Formative 1

Question 1

If pH = 7 and pKa = 7, what percentage of the solution will be ionised?

Answer 1

50%

Question 2

What is the site of sperm production?

Answer 2

seminiferous tubules

Question 3

What is sectioned and ligated in a common male sterilisation procedure?

Answer 3

vas deferens

Question 4

What drains semen into the urethra?

Answer 4

ejaculatory duct

Question 5

What’s walls are lined with secretory epithelium?

Answer 5

fundus of stomach

Question 6

Where does the anal canal drain its venous blood?

Answer 6

directly to the systemic venous system

Question 7

What is located between the transverse colon and the descending colon?

Answer 7

splenic flexure

Question 8

Fracture of which rib could traumatise the kidney?

Answer 8

11

Question 9

Which bone does not articulate with any others?

Answer 9

hyoid

Question 10

What is part of the appendicular skeleton and is commonly used for obtaining bone marrow aspirates in the adult?

Answer 10

ilium

Question 11

A fingertip inserted through the gastro omental foramen will be in which space?

Answer 11

lesser sac

Question 12

What is a peritoneal strucutre attached to the greater curvature of the stomach?

Answer 12

greater omentum

Question 13

What nerves are found in the mesentery of the sigmoid colon?

Answer 13

pelvic splanchnic nerves

Question 14

What contains circularly arranged muscle in the form of an anatomical sphincter under somatic control?

Answer 14

anus

Question 15

What contains circularly and longutidinally arranged muscle which is stimulated to contract by the pelvic splanchnic nerves?

Answer 15

sigmoid colon

Question 16

Name a retroperitoneal structure under control of the postganglionic fibres from the celiac plexus.

Answer 16

third part of the duodenum

Question 17

Which nerve is responsible for the muscle active in phonation?

Answer 17

vagus nerve

Question 18

Which nerve is responsible for the muscle that constricts the pupi/l

Answer 18

occulomotor

Question 19

Which nerve is responsible for the muscle that connects the zygomatic bone to the skin of the upper lip?

Answer 19

trigeminal

Question 20

Which vessel would be occluded by an infected embolus from the valve if the patient suffered only a stroke involving the visual cortex?

Answer 20

second branch of arch of aorta

Question 21

Which vessel would be occluded by an infected embolus from the valve if the patient complained of sharp stabbing pain well localised to the posterolateral part of an intercostal space?

Answer 21

branch of the descending thoracic aorta

Question 22

Which vessel would be occluded by an infected embolus from the valve if the patient suffered loss of function in one upper limb only?

Answer 22

third branch of the arch of aorta

Question 23

During the absorptive state, what is the main energy source?

Answer 23

glucose

Question 24

Which complex does not pump protons as electrons through the respiratory chain?

Answer 24

2

Question 25

How many NAD+ molecules are reduced int he degradation of palmitoyl-coA to form 8 molecules of acetyl-CoA?

Answer 25

7

Question 26

In which cells is the enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase only found?

Answer 26

those with the ability to store glycogen

Question 27

What is the carrier molecule for fatty acid transport through the inner mitrochondrial membrane?

Answer 27

carnitine

Question 28

What is the mechanism used for the ATP synthesis in the glycolytic pathway?

Answer 28

substrate phosphorylation

Question 29

Are malignant cells aneuploidy or diploidy?

Answer 29

aneuploidy

Question 30

What is a malignant tumour derived from a glandular epithelial surface known as?

Answer 30

an adenocarcinoma

Question 31

Do classical oncogenes act in a dominant or recessive manner?

Answer 31

dominant

Question 32

Can oncogenes be activated by point mutation?

Answer 32

Yes

Question 33

Can metaplasia be an adaptive response to stress?

Answer 33

Yes

Question 34

Is metaplasia neoplastic?

Answer 34

No

Question 35

What does metaplasia refer to?

Answer 35

an acquired form of altered differentation

Question 36

Which disorder of growth is a developmental disorder?

Answer 36

Hypoplasia

Question 37

For aspirin, a weak acid with a pKa of 3.5, the percentage of total molecules ionised at a pH of 5.5 is what?

Answer 37

99.00

Question 38

What does double dose of a drug given as IV infusion do to its plasma concentration?

Answer 38

doubles it

Question 39

Where should low risk clinical waste be put?

Answer 39

orange bag

Question 40

What does reduction of pyruvate to lactate allow for recycling of?

Answer 40

NAD+

Question 41

In which process does glycogen phosphorylase catalyse a reaction?

Answer 41

glycogen breakdown

Question 42

What can reactivate from a latent state to form disease?

Answer 42

Herpes Simplex Virus

Question 43

Which virus can cause cancer in humans?

Answer 43

HPV