PHYSIOLOGY BLOCK

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Special Topics Recalls
Dr. Lozada & Vilches
c) Acclimatization
(months to years)
1. A 35yo, healthy male has been living is a
very hot environment for a many years.
Which of the following will be his 5. Increase ventilatory drive to combat
adaptation to his environment? hypoxia
a. Large increase in the amount of a) Acute Phase (occurs within
sweat minutes)
b. Increased sodium content of sweat b) Adaptive Phase (days to weeks)
c. Decrease in plasma aldosterone
c) Acclimatization (months to years)
level
d. Decrease plasma sodium 6. Renal compensatory mechanism to the
concentration development of Respiratory Alkalosis
2. Fever occurs when there is an increase in a) Acute Phase (occurs within
the hypothalamic set point temperature. minutes)
The body then responds by conserving heat b) Adaptive Phase (days to weeks)
thus the body temperature increases. c) Acclimatization (months to years)
Which of the following is most likely to
occur during fever?* 7. Increase RBC Synthesis

a. Cutaneous vasoconstriction a) Acute Phase (occurs within

b. Decrease in shivering ??? minutes)
c. Strong subjective sensation of heat b) Adaptive Phase (days to weeks)
d. Increase in sweating c) Acclimatization (months to years)
3. Core temperature* Match the type energy system with the
sports that utilizes them (8-11)
a. It is lower than the skin temperature
b. Exhibits a circadian or diurnal 8. Glycogen lactic acid system + Aerobic
fluctuation System
c. All of the above
d. normally fluctuates with the a) Jogging
temperature of the surroundings b) Basketball
c) Diving
Match the following responses to altitude
d) Boxing
as to its phases (4-7)
9. Phosphagen
4. Increased capillary densities throughout
the body a) Jogging
b) Basketball
a) Acute Phase (occurs within c) Diving
minutes) d) Boxing
b) Adaptive Phase (days to weeks)

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 b) Radiation
c) Evaporation
d) Convection
15. The only process that can be utilized by
10. Phosphagen + Glycogen lactic acid the body for heat loss when the
system temperature of the environment is higher
than the body’s temperature
a) Jogging
b) Basketball a) Conduction
c) Diving b) Radiation
d) Boxing c) Evaporation
d) Convection
11. Aerobic System
16. An adult person exposed to cold
a) Jogging
temperature will manifest the ff. body and
b) Basketball
behavioral responses, EXCEPT:*
c) Diving
d) Boxing a. Vasoconstriction all throughout the
body
Match the following heat loss process with b. Increase brown adipose tissue mass
their correct description or characteristics c. Person tries to cover his body
(12-15) d. Increase production of Thyroxine
12. Heat loss that occurs when the body 17. A condition associated with increased in
touches a solid material of lower critical body temperature due to exposure
temperature than the body temperature to very high environmental temperature
manifested by loss of consciousness and
a) Conduction
circulatory shock.*
b) Radiation
c) Evaporation a. Periodic fever
d) Convection b. Heatstroke
c. Malignant hyperthermia
13. Accounts for 60% of heat loss from the
d. Heat exhaustion
body
18. What is the effect of wet clothing on
a) Conduction conductive heat loss?*
b) Radiation
c) Evaporation a. The heat that is transmitted to the
d) Convection skin is reflected back to the body by
the wet clothing
14. When air carries the heat between the b. Inductive heat loss increases
body and the environment because water increases heat
transmission through the wet
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 c. Increased infrared heat transmission c. Increased stimulation of the
in wet clothing because of high peripheral respiratory
specific heat of water chemoreceptors
d. Decreases the convection of air d. Increased lung diffusion capacity
currents
24. According to Boyle’s law as the pressure
19. In space physiology, the following are on the gas increases the volume of the gas:*
hazards, EXCEPT:*
a. increases
a. Weightlessness b. decreases
b. Radiation effects c. no effect
c. Pressurized suits d. dissolves in the surrounding liquid
d. Deceleration
25. Which gasses or mixture gasses is the
20. Physiological problems encountered by recommended to be used in very deep sea
astronauts during space flights:* diving?*
a. Increased in maximum cardiac a. Oxygen and Helium
output b. Oxygen and Nitrogen
b. Decalcification of bones c. Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon
c. Increased in blood volume dioxide
d. Hypertension d. Pure Oxygen only
21. The most abundant gas in the earth’s 26. What is the most common
atmosphere at sea level is:* manifestation of decompression sickness?*
a. Carbon monoxide a. Joints and muscle pain
b. Carbon dioxide b. “the chokes”
c. Oxygen c. Nervous system symptoms
d. Nitrogen d. Nitrogen Narcosis
22. The pressure exerted by a vertical 27. Based on your knowledge of sports
column of sea water is directly proportional physiology, which of the following will be
to the:* the best replacement fluid for a person
doing heavy exercise?*
a. Square of the height of the column
b. Bottom of the fluid column a. Fluids with properly proportioned
c. Height of the fluid column sodium and chloride
d. Atmospheric pressure b. Water plus properly proportioned
23. The development of respiratory glucose
c. Fluids with properly proportioned
alkalosis at high altitude is due to all of the
sodium and potassium
following, EXCEPT*
d. Distilled water
a. Decreased in barometric pressure 28. Characteristic of a fast twitch muscle
b. Arterial PO2 is decreased
fibers:*

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 a. Larger in diameter
b. Contains lesser amount of enzymes
that promotes rapid release of
energy
c. Have abundant mitochondria
d. Surrounded by dense capillaries
29. Which of the following measurements
are most likely to have been obtained from
an unaclimmatized person at an altitude of
20,000feet?*
a. Alveolar p02- 104mm hg; alveolar
pCO2- 40 mmhg; arterial O2
saturation -97%
b. Alveolar p02- 40mm hg; alveolar
pCO2- 40 mmhg; arterial O2
saturation -60%
c. Alveolar p02- 40mm hg; alveolar
pCO2- 24 mmhg; arterial O2
saturation -73%*
d. Alveolar p02- 80mm hg; alveolar
pCO2- 7 mmhg; arterial O2
saturation -80%
Trans. 9.3 page 1 table 44-1 (zoom nyo lng)
30. The following statements is NOT true to
a person who stays for a month in high
altitude?
a. there is increase in pulmonary
ventilation
b. decreased 02 utilization in order to
conserve the limited amount of
inhaled oxygen
c. increase in vascular capillary
formation in peripheral tissues
d. inhibition of the chemosensitive
area of the brainstem
31. Which of the following statements is
correct?*
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a. the volume of gas is inversely
proportional to its pressure and
absolute temperature
b. the volume of gas is directly
proportional to its pressure and
inversely proportional to its absolute
temperature
c. the volume of gas is directly
proportional to its pressure and
absolute temperature
d. the volume of gas is inversely
proportional to its pressure and
directly proportional to its absolute
temperature
Boyle's Law
32. According to Henry's law, the amount of
gas that will dissolve in blood plasma or any
other liquid is NOT determined by:*
a. temperature of liquid
b. solubility of the gas in liquid
c. partial pressure of gas
d. pH of liquid
33. Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY
to be found in trained athlete like an
endurance athlete*
a. Increased Capillary density in lower
leg muscles
b. Enlarged Heart
c. Increased Cardiac output
d. Increased Heart Rate
34. Probable causes why patient with
chronic mountain sickness pulmonary
hypertension, CHF, and eventually death.*
a. decreased tissue perfusion due to
decreased blood flow as a result of
increased blood viscosity
b. Vasoconstriction of pulmonary
arteries due to chronic hypoxia
 c. Excess pulmonary shunt blood flow
d. all of the above
35. Oxygen saturation is most affected by*
a. breathing 100% O2 in an airplane at
40,000 feet
b. breathing 100% O2 at the summit of
Mount Everest
c. flying in unpressurized plane at
23,000 feet
d. orbiting the earth in a sealed aircraft
36. Which of the following is correct
regarding the relationship between
centrifugal acceleratory force (f) and the
radius of the curvature of turn (r)*
a. directly proportional
b. inversely proportional
c. no relationship
d. equal to each other
37. Which organ system is most affected by
the centrifugal acceleratory force:*
a. Digestive System
b. CNS
c. Circulatory System
d. Pulmonary System
38. The threshold values for visual blackouts
generally occur rapidly with --*
a. 2-3 g of centrifugal force
b. greater than 4 to 6
c. 1g of centrifugal force
d. 4-5g of centrifugal force
39. Which of the following is one of the
most serious effects of weightlessness?*
a. Motion sickness
b. Bone fractures
c. Cardiovascular deconditioning
d. Bone demineralization