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This section includes 11 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biochemistry knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
When visual stimulus reaches receptors in retina of eye, second process involving absorption of physical energy by receptors is? |
A. | Reception |
B. | Transduction |
C. | Coding |
D. | Adaptation |
Answer» C. Coding | |
2. |
When visual stimulus reaches receptors in retina of eye, first process involving absorption of physical energy by receptors is? |
A. | Reception |
B. | Transduction |
C. | Coding |
D. | Adaptation |
Answer» B. Transduction | |
3. |
What is the relationship between olfactory sensors and gustatory sensors? |
A. | Gustatory hair can also detect odorants |
B. | Olfactory hair can also detect tastants |
C. | Olfactory sensors provides information about substance that we are about to taste |
D. | No relation |
Answer» D. No relation | |
4. |
Which of the following statements is not true about olfactory neurons? |
A. | Axons of olfactory neurons combine to form olfactory nerves |
B. | They synapse with cells in olfactory bulb |
C. | They have receptors that react with odorants dissolved in fluid |
D. | They are uni-polar neurons |
Answer» E. | |
5. |
Objects are perceived by photo receptors because rods or cones |
A. | Depolarize |
B. | Hyperpolarize |
C. | Repolarize |
D. | Polarize |
Answer» C. Repolarize | |
6. |
Most olfactory receptors are located on the _________ |
A. | Superior surface of nasal cavity |
B. | Interior surface of nasal cavity |
C. | Lateral surface of nasal cavity |
D. | Medial surface of nasal cavity |
Answer» B. Interior surface of nasal cavity | |
7. |
Which out of the following statements about sense of smell is not true? |
A. | Olfactory receptor cells are bipolar neurons, not replaced when damaged |
B. | The chemicals are received by specific plasma membrane receptors in olfactory receptor cells |
C. | Olfactory receptors do not adapt quickly |
D. | The main areas of brain that interpret sense of smell be in the temporal and frontal lobes |
Answer» D. The main areas of brain that interpret sense of smell be in the temporal and frontal lobes | |
8. |
Vision, olfaction and gustation employ _________ |
A. | Serpentine receptors |
B. | Enzyme coupled receptors |
C. | Ligand gated receptors |
D. | Adhesion receptors |
Answer» B. Enzyme coupled receptors | |
9. |
In cholera there is uncontrolled secretion of _________ |
A. | Na<sup>+</sup> and H<sub>2</sub>O |
B. | K<sup>+</sup> and H<sub>2</sub>O |
C. | Ca<sup>+2</sup> and H<sub>2</sub>O |
D. | Mg<sup>+2</sup> and H<sub>2</sub>O |
Answer» B. K<sup>+</sup> and H<sub>2</sub>O | |
10. |
Cholera toxin is not a/an _________ |
A. | Enzyme inhibitor |
B. | Enzyme activator |
C. | Enzyme modifier |
D. | Toxin released from bacteria in the infected intestine |
Answer» C. Enzyme modifier | |
11. |
The G protein involved in visual signal transduction is _________ |
A. | Rhodopsin |
B. | GTP receptor |
C. | Arrestin |
D. | Transducin |
Answer» D. Transducin | |