
- •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:
2. Chose the enzyme which plays an important role in production of hydrochloric acid by parietal cells of gastric mucosa glands:
A. Carbonic anhydrase
B. Catalase
C. Pyruvate dehydrogenase
D. Cytochrome oxidase
E. Peroxidase
3. Which of the following is not a function of the pancreas?
A. Secretes alkaline juice which neutralized chyme while chyme is stored in the stomach
B. Secretes insulin as well as glucagon into pancreatic duct
C. Secretes both endocrine and execrine substances
D. Secretes lipase which acts on bile-emulsified fats to convert them to fatty acids and glycerol
E. Secretes amylase which acts on starches to convert them to maltose
4. Zymogens of proteolytic enzymes are activated by the next process:
A. Limited proteolysis
B. Hydroxylation of lysine
C. Carboxylation of glutamic acid
D. Decarboxylacion of aspartic acid side chain
E. Phosphorylation of serine residues in protein molecule
5. The specificity of trypsin is cleavage of peptide bonds formed by the next amino acid residues:
A. Carboxyl group of arginine
B. Carboxyl group of aliphatic amino acids like valine
C. Amino groups of proline
D. Carboxyl group of glutamic acid
E. Carboxyl group of phenylalanine
6. A decrease in production and secretion of trypsin is observed in an inflammatory changes in pancreatic gland. Digestion and absorption of what substances will be impaired in this situation?
A. Proteins
B .Polysaccharides
C. Nucleic acids
D. Disaccharides
E. Lipids
7. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A. Trypsin can act as an activator for all zymogens of pancreatic proteinases
B. Trypsin is an exopeptidase that liberates free amino acids
C. Pepsinogen is activated by enteropeptidase
D. Pepsin is an endopeptidase secreted by pancreas
E. Chymotrypsin acts on peptide bonds formed by the amino acid glycine
8. The nutritional validity of proteins depends from the next factors:
A. Essential amino acids content
B. Solubility in water medium
C. Molecular weight of protein
D. Glycine and alanine content
E. Histidine content
9. The bile salts are:
A. Detergents for breaking up large fat globules to small ones
B. Enzymes for digesting food in the small intestines
C. Stimulants to pancreatic secretion of enzymes
D. The major ingredients of gallstones
E. Reabsorbed primarily by the gallbladder
10. An individual who consumes 100 g of protein loses 13,5 g of nitrogen in the urine, 2 g in the feces, and 0,5 g by other routes. This individual most evidently is:
A. A 6-year-old child
B. A 74-old woman
C. A 33-old men after trauma
D. Consuming a diet deficient in lysine
E. A normal, healthy adult
11. What substance is produced from tryptophan in case of protein putrefaction in digestive tube?
A. Indole
B. Cresol
C. Phenol
D. Putrescine
E. Serotonine
12. The level of protein putrefaction in bowels can be evaluated by determination of the next compound in urine:
A. Indicane
B. Scatole
C. Indole
D. Indoxyle
E. Scatoxyle
14. Lipids of food stuffs in digestive tract are cleaved and absorbed in intestines. What products of lipid hydrolysis are absorbed in intestines?
A. Fatty acids
B. Amino acids
C. Lipoproteins
D. Monosaccharides
E. Polypeptides
15. In duodenum the digestion of carbohydrates occurs due to action of pancreatic enzymes. What enzymes from listed below can hydrolyse 1-4 glycosidic bonds?
A. -Amylase
B. Lipase
C. Carboxypeptidase
D. Trypsin
E. Elastase
16. In dietary deficiency or insufficient production of endogeneous lipotropic factors in humans is developing fat liver degeneration. What substances from listed below can be considered as lipotropic factor?
A. Choline
B. Pyridoxine
C. Triacylglycerols
D. Cholegterol
E. Fatty acids
17. Selenium is an ultra trace element and is incorporated in structure of enzyme:
Gluthation peroxydase
Lactate dehydrogenase
Catalase
Myeloperoxydase
Pyruvate kinase
18. What action does pancreatic juice have on carbohydrate digestion?
A. All of the above
B. Converts sucrose to glucose and fructose
C. Converts polysaccharides and starches to maltose
D. Converts lactose to glucose and galactose
E. Converts maltose to glucose
19. Bile acids are derivatives of:
A. Cholesterol
B. Heme
C. Sphingomyeline
D. Phosphatidyl choline
E. Long chain fatty acids
20. In digestion of dietary lipids there is need in one of the digestive secrets. What secrete from listed below take part in lipids emulsification?
A. Bile
B. Intestinal juice
C. Pancreatic juice
D. Saliva
E. Gastric juice
21. In the course of the investigation of secretory gastric function a hypochlorhydria was recognized. Activity of what enzyme will be decreased in this condition?
A. Pepsin
B. Hexokinase
C. Dipeptidase
D. Amylase
E. Lipase
22. In the piece of gastric mucosa, excised from the patient with gastric ulcer disease, Helicobacter pylori was detected. What enzyme can be detected simultaneously in the tissue specimen?
A. Urease
B. Dehydrogenase
C. Alanine AT
D. Aspartate AT
E. Carboxypeptidase
25. Gastrin, which is secreted by stomach cells, functions to:
A. Increase the secretions of the gastric glands
B. Inhibit the production of hydrochloric acid
C. Change pepsin into pepsinogen
D. Initiate the cephalic phase of digestion
E. Inhibit the secretory activities of liver and small intestine
26. Which sequence illustrates the order of the steps from food to biochemically useful energy?
A. Digestion, acetyl-CoA production, citric acid cycle, ATP production
B. Citric acid cycle, digestion, acetyl-CoA production, ATP production
C. Digestion, citric acid cycle, acetyl-CoA production, ATP production
D. Digestion, acetyl-CoA production, ATP production, citric add cycle
E. Digestion, citric acid cycle, ATP production. acetyl-CoA production
27. Which of the following substances are produced from hydrolysis of dietary fats in the small intestine?
A. Fatty acids
B. Amino adds
C. Bile salts
D. Monosacchandes
E. Triglycerides
28. In comparing the potential energy of lipids and carbohydrates on a weight basis, it is correct to say that lipids provide:
A. Considerably more energy than carbohydrates.
B. Considerably less energy than carbohydrates.
C. Slightly less energy than carbohydrates.
D. Almost the same amount of energy as carbohydrates.
E. Slightly more energy than carbohydrates.
29. The chemical digestion of __?__ begins in stomach through the action of the enzyme __?__
A. Protein; pepsin.
B. Fat; bile
C. Carbohydrate; salivary amylase
D. Fat; lipaae
E. Both C and D
30. Secretin produced by the mucosa of the duodenum is stimulated by:
Acidity of the chyme
Distention of the stomach
Large quantities of bile
A fatty chyme
None of the above
31. Amino acids, monosaccharrides, glycorol and fatty acids are:
A. End products of digestion
B. All hormones
C. Products of carbohydrate metabolism
D. Enzymes
E. Transported in the lymph to all the lymph nodes in the body
32. Physiological daily requirement of protein in healthy adults has the next value:
A. 1 g per kg body weight B.0,3 g per kg body weight
C. 0,1 g per kg body weight
D.5 g per kg body weight
E.15 g per kg body weight
33. Trypsinogen is produced in exocrine part of pancreatic gland and excreted to duodenum, where it is activated by the next factor:
A. Enteropeptidase
B. Chymotrypsinogen
C. Secretin
D. Gastrin
E. Cholecystopancreozymine
34. Only one type of digestive juice contains carbohydrate, protein and fat-digesting enzymes. Which one is it?
A. Pancreatic juice
B. Saliva
C. Bile
D. Intestinal juice
E. Gastric juice
35. Essential fatty acids include the next items:
A. Palmitic acid
B. Arachidonic acid
C. Oleic acid
D. Palmitoleic acid
E. Succinic acid
36. The action of bile in lipid digestion is to:
A. Emulsify fats by a detergent action
B. Chemically degrade triglycerides to fatty glycerol
C. Chemically convert triglycerides to diglycerides
D. Chemically reduce cholesterol esters to cholesterol
E. A and B
37. The cause of endemic goiter is deficiency of trace element
A. Iodine
B. Zinc
C. Copper
D. Iron
E. Maganese
38. Which of these is false about "gastric juice?''
A. None of the above
B. Contains the intrinsic factor for absorption of vitamin B12
C. Is controlled in part by a hormone called gastrin
D. Becomes neutralized in the duodenum by the action of sodium bicarbonate from the pancreas
E. Is highly acidic because of its HCL content
39. What substance is produced from tryptophan in case of protein putrefaction in digestive tube?
A. Putrescine
B.Cresol
C.Phenol
D. Indole
E.Serotonine
40. What process occurs during emulgation of lipids?
Breakage of lipid fraction with the increase of its surface
Phosphorolysis
Oxidation
Reduction
41. Which compound is the emulgator of lipids in the duodenum?
Bile acids
Chloride acid
Sodium bicarbonate
Enteral juice
Lipase
42. The deficiency of what enzyme is the most frequent cause of the incomplete digestion of lipids in the digestive tract and increased content of the neutral fat in the faeces?
Pancreatic lipase
Enteral lipase
Phospholipase
Enterokinase
Gastric lipase
43. The investigation of the gastric juice obtained from the 6 month child evaluated the increased lipase activity. What is optimal pH for this enzyme?
5,5
9,5
1,5
3,2
7,8
44. In the course of lipids digestion the products of their hydrolysis are accumulated in blood. Which of the following compounds are increased in blood plasm during lipids absorption?
Chylomicrons
IDL
VLDL
HDL
LDL
45. Which enzyme breakdowns intracellular lipids?
Trigliceride lipase
Lipoprotein lipase
Phospholipase
Lipase
Sphyngolipase