1. Which of these statements describe b.

Requires metabolic energy during

correctly the cell membrane?
a. Protein bilayer wherein the hydrophilic
regions are present on the inner and
outer surfaces of the membrane.
b. Lipid bilayer wherein the hydrophobic
regions are present on the inner and
outer surfaces of the membrane.
c. Lipid bilayer wherein the hydrophilic
region is at the center.
d. Lipid bilayer that is more permeable to
hydrophobic substances
e. None of these
2. Correct about integral proteins in human
cell membrane, except
a. Span the whole thickness of the cell
membrane
b. Are anchored with the lipid agents in
the membrane
c. Located on either the intracellular or
extracellular side of the cell membrane
d. Used as channels or carriers
e. None of these
3. Which of the transport activities across the
cell membrane is not carrier mediated?
a. Counter-transport
b. Sodium-glucose co-transport
c. Facilitated diffusion
d. All of these
e. None of these
4. Osmosis is
a. The flow of water from a hypotonic to a
hypertonic solution separated by a
semipermeable membrane
b. The flow of solute from a hypotonic to
a hypertonic solution separated by a
selectively permeable membrane
c. The flow of solvent molecules from low
to high solvent concentration
d. The flow of solutes from low to high
solute concentration
e. None of these
5. These are correct about facilitated diffusion,
except
a. Rate of transport is limited to
maximum when it reaches saturation
transport
c. Exhibits specificity
d. Stops when it reaches equilibrium
e. None of these
6. This is not a primary active transport
activity
a. Sodium-potassium pump
b. Calcium pump
c. Sodium-calcium exchange pump
d. All of these
e. None of these
7. Homeostasis is the maintenance of the
constancy of the
a. Cytoplasm
b. ECF
c. Nuclear activity
d. All of these
e. None of these
8. This factor when present could increase the
rate of transport
a. Thin cell membrane
b. Large molecular weight solutes
c. Lesser membrane permeability to
solutes
d. All of these
e. None of these
9. This/these condition/s is/are happening in a
polarized cell
a. The electrical and concentration
gradients are trying to move sodium
ions towards the interior of the cell
b. The electrical and concentration
gradients are trying to move chloride
ions towards the exterior of the cell
c. Non selective ions channels are
transporting sodium and potassium
ions in the same direction
d. All of these
e. None of these
10. The sodium-potassium exchange pump is
a. Needed for the maintenance of the
resting membrane potential
b. Transporting sodium out of the cell and
potassium ions inside of the cell
 c. Essential for secondary active transport 16. Simultaneous application of several
activities subthreshold stimuli leads to a type of
d. All of these summation called
e. None of these a. Temporal
11. The negativity or magnitude of the resting b. Spatial
membrane potential is highly dependent on c. Wave
the permeability of the membrane to these d. None of these
ions e. A and C
a. Potassium 17. These are correct about acute subthreshold
b. Chloride potentials, except
c. Sodium a. Has no refractory periods
d. Calcium b. Never transmitted
e. None c. Cannot undergo summation
12. In the after-hyperpolarization period the d. Lesser electrical charge
a. Membrane potential is less negative e. None of these
than normal 18. Endocytosis which is initiated by a chemical
b. Cell is at its supernormal period agent is
c. The voltage gated sodium channels are a. Fluid-phase
starting to open b. Adsorptive endocytosis
d. All of these c. Constitutive
e. None of these d. Non-constitutive
13. When a cell depolarizes, the cell e. None of these
a. Opens the activation gates of the 19. Signaling molecules or ligands capable of
voltage gated potassium channels interacting with intracellular receptors are
b. Opens the inactivation gates of the a. Small lipophilic molecules
voltage gated potassium channels b. Small hydrophilic molecules
c. Increases activity of the non selective c. Large lipophilic molecules
ion channels d. Large hydrophilic molecules
d. Increases activity of the electrogenic e. None of these
sodium-potassium pump 20. When a cell is polarized, movement of
e. None of these sodium and potassium ions in the cell
14. In a polarized cell, the conductance of the membrane uses
membrane is high for this ions a. Voltage gated channels
a. The A-ions b. Ligand gated channels
b. Sodium c. Mechanically gated channels
c. Chloride d. Leaky or passive channels
d. All of these e. None of these
e. None of these 21. During the absolute refractory period of the
15. An excitable cell is unable to react to a action potential the
threshold stimulus if it is stimulated a. Cell is depolarizing
a. During after-depolarization period b. Sodium conductance of the membrane
b. When it is polarized is increased
c. During the after-hyperpolarization c. The voltage gated potassium channels
period are closed
d. All of these d. All are correct
e. None of these e. A and B are only correct
22. Incorrect about the action potential, except 27. Which of the following is correct
a. Threshold intensity leads to a. Axons transmit impulses towards the
development of an action potential nerve cell body
b. An intensity twice threshold leads to b. Schwann cells are myelin producing
development of an action potential cells of the peripheral nervous system
with a magnitude that is twice c. Initial generation of impulses in nerve
maximum cell occurs normally in the axon
c. Subthreshold intensity leads to terminals
immediate development of AP d. All of these
d. All of these e. None of these
e. B and C only 28. This agent is capable of generating an
23. Which of the following about synaptic excitatory post synaptic potential in a
transmission is true synapse
a. Normally orthodromic a. GABA
b. Associated with release of NTA into the b. Glycine
synaptic cleft c. Acetylcholine
c. Associated with influx of calcium ions d. All of these
into the presynaptic membrane e. None of these
d. All of these 29. The initial component of the reflex arc is the
e. None of these a. Afferent nerve
24. In saltatory conduction the b. Sensory receptor
a. Impulses are normally generated in the c. Effector
myelin d. Efferent neuron
b. Transmission of impulses is usually slow e. None of these
c. Impulses are generated at the regions 30. Repolarization is due to outward flow of
of the nodes of ranvier this ion
d. All of these a. Sodium
e. None of these b. Chloride
25. In a synapse, the presynaptic nerve is c. Potassium
always the d. A-ions
a. Axon terminal e. None of these
b. Axon hillock
c. Soma
d. Dendrites
e. None of these
26. Major mechanism in the immediate
inactivation or removal of NTA effect into
the post synaptic cell is
a. Blocking of NTA receptor at the post
synaptic cell
b. Diffusion of NTA away from the
synaptic cleft
c. Enzymatic destruction of NTA
d. Decrease decrease in the number of
receptors at the post synaptic cell
e. None of these