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d) Osmosis is the movement of water from high to low solute concentration c) Fusion of limbs as they are growing out
18) Identify the correct statement about plasma membranes d) Failure for a limb to grow
a) Phospholipid ‘flip-flop’ occurs more often than lateral movement 27) Which of the following is not a basic stage of development?
b) Extrinsic proteins are embedded in the membrane a) Gastrulation
c) During osmosis, water diffuses straight through the phospholipid bilayer b) Limb Growth
d) Electrogenic pumps generate voltage and concentration gradients c) Morphogenesis
19) What is ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection)? d) Cleavage
a) Injecting sperm with serum to increase motility 28) What results when transplantation of leg bud mesoderm is transferred to the wing bud in Chick
b) Form of IVF to treat female infertility embryos?
c) Injecting multiple sperm into a mature egg a) The wing will become chimeric for wing base but leg tip
d) Injecting a single sperm into a mature egg b) The limb will fail to grow and the animal will lack a wing here
20) During which phase of meiosis are sister chromatids pulled apart to opposite poles? c) A leg will form where the wing should be
a) Telophase I d) The wing will mirror duplicate itself
b) Anaphase II 29) Which of the following does not influence the effect of a teratogen?
c) Metaphase I a) Developmental stage at time of exposure
d) Prophase II b) Genotype of the mother and the foetus
21) When is meiosis arrested in oogenesis? c) Dose and duration
a) At prophase 1 and metaphase 2 d) Time of the day
b) Only at anaphase 1 30) Which of the following is correct about Down Syndrome?
c) At metaphase 1 and anaphase 2 a) It is due to monosomy 21
d) Only at metaphase 1 b) It is due to non-disjunction during mitosis
22) Which of the following is not derived from the mesoderm? c) It leads to the over-expression chromosome 21
a) Muscle d) It does not affect the phenotype
b) Heart vessels 31) Which option correctly matches the teratogen with its effect?
c) Kidneys a) Xenoestrogens → 'DES daughters'
d) Skin b) Thalidomide → Amelia
23) Which of the following is an example of a pluripotent cell population? c) Alcohol → impaired testis function
a) Embryonic stem cells d) Diethylstilbestrol → FAS
b) Endodermal cells 32) During which stage does somitogenesis occur?
c) Spermatogonia a) Gastrulation
d) All of the above b) Pattern formation
24) The image depicts a photograph of a human embryo at blastocyst stage just prior c) Morphogenesis
to implantation. The cellular structure indicated by the arrow is? d) Cell differentiation
a) The polar body 33) Which of the following is true about homeobox genes?
b) The trophectoderm a) They exist only in Drosophila melanogaster.
c) The blastocoel b) They lay the pattern for dorsal-ventral segments.
25) What is the name given to the group of transcription factors giving positional information to an c) The genes are expressed in overlapping areas.
organism during its development? d) A single cluster of homeobox genes is found in mammals.
a) Hox genes 34) Which of the following is false regarding the basal lamina
b) Homeobox genes a) It contains collagen and laminin
c) Homeodomains b) Healthy epithelial cells are continuously crossing it
d) Somites c) It is used for cell orientation and cell adhesion
26) What results from a mutation to a Hox gene? d) Also called basement membrane
a) Homeotic transformation 35) The following image would be classified as …
b) Mirror duplication of a limb a) Simple columnar epithelium
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b) Stratified columnar epithelium b) Carry messages from the brain to the pituitary gland
c) Transitional epithelium c) Carry messages from the skin to the brain
d) Pseudostratified epithelium d) Carry messages from the brain to the leg
36) The dermis is considered … 45) Myelin is generated in the CNS by which cell type(s)?
a) Simple squamous epithelium a) Microglial cell
b) Loose connective tissue b) Astrocyte
c) Dense irregular connective tissue c) Schwann cell
d) Smooth muscle d) Oligodendrocyte
37) Which of the following can be described as having a glass bead like appearance? 46) Which of the following correctly correlates process with change in energy state?
a) Chondrocytes a) Catabolism = decrease in Gibb’s Free Energy
b) Hyaline cartilage b) Anabolism = decrease in Gibb’s Free Energy
c) Both a and b c) Catabolism = unchanged Gibb’s Free Energy
d) Neither a nor b d) Anabolism = increased Gibb’s Free Energy
38) Collagen: 47) Why are oxidation and reduction reactions often paired in biological systems?
a) Is produced by fibroblasts a) Every anabolic reaction must be paired with a catabolic reaction to abide by the
b) Is strong and inelastic preservation of mass
c) Is found in the skin and bone b) Oxidation and reduction reactions are not often paired in biological systems
d) All of the above c) It allows the transfer of energy by chemical means as to prevent the loss of energy in a
39) Which specialisation is NOT found at the lateral surface of epithelial cells? biological system
a) Tight junctions d) Because the hydrogens added in oxidation are taken from the hydrogens released in
b) Zonula adherens reduction
c) Hemidesmosomes 48) What are the products of Glycolysis?
d) Gap functions a) 2 Pyruvate, 2 ATP, and 2 NADH
40) The epimysium surrounds … b) 2 Pyruvate, 4 ATP, and 2 NADH
a) Individual muscle fibres c) 1 Pyruvate, 2 ATP, and 2 NADPH
b) Bundles of muscle fibres (fascicles) d) 2 Ethanol, 2 ATP, and 2 NADH
c) Entire muscle 49) By which process is ATP generated in the Kreb’s Cycle?
d) The ER a) Oxidation
41) Which of the following is true of smooth muscle? b) Reduction
a) Contains multiple peripheral nuclei c) Substrate Level Phosphorylation
b) Contains striations d) Catabolism
c) Cells are branched 50) Which of the following is correct?
d) Cells have a fusiform shape a) Anabolism is the synthesis of complex molecules and an example is gluconeogenesis.
42) Identify the option that is not a characteristic of epithelium b) Catabolism is the breakdown of foods and an example is photosynthesis.
a) Vascular c) Catabolism works towards storing energy in the form of complex molecules.
b) Polarised/oriented d) Anabolism works towards releasing energy from molecules
c) Little space between cells 51) Which of the following is incorrect?
d) Strong attachments between cells a) Exothermic reactions are associated with catabolism.
43) Myelin sheaths: b) Endothermic reactions are associated with anabolism.
a) Increase nerve transmission c) Negative ΔG values are associated with exergonic reactions.
b) Stop nerve impulses d) Glycolysis would be expected to have a positive ΔG value.
c) Are found on dendrites 52) Choose the correct statement.
d) Are made entirely of protein a) ADP is the major intracellular currency for energy exchange.
44) An afferent neuron can: b) Hydrolysis of ATP is an endergonic reaction.
a) Carry messages from the brain to the arm c) Oxidation involves the removal of electrons and hydrogen.
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