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What type of bonds are base chains made up of? - (answer)alpha 1-4
What type of bonds are branch points made of? - (answer)alpha 1-6
How is fructose absorbed? - (answer)Via facilitated diffusion
How is citric acid made? - (answer)Oxaloacetate (C4) joins with Acetyl CoA (C2) to make citric acid (C6)
Where does the electron transport chain occur? - (answer)At the inner membrane of the mitochondria
What is the primary rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis? - (answer)Phosphofructokinase
What enzymes are required for glycolysis? - (answer)Phosphofructokinase, hexokinase, glucokinase,
pyruvate kinase
What are the monosaccharides? - (answer)Glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose
What are the disaccharides? - (answer)Sucrose, lactose, maltose, isomaltose
What type of bond does lactose have? - (answer)Beta 1-4
What breaks down polysaccharides to monosaccharides? - (answer)The brush border enzymes
What enzymes are needed for gluconeogenesis? - (answer)Glucose-6 phosphatase, F-1,6 diphosphatase,
Pyruvate carboxykinase, pyruvate carboxylase
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What stimulates gluconeogenesis? - (answer)Epinephrine, cortisol, glucagon
What mainly controls liver glycogen metabolism? - (answer)The concentration of phosphorylase-a
What does increased cAMP do? - (answer)Increases glycogenolysis, slows glycogenesis
What functions does the HMP-shunt have? - (answer)1. Makes NADPH
2. Provides ribose residues
What are the essential fatty acids? - (answer)Linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid
What is the rate-limiting step of cholesterol synthesis? - (answer)The conversion of HMG CoA to
mevalonate by HMG CoA reductase
What type of receptor do chylomicrons dock on? - (answer)ApoE receptors
What kind of receptors do LDL bind to? - (answer)ApoB receptors
What kind of receptors do HDL bind to? - (answer)ApoA1 receptors
What enzyme makes cholesterol esters? - (answer)ACAT enzyme
What enzyme breaks cholesterol ester down into free cholesterol? - (answer)CE hydroxylase
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What enzyme converts desmosterol to cholesterol? - (answer)Delta 24 reductase
What are the essential amino acids? - (answer)Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Valine,
Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Arginine
What does Hydrolase do? - (answer)Adds H2O to break bonds (hydrolysis)
What does Aldolase do? - (answer)Cleaves C-C bonds to form aldehydes
What does dehydrogenase do? - (answer)Removes H from substrate
What does hydratase do? - (answer)Adds H2O to C-C bonds without breaking the bonds, can also
remove H2O to create a double bond
What does Isomerase do? - (answer)Converts between isomers
What does esterase do? - (answer)Hydrolyzes ester linkages to form an alcohol and an acid
What is glutathione made up of? - (answer)glutamine/glutamate, cysteine, glycine
What does Phase 1 of the liver detox pathway do? - (answer)Makes lipophilic compounds more water
soluble
How do macrophages move in CT? - (answer)Via pseudopods
What do mast cell granules contain? - (answer)Heparin, histamine, serotonin, ECF-A, SRS-A, Ag and IgE
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Where do leukocytes act? - (answer)In extravascular spaces
What is made of Type I collagen? - (answer)Skin, tendons, organs, bones
What is made of Type II collagen? - (answer)Cartilage
What is made of Type III collagen? - (answer)Reticular fibers
What is made of Type IV collagen? - (answer)Basal lamina
What is made of Type V collagen? - (answer)Cell surfaces, hair, placenta
What percentage of erythrocytes is commonly hemoglobin? - (answer)33%
What are the agranular leukocytes? - (answer)Lymphocytes, monocytes
What are the granular leukocytes? - (answer)Neutrophils, Eosiniphils, Basophils
What do platelets contain? - (answer)Serotonin, ADP, ATP, Calcium, clotting factors, neutrophil
attracting factors
Where is hyaline cartilage found? - (answer)Fetal skeleton, joint surfaces, nose, ribs
Where is elastic cartilage found? - (answer)Ears, auditory tube, epiglottis
Exam) LATEST VERSION!!
What type of bonds are base chains made up of? - (answer)alpha 1-4
What type of bonds are branch points made of? - (answer)alpha 1-6
How is fructose absorbed? - (answer)Via facilitated diffusion
How is citric acid made? - (answer)Oxaloacetate (C4) joins with Acetyl CoA (C2) to make citric acid (C6)
Where does the electron transport chain occur? - (answer)At the inner membrane of the mitochondria
What is the primary rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis? - (answer)Phosphofructokinase
What enzymes are required for glycolysis? - (answer)Phosphofructokinase, hexokinase, glucokinase,
pyruvate kinase
What are the monosaccharides? - (answer)Glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose
What are the disaccharides? - (answer)Sucrose, lactose, maltose, isomaltose
What type of bond does lactose have? - (answer)Beta 1-4
What breaks down polysaccharides to monosaccharides? - (answer)The brush border enzymes
What enzymes are needed for gluconeogenesis? - (answer)Glucose-6 phosphatase, F-1,6 diphosphatase,
Pyruvate carboxykinase, pyruvate carboxylase
,NPLEX 1 Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers) Updated (Actual
Exam) LATEST VERSION!!
What stimulates gluconeogenesis? - (answer)Epinephrine, cortisol, glucagon
What mainly controls liver glycogen metabolism? - (answer)The concentration of phosphorylase-a
What does increased cAMP do? - (answer)Increases glycogenolysis, slows glycogenesis
What functions does the HMP-shunt have? - (answer)1. Makes NADPH
2. Provides ribose residues
What are the essential fatty acids? - (answer)Linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid
What is the rate-limiting step of cholesterol synthesis? - (answer)The conversion of HMG CoA to
mevalonate by HMG CoA reductase
What type of receptor do chylomicrons dock on? - (answer)ApoE receptors
What kind of receptors do LDL bind to? - (answer)ApoB receptors
What kind of receptors do HDL bind to? - (answer)ApoA1 receptors
What enzyme makes cholesterol esters? - (answer)ACAT enzyme
What enzyme breaks cholesterol ester down into free cholesterol? - (answer)CE hydroxylase
,NPLEX 1 Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers) Updated (Actual
Exam) LATEST VERSION!!
What enzyme converts desmosterol to cholesterol? - (answer)Delta 24 reductase
What are the essential amino acids? - (answer)Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Valine,
Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Arginine
What does Hydrolase do? - (answer)Adds H2O to break bonds (hydrolysis)
What does Aldolase do? - (answer)Cleaves C-C bonds to form aldehydes
What does dehydrogenase do? - (answer)Removes H from substrate
What does hydratase do? - (answer)Adds H2O to C-C bonds without breaking the bonds, can also
remove H2O to create a double bond
What does Isomerase do? - (answer)Converts between isomers
What does esterase do? - (answer)Hydrolyzes ester linkages to form an alcohol and an acid
What is glutathione made up of? - (answer)glutamine/glutamate, cysteine, glycine
What does Phase 1 of the liver detox pathway do? - (answer)Makes lipophilic compounds more water
soluble
How do macrophages move in CT? - (answer)Via pseudopods
What do mast cell granules contain? - (answer)Heparin, histamine, serotonin, ECF-A, SRS-A, Ag and IgE
, NPLEX 1 Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers) Updated (Actual
Exam) LATEST VERSION!!
Where do leukocytes act? - (answer)In extravascular spaces
What is made of Type I collagen? - (answer)Skin, tendons, organs, bones
What is made of Type II collagen? - (answer)Cartilage
What is made of Type III collagen? - (answer)Reticular fibers
What is made of Type IV collagen? - (answer)Basal lamina
What is made of Type V collagen? - (answer)Cell surfaces, hair, placenta
What percentage of erythrocytes is commonly hemoglobin? - (answer)33%
What are the agranular leukocytes? - (answer)Lymphocytes, monocytes
What are the granular leukocytes? - (answer)Neutrophils, Eosiniphils, Basophils
What do platelets contain? - (answer)Serotonin, ADP, ATP, Calcium, clotting factors, neutrophil
attracting factors
Where is hyaline cartilage found? - (answer)Fetal skeleton, joint surfaces, nose, ribs
Where is elastic cartilage found? - (answer)Ears, auditory tube, epiglottis
