miscellaneous

Question 1

what is the largest bone in the foot?

Answer 1

calcaneus

Question 2

the axis (c2) has a process called what

Answer 2

odontoid process

Question 3

the atlas (c1) rotates around what

Answer 3

the odontoid process

Question 4

primary cartilaginous joints are found in bones joined by what

Answer 4

hyaline cartilage

Question 5

secondary cartilagenous joints are atrong and joined by what

Answer 5

fibrocartilage

Question 6

kidneys are what

Answer 6

retroperitoneal (situated behind the peritoneum)

Question 7

what is the broad end of the uterine tube that receives the oocyte called

Answer 7

infundibulum

Question 8

where does the uterine tube narrow to enter the uterus

Answer 8

isthmus

Question 9

spermatic route

Answer 9

seminiferous tubules - rete testis - epidydimis - vas deferens - prostate - urethra

Question 10

definition of morphogenesis

Answer 10

the formation of the body plan

Question 11

what does gastrulation involve

Answer 11

the migration of cells through the primitive streak to form germ layers

Question 12

definition of euchromatin

Answer 12

DNA that is more dispersed + actively undergoing transcription

Question 13

definition of heterochromatin

Answer 13

DNA that is highly condensed and not undergoing transcription

Question 14

adeno
papilloma
sarcoma

Answer 14

glandular
mucous membrane
some parts benign, some parts malignant

Question 15

definition of V max

Answer 15

maximal rate of reaction at unlimited substrate conc

Question 16

in competitive inhibition, what varies and what stays the same

Answer 16

Km varies

Vmax stays the same

Question 17

in non competitive inhibition what varies and what stays the same

Answer 17

Km stays the same

Vmax varies

Question 18

what is glucose oxidised to

Answer 18

carbon dioxide + water

Question 19

glucose gets into cell by facilitated diffusion via

Answer 19

glucose transporters (GLUT)

Question 20

function of hexokinase

Answer 20

phosphorylates glucose

Question 21

NAD+ is reduced to what in glycolysis

Answer 21

NADH + H+

Question 22

NAD+ is regenerated through

Answer 22

oxidative metabolism of pyruvate

Question 23

from one acetyl - coA, TCA cycle generates

Answer 23

3 NADH + H+
1 FADH2
1 GTP
2 CO2

Question 24

1 glucose molecule yields how many ATP molecules

Answer 24

30-32

Question 25

types of intracellular junctions

Answer 25

occluding junctions
anchoring junctions
communicating junctions

Question 26

definition of global village

Answer 26

increased mobility means local infection can rapidly become global infection

Question 27

what is the most abundant immunoglobulin

Answer 27

IgG

Question 28

which immunoglobulins do mothers give to baby

Answer 28

IgG and Dimeric IgA

Question 29

sympathetic outflow

Answer 29

thoraco - lumbar outflow (T1-L2)