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
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Insulin stimulates (A) Hepatic glycogenolysis (B) Hepatic glycogenesis (C) Lipolysis (D) Gluconeogenesis
Description : Epinephrine causes in muscle: (A) Gluconeogenesis (B) Glycogenesis (C) Glycolysis (D) Glycogenolysis
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Adrenaline raises blood glucose level by the following actions except: A. Inducing hepatic glycogenolysis B. Inhibiting insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells C. Augmenting glucagon secretion from pancreatic α cells D. Inhibiting peripheral glucose utilization
Last Answer : D. Inhibiting peripheral glucose utilization
Description : Synthesis of Glucose from amino acids is termed as (A) Glycolysis (B) Gluconeogenesis (C) Glycogenesis (D) Lipogenesis
Last Answer : B
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 : Growth hormone increases (A) Protein synthesis (B) Lipogenesis (C) Glycogenolysis (D) All of these
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : The main source of reducing equivalents (NADPH) for lipogenesis is (A) Pentose phosphate pathway (B) Citric acid cycle (C) Glycolysis (D) Glycogenolysis
Description : In ad ipose t issue prostag land ins decrease (A) Lipogenesis (B) Lipolysis (C) Gluconeogenesis (D) Glycogenolysis
Description : Excessive secretion of glucocorticoids raises blood glucose by (A) Decreasing glycogenesis (B) Increasing glycogenolysis (C) Increasing gluconeogenesis (D) Inhibiting HMP shunt
Description : Epinephrine decreases (A) Glycogenesis (B) Glycogenolysis (C) Gluconeogenesis (D) Lipolysis
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 : Conversion of Alanine to carbohydrate is termed: (A) Glycogenesis (B) Gluconeogenesis (C) Glycogenolysis (D) Photosynthesis
Description : Glucocorticoids increase all of the following except (A) Gluconeogenesis (B) Lipolysis in extremities (C) Synthesis of elcosanoida (D) Hepatic glycogenesis
Description : The blood sugar raising action of the hormone of suprarenal cortex is due to (A) Glyconeogenesis (B) Glycogenolysis (C) Glucagon like activity (D) due to inhibition of glomerular filtration of glucose
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 : The blood sugar raising action of the hormones of suprarenal cortex is due to (A) Gluconeogenesis (B) Glycogenolysis (C) Glucagon-like activity (D) Due to inhibition of glomerular filtration
Last Answer : A
Description : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning metabolic derangements in sepsis and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome which may follow progressive shock? a. Alterations in glucose ... The serum aromatic amino acids fall rapidly as they are actively used in oxidative metabolism
Last Answer : Answer: b, c A broad spectrum of metabolic abnormalities become apparent in sepsis and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome following shock. Disruption of the normal cycles of carbohydrate, ... acetyl coenzyme A. This results in reduced serum level of leucine, isoleucine and valine
Description : Hepatic glycogenoloysis is increased by (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Epinephrine (D) Glucocorticoids ENZYMES 163
Description : Hepatic liponenesis is stimulated by: (A) cAMP (B) Glucagon (C) Epinephrine (D) Insulin
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 : 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 : Adrenaline raises blood glucose level by the following actions except (a) Inducing hepatic glycogenolysis (b) Inhibiting insulin secretion from pancreatic ß cells (c) Augmenting glucagons secretion from pancreatic a cells (d) Inhibiting peripheral glucose utilization
Last Answer : Ans: D
Description : Name a peptide hormone which acts mainly on hepatocytes, adipocytes and enhances cellular glucose uptake and utilisation. (a) Insulin (b) Glucagon (c) Secretin (d) Gastrin
Last Answer : (a) Insulin
Description : Which is incorrect ? Epinephrin promotes the glycogenolysis in (A) Muscle (B) Liver (C) Heart (D) None of these
Description : Epinephrine stimulates glycogenolysis in (A) Liver (B) Muscle (C) Liver and muscle (D) Kidney
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 : Insulin: a. has a half-lilfe of 60 minutes b. stimulate glycolysis in liver and muscle c. stimulate lipogenesis in liver and fat tissues d. is synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum of the beta cells
Last Answer : is synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum of the beta cells
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 : A 55-year-old male undergoes a total abdominal colectomy. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning the hormonal response to the surgical procedure? a. Adrenocorticotropic ... in serum insulin and a fall in glucagon accelerate hepatic glucose production and maintain gluconeogenesis
Last Answer : Answer: a, c One of the earliest consequence of a surgical procedure is the rise in levels of circulating cortisol that occur in response to a sudden outpouring of ACTH ... hepatic glucose production, and, with other hormones (epinephrine and glucocorticoids), gluconeogenesis is maintained
Description : Hepatic abnormalities have been noted in adults since the beginning of hyperalimentation. Which of the following statements are true? A. Hepatic steatosis appears to be associated with an overload ... insulin-glucagon ratio are thought to be causative of hepatic steatosis in experimental animals.
Last Answer : Answer: AD DISCUSSION: The most common metabolic complication of TPN in adults is hepatic steatosis. Unlike the hepatic abnormalities in children, which may progress to cholestasis, liver damage, ... glucagon, which is elicited by certain amino acids, results in the mobilization of hepatic lipid
Description : Growth hormone causes hyperglycemia. It is a result of (A) Decreased peripheral utilization of glucose (B) Decreased hepatic production via gluconeogenesis (C) Increased glycolysis in muscle (D) Decrersed lipolysis
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 : 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 : Higher rate of lipogenesis is associated with (A) High proportion of carbohydrate in diet (B) Restricted caloric intake (C) High fat diet (D) Deficiency of insulin
Description : Mitochondrial lipogenesis requires (A) bicarbonate (B) biotin (C) acetyl CoA carboxylase (D) NADPH
Description : The following metabolic abnormalities occur in Diabetes mellitus except (A) Increased plasma FFA (B) Increased pyruvate carboxylase activate (C) Decreased lipogenesis (D) Decreased gluconeogenesis
Description : Insulin increases (A) Glycogenesis (B) Gluconeogenesis (C) Lipolysis (D) Blood glucose
Description : Insulin decreases (A) Glycogenesis (B) Glyolysis (C) Gluconeogenesis (D) Tubular reabsorption of glucose
Description : Glycogenesis requires (A) GTP (B) CTP (C) UTP (D) None of these
Description : In glycogenesis a branch point in the molecule is established by the enzyme (A) Amylo[1→ 4][1→ 6] transglucosidase (B) α [1→ 4] α [1→ 4] Glucan transferase (C) Amylo [1→ 6] glucosidase (D) Glycogen synthase
Description : A pathway that requires NADPH as a cofactor is (A) Extramitochondrial folic acid synthesis (B) Ketone body formation (C) Glycogenesis (D) Gluconeogenesis
Description : A pathway that requires NADPH as a cofactor is (A) Fatty acid oxidation (B) Extra mitochondrial denovo fatty acid synthesis (C) Ketone bodies formation (D) Glycogenesis
Description : Most of the metabolic pathways are either anabolic or catabolic. Which of the following pathways is considered as “amphibolic” in nature? (A) Glycogenesis (B) Glycolytic pathway (C) Lipolysis (D) TCA cycle
Last Answer : D
Description : For glycogenesis, Glucose should be converted to (A) Glucuronic acid (B) Pyruvic acid (C) UDP glucose (D) Sorbitol
Last Answer : C
Description : Choose the correct statement about topical NSAID preparations: A. They produce high drug levels in the blood by avoiding hepatic first pass metabolism B. They produce high drug levels in ... a strong placebo effect D. Interindividual variability in clinical response to these preparations is minimal
Last Answer : C. They elicit symptomatic relief in soft tissue rheumatism mainly by a strong placebo effect