ChapterB01:BCellularBBiology
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MULTIPLEBCHOICES
1. ABstudentBisBobservingBaBcellBunderBtheBmicroscope.BItBisBobserved toBhaveBsupercoiledBDNA
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wiBthBhistones.BWhichBofBtheBfollowingBwouldBalsoBbeBobservedBbyBtheBstudent?
a. ABsingleBcircularBchromosome
b. ABnucleus
c. Free-floatingBnuclearBmaterial
d. NoBorganelles
ANS:B B
TheBcellBdescribedBisBaBeukaryoticBcell,BsoBitBhasBhistonesBandBaBsupercoiledBDNABwithin itsn
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uBcleus;Bthus,BtheBnucleusBshouldBbeBobserved.BABsingleBcircularBchromosomeBcalledBaBprok
aryBoteBcontainsBfree-floatingBnuclearBmaterialBbutBhasBnoBorganelles.
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2. ABnurseBisBinstructingBtheBstaffBaboutBcellularBfunctions.BWhichBcellularBfunctionBisBtheBnurseBd
eBscribingBwhenBanBisolatedBcellBabsorbsBoxygenBandBusesBitBtoBtransformBnutrientsBtoBenergy
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a. MetabolicBabsorption
b. Communication
c. Secretion
d. Respiration
ANS:BD
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TheBcell’sBabilityBtoBabsorbBoxygenBisBreferredBtoBasBrespirationBwhileBitsBcommunicationBabilityi
nBvolvesBmaintenanceBofBa steadyBdynamicBstate,BmetabolicBabsorption providesBnutrition,BandBs
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ecrBetionBallowsBforBtheBsynthesizing ofBnewBsubstances.
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3. ABeukaryoticBcellBisBundergoingBDNABreplication.BInBwhichBregionBofBtheBcellBwouldBmostBoft
hBeBgeneticBinformation beBcontained?
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a. Mitochondria
b. Ribosome
c. Nucleolus
d. NucleusBCytoplasm
ANS:B C
TheBregionBofBtheBcellBthat containsBgeneticBmaterial,BincludingBaBlargeBamountBofBribonucleicac
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Bid,Bmost ofBtheBDNA,Band DNA-
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bindingBproteins,BisBtheBnucleolus,BwhichBisBlocatedBwithintheBcell’sBnucleus.BMitochondriaBisB
aBssociatedBwithBcellularBrespiration,BwhileBribosomesBareBinvolvedBwithBproteinBmanufacturi
ng.BCytoplasm isBaBfluidBfillingBthatBisBaBcomponentBofBtheBcell.
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4. WhichBofBtheBfollowing canBremoveBproteinsBattachedBtoBtheBcell’sBbilayerBbyBdissolvingBthel
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aByerBitself?
a. PeripheralBmembraneBproteins
b. IntegralBmembraneBproteins
c. Glycoproteins
d. CellBadhesionBmolecules
ANS:B B
ProteinsBdirectlyBattached toBtheBmembraneBbilayerBcanBbeBremoved byBtheBactionBofBintegralm
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eBmbraneBproteinsBthatBdissolveBtheBbilayer.BPeripheralBmembraneBproteinsBresideBatBtheBsurfa
ceBwhileBcellBadhesionBmoleculesBareBonBtheBoutsideBofBtheBmembrane.BGlycoproteinBmarksBce
llsBaBndBdoesBnotBfloat.
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5. WhichBofBtheBfollowingBcanBbind toBplasmaBmembraneBreceptors?
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a. Oxygen
b. Ribosomes
c. AmphipathicBlipids
d. Ligands
ANS:B D
LigandsBareBtheBonlyBspecificBmoleculesBthatBcanBbindBwithBreceptorsBon theBcellBmembrane.
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6. ABnurseBis reviewingBaBreportBfromBaBpatientBwithBmetastaticBcancer.BWhatBalternation inBthee
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xBtracellularBmatrixBwouldBsuNppUoRrtSthIeNdG
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s o f Mmetastatic Bcancer?
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a. Decreased fibronectinP
b. IncreasedBcollagen
c. Decreased elastin P
d. Increased glycoproteins
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ANS:B A
OnlyBaBreducedBamountBofBfibronectinBisBfoundBinBsomeBtypesBofBcancerousBcells,Ballowingt
hBemBtoBtravelBorBmetastasize.
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7. WhichBformBofBcellBcommunicationBis usedBtoBrelateBtoBotherBcellsBinBdirectBphysicalBcontact?
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a. CellBjunction
b. GapBjunction
c. Desmosome
d. Tight junction
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ANS:B A
CellBjunctionsBholdBcellsBtogetherBandBpermitBmoleculesBtoBpassBfromBcellBtoBcell.
Gap junctionsBallowBforBcellularBcommunicationBbetweenBcells.BNeitherBdesmosomesBnorBtightjuBncti
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onsBareBassociatedBwithBcellularBcommunication.
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