nderstanding Pathophysiology 7th edition by Huether, McCance Test Bank
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Chaptereg1.egCellularegBiology
MULTIPLEegCHOICE
1. Aegstudentegisegobservingegaegcellegunderegtheegmicroscope.egItegisegobservedegtoeghaveegsuper
coiledegDNAegwitheghistones.egWhichegofegtheegfollowingegwouldegalsoegbeegobservedegbyegth
eegstudent?
a. Aegsingleegcircularegchromosome
b. Aegnucleus
c. Free-floatingegnuclearegmaterial
d. Noegorganelles
ANS:egB
Theegcellegdescribedegisegaegeukaryoticegcell,egsoegiteghaseghistonesegandegaegsupercoiledegDNAeg
withinegitsegnucleus;egthus,egtheegnucleusegshouldegbeegobserved.
Aegsingleegcircularegchromosomeegisegcharacteristicegofegprokaryoticegcells,egwhichegdoegnoteghaveeghi
stones.
Free-
floatingegnuclearegmaterialegdescribesegaegprokaryoticegcell,egwhichegwouldegnoteghaveegaegdistinc
tegnucleus.
Eukaryoticegcellseghaveegmembraneegboundedegcellularegcomponentsegcalledegorganelles.egNoegor
ganellesegdescribesegaegprokaryoticegcell.
2. Aegnurseegiseginstructingegtheegstaffegaboutegcellularegfunctions.egWhichegcellularegfunctionegi
segtheegnurseegdescribingegwheneganegisolatedegcellegabsorbsegoxygenegandegusesegitegtoegtransf
ormegnutrientsegtoegenergy?
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a. Metabolicegabsorption
b. Communication
c. Secretion
d. Respiration
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ANS:egD
Theegabilityegofegtheegcellegtoegabsorbegoxygenegrefersegtoegtheegcellsegfunctionegofegrespiration.
Theegabilityegofegtheegcellegtoegfunctionegwithinegaegsocietyegofegcellsegrefersegtoegitsegfunctionegof
egcommunication.
Theegabilityegofegtheegcellegtoegtakeeginegnutrientsegrefersegtoegtheegcellsegfunctionegofegmetabolicegabso
rption.
Theegabilityegofegtheegcellegtoegsynthesizeegnewegsubstancesegandegsecreteegtheseegelsewhereegrefersegto
egtheegcellsegfunctionegofegsecretion.
3. AegeukaryoticegcellegisegundergoingegDNAegreplication.egInegwhichegregionegofegtheegcellegw
ouldegmostegofegtheeggeneticeginformationegbeegcontained?
a. Mitochondria
b. Ribosome
c. Nucleolus
d. Nucleus
ANS:egC
Theegregionegofegtheegcellegthategcontainseggeneticegmaterial,egincludingegaeglargeegamountegofegri
bonucleicegacid,egmostegofegtheegDNA,egandegDNA-bindingegproteins,egisegtheegnucleolus.
Theegmitochondriaegisegtheegsiteegofegcellularegrespiration.
Theegribosomesegareeginvolvedeginegmanufacturingegofegproteinsegwithinegtheegcell.
Theegnucleusegcontainsegtheegnucleolus,egandegitegisegtheegnucleolusegthategcontainseggeneticegmaterial.
4. Theegfluidegmosaicegmodelegforegbiologicegmembranesegdescribesegmembraneegbehavior.egAcc
ordingegtoegthisegmodel,egwhichegofegtheegfollowingegfloategsinglyegoregasegaggregateseginegtheegfl
uideglipidegbilayer?
a. Peripheralegmembraneegproteins
b. Integralegmembraneegproteins
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c. Glycoproteins
d. Cellegadhesionegmolecules
ANS:egB
Integralegmembraneegproteinsegfloategfreelyeginegtheegfluideglipidegbilayer.
Peripheralegmembraneegproteinsegareegnotegembeddedeginegtheeglayer,egbutegresideegategtheegsurfa
ce.egGlycoproteinsegactegasegcellegsurfaceegmarkers.
Cellegadhesionegmoleculesegareegonegtheegoutsideegofegtheegmembraneegandegallowegcellsegtoeghookegto
gether.
5. Whichegofegtheegfollowingegcanegbindegtoegplasmaegmembraneegreceptors?
a. Oxygen
b. Ribosomes
c. Amphipathiceglipids
d. Ligands
ANS:egD
Ligandsegareegspecificegmoleculesegthategcanegbindegwithegreceptorsegonegtheegcellegmemb
rane.egOxygenegmovesegbyegdiffusion;egitegdoesegnotegbindegtoegreceptors.
Ribosomesegmakeegproteinsegandegareegnoteginvolvedeginegb
inding.egAmphipathiceglipidsegareegaegportionegofegtheegcell
egmembrane.
6. Aegnurseegisegreviewingegaegreportegfromegaegpatientegwithegmetastaticegcancer.egWhategfin
dingegwouldegsupportegtheegdiagnosisegofegmetastaticegcancer?egAlterationseginegextracellula
regmatrixegthateginclude:
a. Decreasedegfibronectin
b. Increasedegcollagen