35.

36.

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41.

of the mouth suggest a deficiency of

The major component of the nonprotein

njtrogen fraction of blood is

1.
2.
3.
4.
S.

2.
3.
4.
5.

A magenta tongue and lesions in the corners

,. urea.

niacin.
thiamine.
folic acid.
ribot1avin.
cyanocobalamin.
42.

The lipotropic effect of lecithin upon

fatty liversmay also be produced by
1.
2.
3.
4.

choline.
lipoic acid.
ethanolamine.
beta-hydroxybutyric acid.
-,

The physiologic importance of hemoglobin

lies in its ability to combine

,. irreversibly with oxygen and CO2,

2. reversibly with oxygen at the ferric heme
prosthetic group.
3. irreversibly with oxygen at the ferrous
.

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hemeprosthetic group.

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4,

37.

38.

nociceptors.
chemoreceptors.
proprioceptors.
ex teroceptors.

39.

bone.
skin.
heart muscle.
nervoustissue.
connectivetissue.

In relation to its effect upon the movement

of water between the vascular and
extravascular space, plasma colloid osmotic
pressure acts in the same direction as the
1.
2.
3.
4.
S.

tissue pressure.
venous pressure.
capillary pressure.
arteriolar pressure.
tissue colloid osmotic pressure.

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A substance is considered to undergo net

secretion by the kidney tubules if its

,. concentration in urine is greater than

in blood.
2. concentration in urine is greater than
in plasma.
3. extraction ratio is close to zero.
4. clearance is greater than that of inulin.
5. clearance is greater than unity.
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44.

The amount of red blood cell destruction

per day is best measured by, the
1. hematocrit.
2. amount of iron excreted.
3. change in the red blood cell count.
4. amountof hemoglobin/1OO
ml. blood.
5. amount of bile pigments excreted by
the liver.

Glutamate decarboxylase, an enzyme which

catalyzes the formation of gamma-amino
butyric acid, is unique to

1.
2.
3.
4.
S.
40.

43.

The bicarbonate buffer system of the blood

is very efficient because
1. bicarbonate is rapidly excreted by the
kidneys.
2. bicarbonate is able to be stored in the
tissue.
3. carbon dioxide is able to combine with
hemoglobin.
4. carbon dioxide forms a stable combination
with base.
S. carbon dioxide is rapidly eliminated
through the lungs.

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reversibly with oxygen at the ferrous

heme prosthetic group.

S. None of the above

The sensory receptors serving the stretch

ret1ex are classified as

1.
2.
3.
4.

uric acid.
Ufobilinogen.
hippuric acid.
free amino acids.

45.

Progestins are being used as oral contraceptive

substances due to their ability to

1.
2.
3.
4.
46.

suppress ovulation.
combine with insulin.
inhibit the production of FSH.
inhibit the proliferation of the endometrium.

The termination of synthesis of a polypeptide

is believed to involve
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

nonsense codons.
anticodon-codon interaction.
tRNA which cannot bind amino acids.
hydrolysis of messenger RNA.
none of the above.

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