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Exam 1
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Physiology
Undergraduate 3
09/13/2013

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Normally the pressure in the thoracic cavity is below abdominal pressure
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Intake of protein into a cell requires some energy
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Heating a solution increases the energy content of that solution
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Adenosine triphosphate contains some sugar
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ATP can actually be used as an energy store in large domestic animals such as the pig, especially when food supplies are limited
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The typical cell membrane consists of a single layer of molecules
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When considering the maintenance of a steady-state level of a particular substance by the body there is no need to account for the loss of breakdown products of the substance since they are being removed from the body.
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Diffusion can take place in an anaerobic environment
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Which of the following cells would you expect to have the largest number of mitochondria:

  1. skeletal muscle
  2. red blood cell
  3. fat cell
  4. skin cell exposed to sunlight
  5. bone cell following puberty
  6. pancreas cell
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Which form of energy is not found in sheep:

  1. heat
  2. chemical
  3. mechanical
  4. electrical
  5. light
  6. 3 and 4
  7. 3 and 5
  8. 4 and 5
  9. none of these
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The immediate releases or products of the elctron transport chain include:

  1. oxygen
  2. heat
  3. water
  4. energy
  5. ATP
  6. glucose
  7. none of these
  8.  all of these
  9. 1,2,3 and 4
  10. 2,3,4 and 5
  11. 2, 4 and 5
  12. 2,3 and 5
  13. 4, 5 and 6
  14. 1 and 6
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of the typical cell membrance:

  1. phospholipid bilayer
  2. contains proteins
  3. easily penetrated by alcohol
  4. easily penetrated by ionized particles
  5. easily penetrated by lipid-soluble material
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What is the name of the actual wheel that spins when H+ moves from the intermembrane region to the matrix and releases energy to produce ATP
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Catching a baseball is a good example of_____(positive feedback, negative feedback, positive balance, negative balance, zero) feedback because it moves the body in a specific direction.
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What one very common cell in the body does not have mitochondria?
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What is the general term to describe the breakdown of fat?
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lipolysis
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The primary use of ATP in the body is to move_____and______ions across cell membranes by the process of _______.
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What is the term used to describe self-sustaining organization of a living animal?
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Homeostasis
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Energy production in the body, if it occurred, would go against which Law?
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The First Law of Thermodynamics (Law of Conservation of Energy)
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Even in electron transport there is some loss of energy as heat. This loss agrees with the Second Law of Thermodynamics
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