Tom Farrow Mock

Question 1

What part of the trilaminar disc is the spinal cord derived from?

Answer 1

Ectoderm

Question 2

What part of the gastrointestinal tract usually absorbs the most fluid?

Answer 2

Jejunum

Question 3

What is the main purpose of coughing?

Answer 3

To move material from the vocal cords to the pharynx

Question 4

What mechanism is primarily responsible for expiration?

Answer 4

Elastic recoil of the lung

Question 5

True or false. Hameoglobin is saturated 25% of the way through pulmonary capillaries.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The four fat-soluble vitamins are A,D,E and K. What are their chemical names?

Answer 6

A = Retinol
D = Calciferol
E = Tocopheral
K = 2-Methyl-1,4-Naphthoquinone

Question 7

What is the role of pepsin?

Answer 7

Hydrolyses bonds between aromatic amino acids

Question 8

Give an example of a trace metal in normal human diet

Answer 8

Manganese

Question 9

What is the inverse care law?

Answer 9

The suggestion that access to health care tends not to be proportionate to the actual need for care in the population served

Question 10

What frequency are hair cells at the apex of the cochlea responsible for hearing?

Answer 10

Low frequency

Question 11

What are the role of neuronal synaptic clefts?

Answer 11

Allow neurons to signal to each other and other types of cells

Question 12

Where are microglia found?

Answer 12

1. Meninges
2. Brain parenchyma
3. Vasculature

Question 13

What is the role of the basal ganglia in motor control?

Answer 13

They select the most appropriate motor action to pass back to the cortex for execution

Question 14

Which region of the brain is concerned with awareness of pain?

Answer 14

The pre frontal cortex

Question 15

Where are C cells that produce calcitonin located?

Answer 15

Thyroid

Question 16

How is glucose absorbed?

Answer 16

Glucose is first passively absorbed through a membrane transporter
Any extra glucose is actively absorbed by SGLT-1 channels, with Na+ being a cotransporter in secondary active transport

Question 17

Is the stratum corneum an acellular layer?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

What are the changes that occur during skeletal muscle contraction?

Answer 18

A band: stays same length

I band: shortens

Question 19

Describe muscle spindles

Answer 19

They are innervated by gamma motor neurons and detect the amount and rate of change of muscle length to measure stretch

Question 20

What is the main purpose of the synovial membrane?

Answer 20

Secretes important components into the synovial fluid