Description : Epinephrine causes in muscle: (A) Gluconeogenesis (B) Glycogenesis (C) Glycolysis (D) Glycogenolysis
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Excessive secretion of glucocorticoids raises blood glucose by (A) Decreasing glycogenesis (B) Increasing glycogenolysis (C) Increasing gluconeogenesis (D) Inhibiting HMP shunt
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Epinephrine decreases (A) Glycogenesis (B) Glycogenolysis (C) Gluconeogenesis (D) Lipolysis
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Glucagon enhances (A) Hepatic glycogenolysis (B) Muscle glycogenolysis (C) Hepatic glycogenesis (D) Lipogenesis
Description : Insulin stimulates (A) Hepatic glycogenolysis (B) Hepatic glycogenesis (C) Lipolysis (D) Gluconeogenesis
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Conversion of Alanine to carbohydrate is termed: (A) Glycogenesis (B) Gluconeogenesis (C) Glycogenolysis (D) Photosynthesis
Last Answer : B
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 : Synthesis of Glucose from amino acids is termed as (A) Glycolysis (B) Gluconeogenesis (C) Glycogenesis (D) Lipogenesis
Description : The main source of reducing equivalents (NADPH) for lipogenesis is (A) Pentose phosphate pathway (B) Citric acid cycle (C) Glycolysis (D) Glycogenolysis
Description : Phlorizin inhibits (A) Renal tubular reabsorption of glucose (B) Glycolysis (C) Gluconeogenesis (D) Glycogenolysis
Description : During glycolysis of glucose the energy liberated in the absence of oxygen is known as (A) Oxygenesis (B) Glyconeogenesis (C) Glycogenolysis (D) Anaerobic fermentation
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 : Reverse of Glycolysis is _________________. a. Glycogenolysis. b. Citric Acid Cycle. c. Gluconeogenesis. d. Uronic Acid Pathway
Last Answer : c. Gluconeogenesis.
Description : Which is incorrect ? Epinephrin promotes the glycogenolysis in (A) Muscle (B) Liver (C) Heart (D) None of these
Description : Glucagon (A) Increases protein synthesis (B) Inhibits lipolysis in adipocytes (C) Increases gluconeogenesis in liver (D) Stimulates muscle glycogenolysis
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 : Glucocorticoids increase all of the following except (A) Gluconeogenesis (B) Lipolysis in extremities (C) Synthesis of elcosanoida (D) Hepatic glycogenesis
Description : Glycolysis is anaerobic in (A) Liver (B) Brain (C) Kidneys (D) Erythrocytes
Description : The most important source of reducing equivalents for FA synthesis on the liver is (A) Glycolysis (B) HMP-Shunt (C) TCA cycle (D) Uronic acid pathway
Description : Number of amino acid residues in glucagons is (A) 29 (B) 34 (C) 51 (D) 84
Description : Second messenger for glucagons is (A) Cyclic AMP (B) Diacylglycerol (C) Cyclic GMP (D) Inositol triphosphate
Description : Signal transducer for glucagons is a (A) Cyclic nucleotide (B) Phosphoinositide (C) Stimulatory G-protein (D) Inhibitory G-protein
Description : Normal serum glucagons level in fasting state varies between (A) 0-–10 pg/ml (B) 20–100 pg/ml (C) 200–300 pg/ml (D) 400–500 pg/ml
Description : The half life of glucagons is (A) ~5 (B) ~7 (C) ~10 (D) ~12
Description : The number of amino acids in single chain polypeptide glucagons is (A) 21 (B) 29 (C) 31 (D) 39
Description : The rate of HMP shunt reactions is (A) Increased by Insulin (B) Increased in diabetes mellitus (C) Increased by glucagons (D) Increased in starvation
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 : 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 : 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 : In the normal resting state of human most of the blood glucose burnt as fuel is consumed by (A) Liver (B) Brain (C) Adipose tissue (D) Muscles
Description : Gluconeogenesis does not occur in (A) Brain (B) Kidneys (C) Muscles (D) Liver
Description : Glucose-1-phosphate liberated from glycogen cannot be converted into free glucose in (A) Liver (B) Kidneys (C) Muscles (D) Brain
Description : Rapoport-Luebering cycle is located in (A) Liver (B) Muscles (C) Brain (D) Erythrocytes
Description : Glucokinase is found in (A) Muscles (B) Brain (C) Liver (D) All of these
Description : Creatine kinase is present in all of the following except (A) Liver (B) Myocardium (C) Muscles (D) Brain
Description : Ketone bodies are synthesized from fatty acid oxidation products by which of the following organs? (A) Liver (B) Skeletal muscles (C) Kidney (D) Brain
Description : Esterification of cholesterol occurs mainly in (A) Adipose tissue (B) Liver (C) Muscles (D) Kidneys
Description : α-Oxidation of fatty acids occurs mainly in (A) Liver (B) Brain (C) Muscles (D) Adipose tissue
Description : Lipid stores are mainly present in (A) Liver (B) Brain (C) Muscles (D) Adipose tissue
Description : Ketone bodies are synthesized in (A) Adipose tissue (B) Liver (C) Muscles (D) Brain
Description : The major site of urea synthesis is (A) Brain (B) Kidneys (C) Liver (D) Muscles