SPH-K409: Test Questions and All
Correct Answers.
circumstances helps increase enzyme activity in a muscle? - Answer o Increased substrate
concentration
o Increase temperature up to 37 degrees
Which of the following statements is true concerning the cell membrane? - Answer Always
negative
The primary mechanism responsible for maintaining the resting membrane potential of a
neuron - Answer active pumping of sodium and potassium ions across the neuronal
membrane by the sodium-potassium pump
the speed of a neural impulse is dependent on - Answer myelinzation and axon diameter
Which of the following represents the proper sequence of events during sensory- motor
integration? - Answer Sensory reception, sensory transmission, CNS processing and response
selection motor impulse transmission, motor response
Sensory receptors that respond to changes in blood concentrations of carbon dioxide and
oxygen and glucose are referred to as - Answer chemoreceptors
Which of the following is true? - Answer Muscles that carry out the fine motor movement
are generally made up of motor units that contain only a few muscle fibers
Endurance and strength training mainly transforms: - Answer fast type llb/x fibers into
intermediate type 11a fibers
Relative to brain health regular aerobic exercise has been shown to - Answer do all of the
above
enhance learning
improve blood flow etc.
Muscle spindles provide sensory info relative to the - Answer length of the muscle
Fast-twitch fibers contain a relatively - Answer small number of mitochondria and high
ATPase activity
, The Golgi tendon organs monitor - Answer tension produced by muscular contraction
Phosphocreatine is a high-energy phosphate compound that is used in the cell - Answer to
resynthesize ATP
The process by which glycogen is synthesized from glucose is called - Answer glycogenesis
One mole of glucose when degraded in anaerobic glycolysis will have a net production of: -
Answer 2 moles of ATP
Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of anaerobic glycolysis? -
Answer It generates large amounts of ATP
Beta oxidation is the name for - Answer the process by which free fatty acids are broken
down to yield multiple molecules of acetyl CoA
NAD and FAD are - Answer coenzyems that transfer hydrogen to the election transport chain
Growth hormone stimulates growth largely due to its ability to: - Answer stimulate the liver
to secrete insulin-like growth factor 1
Prolonged treatment of inflammatory conditions with which of the following hormones (or its
synthetic coutnerparts) is well known to depress immune function? - Answer Cortisol
the "Second messenger" most often involved in meditating hormone actions is - Answer
cyclic AMP (cAMP)
Glucagon and epinephrine help maintain plasma glucose levels during exercise mainly by -
Answer stimulating liver glycogenolysis
Testosterone, a steroid hormone, affects cell physiology primarily by - Answer binding to a
receptor located in the cytoplasm of a target cell and changing in the pattern of transcription of
genes (increasing or decreasing transcription fro ma battery of genes
Hormones released by the kidneys include - Answer erythropoietin and renin
Correct Answers.
circumstances helps increase enzyme activity in a muscle? - Answer o Increased substrate
concentration
o Increase temperature up to 37 degrees
Which of the following statements is true concerning the cell membrane? - Answer Always
negative
The primary mechanism responsible for maintaining the resting membrane potential of a
neuron - Answer active pumping of sodium and potassium ions across the neuronal
membrane by the sodium-potassium pump
the speed of a neural impulse is dependent on - Answer myelinzation and axon diameter
Which of the following represents the proper sequence of events during sensory- motor
integration? - Answer Sensory reception, sensory transmission, CNS processing and response
selection motor impulse transmission, motor response
Sensory receptors that respond to changes in blood concentrations of carbon dioxide and
oxygen and glucose are referred to as - Answer chemoreceptors
Which of the following is true? - Answer Muscles that carry out the fine motor movement
are generally made up of motor units that contain only a few muscle fibers
Endurance and strength training mainly transforms: - Answer fast type llb/x fibers into
intermediate type 11a fibers
Relative to brain health regular aerobic exercise has been shown to - Answer do all of the
above
enhance learning
improve blood flow etc.
Muscle spindles provide sensory info relative to the - Answer length of the muscle
Fast-twitch fibers contain a relatively - Answer small number of mitochondria and high
ATPase activity
, The Golgi tendon organs monitor - Answer tension produced by muscular contraction
Phosphocreatine is a high-energy phosphate compound that is used in the cell - Answer to
resynthesize ATP
The process by which glycogen is synthesized from glucose is called - Answer glycogenesis
One mole of glucose when degraded in anaerobic glycolysis will have a net production of: -
Answer 2 moles of ATP
Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of anaerobic glycolysis? -
Answer It generates large amounts of ATP
Beta oxidation is the name for - Answer the process by which free fatty acids are broken
down to yield multiple molecules of acetyl CoA
NAD and FAD are - Answer coenzyems that transfer hydrogen to the election transport chain
Growth hormone stimulates growth largely due to its ability to: - Answer stimulate the liver
to secrete insulin-like growth factor 1
Prolonged treatment of inflammatory conditions with which of the following hormones (or its
synthetic coutnerparts) is well known to depress immune function? - Answer Cortisol
the "Second messenger" most often involved in meditating hormone actions is - Answer
cyclic AMP (cAMP)
Glucagon and epinephrine help maintain plasma glucose levels during exercise mainly by -
Answer stimulating liver glycogenolysis
Testosterone, a steroid hormone, affects cell physiology primarily by - Answer binding to a
receptor located in the cytoplasm of a target cell and changing in the pattern of transcription of
genes (increasing or decreasing transcription fro ma battery of genes
Hormones released by the kidneys include - Answer erythropoietin and renin
