Pregunta 1
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The Nerntz potential for Na+ does not suggest that the concentration of this ion is equal on both sides of the membrane.
Pregunta 2
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The movement of water across a membrane is always an active process requiring primary active transport.
Pregunta 3
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The Nernst Equation is important for:
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Determining the absolute membrane potential.
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Determining the electrical potential difference, for a single ion, needed to counter the concentration difference.
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Determining the electrical potential difference, for multiple ions, needed to counter the concentration difference.
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Determining the concentration difference, for multiple, needed to counter the electrical potential difference.
Pregunta 4
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When determining the "equilibrium potential" for Na+, we have to assume the membrane is permeable to all solutes.
Pregunta 5
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Any difference in energy across a membrane is considered the ___________ that pushes a molecule in one direction of the other.
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magnum force
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carrier force
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delta force
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driving force
Pregunta 6
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To initiate the action potential of the cell's resting membrane potential must first be changed to reach the threshold of voltage-gates sodium channels.
Pregunta 7
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Which process listed below is most responsible for maintaining the electrochemical gradient of a resting membrane?
Pregunta 8
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If a positively charged ion is more concentrated inside the cell, the electrical forces required to balance the chemical gradient would be directed ____________. Thus, the equilibrium potential (which reflects the voltage inside of the cell) for this ion would be __________ charged.
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inward; positively
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outward; negatively
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outward; positively
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inward; negatively
Pregunta 9
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Extracellular Na+ is higher than intracellular Na+. If the membrane potential were allowed to reach the equilibrium potential for Na+, in which direction (at the moment equilibrium is reached) would overall Na+ movement be?
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inward
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outward
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no net movement
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varies by cell
Pregunta 10
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The initial rapid change in resting membrane voltage (potential) seen during an action potential is called the "repolarization phase".
Pregunta 11
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The functioning (physiology) of our body is dependent and mimics the functioning of _____________.
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cell
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tissue
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organ
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all of the above
Pregunta 12
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The largest concentration of the body’s water resides in the ____________________.
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Extracellular fluid
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Plasma
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Intracellular fluid
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Interstitial fluid
Pregunta 13
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Na+ has a higher concentration in the extracellular fluid, than in the intracellular fluid.
Pregunta 14
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In warm weather, particular sensors within the body may sense that the body temperature is increasing. In response the systems of the body respond by trying to decrease the temperature change. This is an example of________________________.
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Starbuck’s coffee reaction
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Osmotic control, moving water from inside the body out
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Homeostasic control systems
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I don’t know
Pregunta 15
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Lactose is a disaccharide composed of ...
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Glucose and Lactose
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Galactose and Glucose
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Galactose and Fructose
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Fructose and Glucose
Pregunta 16
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Which statement about enzymes is not true?
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Enzymes are generally proteins
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For enzymes to be active they should first bind/link to a reactant molecule (substrate)
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Are usually one dimensional in shape and function.
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Can catalyze a reaction between to other molecules.
Pregunta 17
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The enzyme _______ catalyzes the reaction whereby nucleotides are added to the polynucleotide chain that contains DNA (deoxyribose sugars).
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RNA polymerase.
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helicase.
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DNA polymerase.
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histone.
Pregunta 18
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The Mitochondria –
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Can vary in number from cell to cell
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Utilizes Aerobic mechanisms (electron transport chain) to produce ATP
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Uses phospholipids for its membrane
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All of the above
Pregunta 19
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The Golgi apparatus sorts, modifies and packages proteins into vesicles targeted for their final destination.
Pregunta 20
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The property of phospholipids can be described as ___________.
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A single polar region that is miscible in aqueous solution.
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A hydrophobic region that associates with water and hydrophilic regions that face one another.
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A hydrophilic region that associates with water and hydrophobic regions that face one another.
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None of the above
Pregunta 21
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Which statement is NOT an accurate description of HOMEOSTATIC mechanisms of the body?
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They function through either positive or negative feedback systems.
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They maintain each regulated variable around a set point.
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They maintain a constant internal environment in the face of a variable external environment.
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They have an unlimited capacity to respond to changes in the external environment.
Pregunta 22
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The _________________ is the site where lipids, triglycerides, and steroids are synthesized, as well as where calcium is stored within the cell.
Pregunta 23
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The enzymes of glycolysis are located within the ______________ of the cell.
Pregunta 24
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The concentration of Na+ in mammalian systems is generally
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Lower outside of the cell versus inside of the cell.
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Higher outside of the cell versus inside of the cell.
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Equal on both sides of the cell membrane
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Not an issue due to the ions permeability of the membrane.
Pregunta 25
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The rate of diffusion in an open solution is dependent on several factors including concentration gradient, permeability across the membrane, viscosity of the fluid, and temperature.
Pregunta 26
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Which choice below does not play a role in determining osmolarity?
Pregunta 27
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Active transport differs from facilitated diffusion in that it uses energy to move a substance (downhill) in the direction of its concentration or electrical gradient.
Pregunta 28
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Passive transport of an ion requires that it move down its concentration gradient.
Pregunta 29
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Properties associated with protein membrane active transporters is/are -
Pregunta 30
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Which statement below is true?
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Voltage across a membrane is “pressure”.
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A Concentration differences across a membrane is a “pressure”.
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The cell membrane containing a cell can be considered a “pressure”
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All of the above are true
Pregunta 31
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Osmotic pressure is the pressure necessary to prevent the movement of water across a membrane.
Pregunta 32
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Sodium-linked glucose transport, where both Na+ and glucose are moving in the same direction, is an example of
_____________.
Pregunta 33
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The Na+/K+ pump is an excellent example of secondary active transport.
Pregunta 34
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Extracellular Na+ is higher than intracellular Na+. If the voltage across the membrane of the cell were to reach the
equilibrium potential for Na+, at the moment it reaches equilibrium, in which direction would the net Na+ movement be?
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Inward
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outward
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varies by cell
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No net movement of Na+