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The organelle that serves as the digestive system in the cell is the:
a. polysome
b. endosome
c. lysosome
d. ribosome
e. intestine - ✔✔c. lysosome
Peripheral proteins function primarily as ion channels and active transporters.
a. true
b. false - ✔✔b. false
Integral proteins function primarily as ion channels and active transporters
What is cell signaling?
a. the process a cell goes through before it becomes functional
b. nerve impulses that cause motion
c. biochemical reactions that convey a message to a DNA promoter
d. the process of protein catabolism - ✔✔c. biochemical reactions that convey a message to a DNA
promoter
Which of the following organ has the greatest capacity to take up plasma glucose:
a. intestine
b. brain
c. liver
d. adipose tissue
, e. muscle - ✔✔c. liver
Which of the following would not be a good enzyme to measure in the blood to diagnose a specific
organ injury:
a. an enzyme from glycolysis
b. from glycogenolysis
c. from B-oxidation of fatty acids
d. from fatty acid synthesis
e. from glycogenesis - ✔✔c. from B-oxidation of fatty acids
The purpose of coupling metabolic reaction is:
a. to enable an endothermic reaction to become exothermic
b. to enable an exothermic reaction to become endothermic
c. to enable the reaction to proceed
d. a and c
e. b and c - ✔✔d. a and c
NADH and FADH2 transfer electrons to the electron transport chain.
a. true
b. false - ✔✔a. true
The ingested nutrients are usually digested on microvilli and absorbed by the matured mucosal
epithelium (enterocytes).
a. true
b. false - ✔✔a. true
Your patient has just been treated for Helicobacter pylori infection and wants to decrease the irritation
of the acid released by the stomach. Therefore, you prescribe a drug that:
a. stimulates gastrin release