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13.

19.

The exchange of gases between plasma and

tissue fluid is a function of

1.
2.
3.
4.

partial pressures.
hydrostatic pressures.
osmotic pressure differentials.
differences in volumes per cent of the
gases.

According to the Henderson-Hasselbalch

equation, the pH of a buffer system depends
on the pK of the weak acid and the

1. pK of the salt.
2. molar concentration of weak acid present.
3. molar concentration of salt of weak
ad d p resen t.

4. ratio of molar concentrations of salt

and weak acid.

14.

Triglyceride absorbed into the lymphatic

system is transported to the liver as
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

15.

17.

21.

The parath,yroid hormone acts in the body

by
1. decreasing absorption of calcium in the
:ntestinal tract.
2. ac('.~leratingthe removal of calcium and
phosphate from the skeleton but not
from the teeth.
3. stimulating gluconeogenesis in the liver.
4. decreasing the excretion of sodium and
chloride.
5. All of the above

total capacity.
pulse pressure.
diastolic pressure.
resistance to flow.
volume flow of blood per minute.

Certain viruses have been isolated in

crystalline form and have been found to be
1.
2.
3.
4.
S.

18.

a fall in capillary pressure.

a slight fall in blood pressure.
an increased blo~d-flow to the lungs.
a fall in pressure in the large veins.

Systemic and pulmonary circulations are

alike in that they have the same
1.
2.
.3.
4.
S.

A defiCiency in vitamin K would affect

blood clotting ch iefly by
1. decreasing prothrombin production.
2. preventing the contraction of the clot.
3. preventing the reaction of thrombin with
fibrinogen.
4. preventing-th1: conversion of fibriri"ogen
to fibrin.
5. preventing the conversion of prothrombin
to thrombin.

A sudden increased inflow into the right

atrium will cause, in two or three heart beats,
1.
2.
3.
4.

16.

20.

chylomicrons.
very low density lipoprotein.
low density lipoprotein.
high density lipoprotein.
very high density lipoprotein.

22.

nucleotides.
polypeptides.
phospholipids.
scleroproteins.
nucleoproteins.

Neutralization of acids by saliva res-ults

mainly from its content of
1.
2.
3.
4.
S.

mucin.
ammonia.
carbonate.
amino acids.
bicarbonate.

Proteins are able to buffer physiologic

solutions over a wide range of pH because
they

23.
1. are macromolecules of high molecular
weignt.
2. contain many functional groups with
differing pK's.
3. have considerable secondary and tertiary
structure which causes hydrogen ions to
be sequestered.
4. have many peptide bonds which are very
resistant to hydrolysis by hydrogen or
hydroxyl ions.

;\fter functioning in the small intestines, the

largest portion of bile salts are
1. excreted in the feces.
2. reabsorbed into the central lacteal.
3. destroyed by bacteria in the large
intestines.
4. reabsorbed into the portal circulation
and reused.
5. removed from the circulation by the
kidneys and excreted in the urine.

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