Past paper questions

Question 1

Who created the idea of “milieu interieur” ?

Answer 1

Cl. Bernard

Question 2

Which of the following statements belong to
Claude Bernard?
1. Pricking of the third ventricle can increase the blood sugar
2. The liver and the muscle contain glycogen
3. Pancreatic juice contains carbohydrate splitting enzymes
4. The heart is the center of circulation

Answer 2

2. The liver and the muscle contain glycogen

Question 3

What are the characteristics of environmental
stability?

Answer 3

sotonia, isohydria, isovolaemia,
isoionia

Question 4

What does isotonia mean?

Answer 4

constant osmotic pressure

Question 5

What does isoionia mean?

Answer 5

constant ionic combination

Question 6

What does isohydria mean?

Answer 6

constant pH

Question 7

What does isovolaemia mean?

Answer 7

constant volume

Question 8

What is a compartment?

Answer 8

a complex term is not identical
with the anatomical space

Question 9

How do water molecules occur in the cells?

Answer 9

in four molecular clusters

Question 10

Which pair below represents the two most
important types of barriers?

Answer 10

cell membrane, capillary wall

Question 11

What is typical of the cell membrane in terms of
permeability?

Answer 11

it is only permeable for water and
selective for many other materials

Question 12

What is typical of the capillary wall in terms of
permeability?

Answer 12

it only keeps out the the colloids
and is permeable all other
material

Question 13

What percentage of the body’s mass is water?

Answer 13

60-65%

Question 14

What percent of the blood is water?

Answer 14

90%

Question 15

What kind of materials make up those parts of
the membrane which determine the transport?

Answer 15

lipids and complex proteins

Question 16

What is typical of active transport?

Answer 16

facilitated diffusion is a major
representative of this type of
transport

Question 17

What is typical of the facilitated diffusion?

Answer 17

it is a type of passive transport

Question 18

Which statement is true concerning material
transport across membranes?
1. receptors are not involved
2. membrane channels are involved in this process
3. it runs exclusively with the help of carrier proteins
4. complex proteins are not involved

Answer 18

2. membrane channels are involved in this process

Question 19

Which statement concerning the total water
space is correct?

Answer 19

its major part is the intracellular
space

Question 20

Which statement is true for extracellular
space?

Answer 20

it is about 35% of the total water
space

Question 21

What is true for the volume of interstitial space
of soft tissues?

Answer 21

it is 120-150 ml/ kg bwt