Glucagon is secreted by -cells of Islets of Langerhans and ... stimulated with aging (4) If females, FSH first binds with specific receptors on ovarian cell membrane
Last Answer : (4) If females, FSH first binds with specific receptors on ovarian cell membrane
Description : The affected organ in Mc Ardle’s syndrome is (A) Liver (B) Kidney (C) Liver and Heart (D) Skeletal muscle
Description : The enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase which catalyses the conversion of glucose 6-phosphate to glucose is not found in (A) Liver (B) Muscle (C) Intestine (D) Kidney
Description : The hydrolysis of glucose-6-PO4 is catalyzed by a phosphatase that is not found in which of the following? (A) Liver (B) Kidney (C) Muscle (D) Small intestine
Description : Calcitriol synthesis involves (A) Both liver and kidney (B) Intestine (C) Adipose tissue (D) Muscle
Description : The enzyme systems for lengthening and shortening for saturating and desaturating of fatty acids occur in (A) Intestine (B) Muscle (C) Kidney (D) Liver
Description : Gangliosides are the glycolipids occurring in (A) Brain (B) Liver (C) Kidney (D) Muscle
Description : Fucosidosis is characterized by (A) Muscle spasticity (B) Liver enlargement (C) Skin rash (D) Kidney failure
Description : Gangliosides are complex glycosphingolipids found in (A) Liver (B) Brain (C) Kidney (D) Muscle
Description : The hydrolysis of Glucose-6-P is catalysed by a phosphatase that is not formed in which of the following? (A) Liver (B) Kidney (C) Muscle (D) Small intestine
Last Answer : C
Description : HDL is synthesized and secreted from (A) Pancreas (B) Liver (C) Kidney (D) Muscle
Last Answer : B
Description : Which of the following statements is correct? (A) Thyroxine inhibits utilization of glucose (B) Insulin increases utilization of glucose (C) Glucagon promotes muscle glycogenolysis (D) Insulin inhibits lipogenesis from carbohydrates
Description : Glucagon enhances (A) Hepatic glycogenolysis (B) Muscle glycogenolysis (C) Hepatic glycogenesis (D) Lipogenesis
Description : The maineffecting of glucagons is to increase (A) Glycolysis in muscles (B) Glycogenolysis in muscles (C) Glycogenolysis in liver (D) Glycogenesis in liver
Description : A characteristic feature of marasmus is (A) Severe hypoalbuminemia (B) Normal epinephrine level (C) Mild muscle wasting (D) Low insulin and high cortisol level
Description : The best known and most frequently used test of the detoxicating functions of liver is (A) Hippuric acid test (B) Galactose tolerance test (C) Epinephrine tolerance test (D) Rose Bengal dye test
Description : Reactivation of inactive liver phosphorylase is normally favoured by (A) Insulin (B) Epinephrine (C) ACTH (D) Glucagon
Last Answer : D
Description : The largest cell in the human body is : (1) Nerve cell (2) Muscle cell (3) Liver cell (4) Kidney cell
Last Answer : (1) Nerve cell Explanation: The ovum is the largest cell in the human body, typically visible to the naked eye without the aid of a microscope or other magnification device. The smallest is the male ... isn't a cell, but a peripheral extension. The actual neuron is tiny compared to the egg cell.
Description : Ketone bodies are utilized by all tissues except Options: 1) Liver 2) Muscle 3) Heart 4) Kidney
Last Answer : Correct Answer: 1) Liver
Last Answer : (B) Liver
Last Answer : Nerve cell
Description : ADH or vasopressin is (a) enzyme that hydrolyses peptides (b) hormone secreted by pituitary that promotes reabsorption of water from glomerular filtrate (c) hormone that promotes glycogenolysis (d) energy rich compound connected with muscle contraction.
Last Answer : (b) hormone secreted by pituitary that promotes reabsorption of water from glomerular filtrate
Description : Glucagon: a. is secreted by beta-islet cell of pancreas b. is a polypeptide hormone c. has a positive cardiac inotropic effect d. causes gluconeogenesis in the liver e. causes glycogenolysis in the liver
Last Answer : is a polypeptide hormone
Description : Fight-or-flight reactions cause activation of (a) the parathyroid glands, leading to increased metabolic rate (b) the kidney, leading to suppression of renin- angiotensin-aldosterone pathway (c) ... epinephrine and norepinephrine (d) the pancreas leading to a reduction in the blood sugar levels.
Last Answer : (c) the adrenal medulla, leading to increased secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine
Description : Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to kidney function regulation? (a) When someone drinks lot of water, ADH release is suppressed. (b) Exposure to cold temperature ... During summer when body loses lot of water by evaporation, the release of ADH is suppressed.
Last Answer : (a) When someone drinks lot of water, ADH release is suppressed.
Description : Which of the following effects of epinephrine would be blocked by phentolamine but not by metoprolol ? (a) Cardiac stimulation (b) Contractionof radial smooth muscle in the iris (c) Increase of camp in fat (d) Relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle (e) Relaxation of the uterus
Last Answer : Ans: B
Description : Which of the following statements regarding cytokines is incorrect? A. Cytokines act directly on target cells and may potentiate the actions of one another. B. Interleukin 1 (IL-1) ... organ dysfunction syndrome because of its multiple actions and the secondary cascades that it stimulates.
Last Answer : Answer: C DISCUSSION: Cytokines are soluble peptide molecules that are synthesized and secreted by a number of cell types in response to injury, inflammation, and infection. Cytokines, which ... is thought to play a central role in the stress response, particularly in response to endotoxemia
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 : Almost all the urea is formed in this tissue: (A) Kidney (B) Urethra (C) Uterus (D) Liver
Description : The normal route of calcium excretion is (A) Kidney (B) Kidney and Liver (C) Kidney and Intestine (D) Kidney, Intestine and Pancreas
Description : All the following are good sources of iron except (A) Milk (B) Meat (C) Liver (D) Kidney
Description : In human beings molybdenum is mainly absorbed from (A) Liver (B) Kidney (C) Intestine (D) Pancreas
Description : Calcium is excreted by (A) Kidney (B) Kidney and intestine (C) Kidney and liver (D) Kidney and pancreas
Description : Creatine phosphokinase isoenzyme is a marker for (A) Kidney disease (B) Liver disease (C) Myocardial infarction (D) None of these
Description : Isoenzymes of lactate dehydrogenase are useful for the diagnosis of (A) Heart disease (B) Kidney disease (C) Liver disease (D) Both (A) and (C)
Description : In which diseases of the following organs, isoenzymes LDH-1 and LDH-2 will be released in plasma? (A) Kidney, R.B.C and Liver (B) Heart, Kidney and R.B.C (C) Heart, Kidney and Liver (D) Heart, Lungs and Brain
Description : The enzyme glycerol kinase is low activity in (A) Liver (B) Kidney (C) Intestine (D) Adipose tissue