
- •Section I Control of the initial level of knowledge. Biochemical constituents of the cell. Methods of biochemical investigations.
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •77. Discribe the method, shown at the picture below:
- •78. Discribe the method, shown at the picture below:
- •Section іі Enzymes, structure and classification. Regulation of metabolism
- •Е. Whatever part of polypeptide chain of enzyme molecule.
- •Substrate concentration at which reaction rate is half maximal
- •The second enzyme has higher affinity to substrate
- •Competitive
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Cysteine
- •B. Amylase
- •Peptidases
- •Enteropeptidase
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •Section ііi Metabolic pathways and bioenergetics. Tricarboxylic acid cycle. Biological oxidation and oxidative phopshorylation
- •1. When atp forms amp:
- •B. Protons
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •Section іv Structure and metabolism of carbohydrates
- •19. Chose the reaction of glycolysis catalyzed by an enzyme phosphofructokinase:
- •A. Liver
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Acetoacetate, β-hydroxybulyrate, and acetone
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •Section іv Structure and metabolism of lipids
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •143. A patient with high rate of obesity was advised to use carnitine as a food additive in order to enhance "fat burning". What is the role of carnitine in the process of fat oxidation?
- •144. Lipids are obvious energetic material for the body. What is the main pathway of fatty acids metabolism in mitochondria?
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks Situational tasks
- •179. The patient is observed an allocation of undigested fat in the faeces. What are the possible causes for this?
- •184. Free cholesterol can affect cholesterol metabolism in the body by inhibiting cholesterol biosynthesis. By which step free cholesterol can inhibit its biosynthesis?
- •186. Explain the mechanism of phospholipids breakdown, shown at the scheme below:
- •Section VI Structure and metabolism of amino acids
- •B. Amylase
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •112. According to clinical indications a patient was administered pyridoxal phosphate. What processes is this medication intended to correct?
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •145. In a patient 10 g of urine per day is excreted. Evaluate this result.
- •151. Skin color is the aggregate result of the expression of a number of genes modified by ethnic origin and genetic inheritance. What can cause the hypopigmentation?
- •Section VII Principles of molecular biology and molecular genetics
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •108. List and describe properties of the genetic code.
- •113. Fill in the blanks.
- •114. Put the numbers of the enzymes on their place in the picture. Using arrows indicate the direction of replication and direction of synthesis of leading and lagging strands.
- •Section VIII Molecular mechanisms of hormone action on target cells. Biochemistry of hormonal regulation
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •78. For analgesia, a certain substance which imitates the physiological properties of morphine but is synthesized inside the human brain can be used. Name this substance.
- •80. A patient suffering from rheumatism was administered glucocorticoid therapy. What changes in carbohydrate metabolism in liver can be expected?
- •88. In blood of a patient a hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia, in urine – hyperphosphaturia is observed. What is a possible cause of this state?
- •90. In 13 years old girl a hypotension and polyuria is observed. Preliminary diagnosis – diabetes insipidus. It is caused by deficiency of:
- •93. Signaling via prostanoids begins by interaction of the prostanoid with its receptor. The receptor involved is usually located in which part of the cell?
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •97. In 13 years old girl a hypotension and polyuria is observed. Preliminary diagnosis – diabetes insipidus. Which hormone deficiency can cause this disease?
- •99. The thyroid hormones t3 and t4 are synthesized in the follicular cells of the thyroid gland. From which of the following essential amino acids are the thyroid hormones synthesized?
- •101. Name types of signalling:
- •Section IX Biochemistry of the nervous tissue
- •С. Ketone bodies
- •24. What compound may be used by the cns cells after extensive physical exercises and prolonged starvation?
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •114. Describe the structure of a synapse and explain how it operates?
- •Section X Biochemistry of the Muscular tissue
- •D. Glycogenolysis in muscles
- •С. Fatigue faster compared to the red fibers
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •Section XI Biochemistry of nutrition
- •1. Note substance, which activates pepsinogen to pepsin:
- •2. Chose the enzyme which plays an important role in production of hydrochloric acid by parietal cells of gastric mucosa glands:
- •3. Which of the following is not a function of the pancreas?
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •62. The clinical and laboratory examination of the patient evaluated the presence of the lactic acid in his gastric juice. What does it indicate? What should be recommended to the patient?
- •69. Discribe the mechanism of hydrochloric acid production shown at the picture:
- •Section XII Functional role of water soluble and fat soluble vitamins in metabolism and providement of cell functions
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •100. A deficiency in thiamine (vitamin b1) would most likely lead to which clinical manifestations?
- •Section XIII Biochemistry and pathobiochemistry of blood
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •89. The blood clotting cascade in humans is represented in the picture below. Using this scheme answer the following questions:
- •Section XIV Functional and clinical biochemistry of liver tissue. Biotransformation of xenobiotics and endogenous toxic compounds
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •Section XV Water and mineral metabolism
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •Section XVI Functional role of kidneys in urinogenesis. Normal and pathological constituents of urine
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •Section XVII Biochemical constituents of connective tissue
- •Examples of Krok 1 Tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •34. Patient with burn disease is at the risk of formation of blood clots in blood vessels. What glycosaminoglycan may be used to prevent formation of blood clots?
- •Section XVIII Biochemistry of saliva and tooth tissue
- •Examples of Krok 1 tests
- •Clinical cases and Situational tasks
- •Section XIX. Biochemical reactions
- •References:
С. Fatigue faster compared to the red fibers
D. Contract faster than the red fibers
Е. Contain more hemoglobinum than the red fibers
17. Chose from listed proteins a ONE which is NOT a component of thin filaments of sarcomere.
Myosine
Actin
Tropomyosine
Troponine
Nebuline
18. Thick filaments of sarcomere are composed from the next protein:
Titin
Tropomyosine
Myosine type I
Myosine type II
α-Actinin
19. The next statement about myosine II is correct.
The molecule contains one heavy chain and two light chains
The molecule contains two heavy chains and two pairs of light chains
The molecule contains two long polypeptide chains folded as β-pleated sheets
It is a globular protein possessing ATP-ase activity
It binds calcium ions tightly
20. Which of the following does not change length during muscle contraction?
The H zone
The A band
The I band
The sarcomere
The myofibril
21. Calcium ions binds with the highest affinity with the next myofibrillar protein:
Troponin C
Actin
Tropomyosine
Troponine I
Myosine
22. Concerning cardiac and skeletal muscle, which statement is most accurate?
Cardiac muscle contains structures known as intercalated discs
Cardiac muscle fibres are not striated whereas skeletal muscle fibres are striated.
Cardiac Myofibril nuclei are eccentrally placed whereas skeletal myofibril nuclei are centrally placed.
Skeletal muscle fibres exhibit more branching than cardiac muscle fibres
None of the above
23. Creatine is synthesized from the next amino acid precursor:
Arginine
Alanine
Histidine
Glutamate
Lysine
24. Smooth muscle is not cross striated because:
Myofibrils are not in register with each other
Myosin and actin in the myofibril
Myofibrils are in register with each other
It has gap junctions
It is surrounded by a basal lamina.
25. Creatine is reversibly phosphorylated by the following macroergic compound:
ATP
Phosphoenolpyruvate
Carbamoyl phosphate
NADP
UTP
26. The end product of creatine catabolism, which is excreted with urine is the next compound:
Creatinine
Cretine phosphate
Uric acid
Urea
β-Alanine
27. Chose the correct statement about Cori cycle:
Exchange with lactate-and glucose between muscles and liver
Exchange with glutamate-and glutamine between muscles and liver
Exchange with lactate-and glycogen between muscles and liver
Transfer of ketone bodies from liver to muscles
Production of glucose from glycogen in liver and its transport to muscles
28. What amino acid derivative excreted with urine may serve as indicator of muscle tissue damage?
Methylhistidine
Indolilacetate
Mandelic acid
Citrulline
Isovaleric acid
29. For early recognition of heart muscle damage in myocardial infarction the highest validity has increased activity of the following enzyme in blood plasma:
Creatine kinase
Lactatedehydrogenase
Alanine aminotransferase
Aspartate aminotransferase
Amylase
30. Duchenne’s myodystrophy is hereditary disease caused by mutation of specific gene in X chromosome. Deficiency of what protein as gene product is involved in the mechanism of disease manifestation?
Dytrophin
Myosine
Actine
Troponin
Nebulin
31. People after prolong hypodynamia after intensive physical exercises manifest severe pain in muscles. What is the most probable cause of such a phenomenon?
Hyperproduction and retention of lactate in muscles
Decrease of lipids in myocytes
Increase of ADP in myocytes
Accumulation of creatinine in muscles
Increased proteolysis in muscles
32. Tetanus toxin induces tonic straining of skeletal and vessel muscles due to inhibition of secretion by nerve endings such neurotransmitter as:
GABA
Norepinephrine
Acetylcholine
Glycine
Glutamate
33. What motor proteins analogous to myosin provide intracellular transport of subcellular particles?
Dynein and kinesin
Actinin
Vimentin and integrin
Titin and nebulin
Tubulin and actin
34. For early diagnosis of muscular dystrophy the most informative is an increase of the activity of certain enzyme in blood plasma. Note it:
A. Creatine kinase
Lactate dehydrogenase
B. Alanine aminotransferase
C. Aspartate aminotransferase
D.E. Alfa-amylase
35. The isozyme CK-MB is specifically increased in the blood of patients who had:
A. Recent myocardial infarction
Skeletal muscle disease
B.C. Infective hepatitis
D. Myxoedema
36. The fastest regeneration of ATP from ADP for immediate muscular contraction is achieved by the following process:
Transfer of phosphate group from creatine phosphate to ADP
Aerobic glycolysis
Glycogenolysis
Anaerobic glycolysis
Oxidation of fatty acids
37. Tetany can occur in:
A. Hypocalcaemia
B. Hypercalcaemia
C. Alkalosis
D. Hypocalcaemia and alkalosis
38. Thick filaments which are involved in intracellular transport and particles migration are composed from the next protein:
Actinin
Collagen
Tubulin
Keratine
Filamin
39. Creatin phosphate is synthesized in the next cell compartment:
A. Mitochondria
B. Endoplasmic reticulum
C. Lysosomes
D. Nucleus
E. Cell cytoplasm
40. Which of the following statements regarding the connective tissue of a skeletal muscle is correct?
The endomysium consists of fine reticular fibres surrounding the muscle fibre.
The perimysium surrounds the individual muscle fibres within a fascicle
The epimysium seperates each muscle fascicle from the others
The perimysium envelopes the whole skeletal muscle.
None of the above
41. When skeletal muscle contracts an arrangement of the alternating light and dark bands traversing each skeletal muscle cell changes. Which of the following statements is not correct?
The space occupied by the H zone will not change
The dark A bands will remain a constant length
The light I bands will shorten
The z lines come closer together
The I band consists solely of thin actin filaments
42. Chose the substance which triggers directly the contraction of myofibril of skeletal muscle:
A. Ca ions
B. Creatine
C. Creatine phosphate
D. cAMP
E. ATP
43. Which of the following statements is false?
Smooth muscle is responsible for the movement of the skeleton.
Endomysium surrounding smooth muscle is very rich in reticular fibres
Smooth muscle specialises for continuous contractions of relatively low force resulting in contraction of the whole muscle
There are no tendons in smooth muscle
The nuclei of smooth muscle cells are heterochromatic
44. In what type of muscles in contraction process is involved calmodulin ?
A. Smooth muscles
B. Cardiac muscle
C. Skeletal muscles
45. What amino acid derivative excreted with urine may serve as indicator of muscle tissue damage?
A. Methylhistidine
Indolilacetate
C. Mandelic acid
D. Citrulline
E. Isovaleric acid
46. The basic unit of contraction is the:
Sarcomer
Dynein
Myosin
Actin
Z-Lines
47. The next statement about myosine II is correct:
The molecule contains one heavy chain and two light chains
The molecule contains two heavy chains and two pairs of light chains
The molecule contains two long polypeptide chains folded as β-pleated sheets
It is a globular protein possessing ATP-ase activity
It binds calcium ions tightly
48. After intensive physical exercises, what helps to repay the body's oxygen debt?
Breathing
Stretching
Eating
Thinking
Vomiting
49. The isozyme CK-MB is specifically increased in the blood of patients who had:
A. Recent myocardial infarction
B. Skeletal muscle disease
C. Infective hepatitis
D. Myxoedema