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Medical Knowledge Challenge

Test your understanding of essential medical concepts with our comprehensive quiz designed for students, professionals, and anyone interested in the medical field. From physiology to pharmacology, this quiz covers a wide array of topics relevant to healthcare.

Features of the quiz:

30 thought-provoking questions
Multiple choice format for easy answering
Insightful feedback on responses

32 Questions8 MinutesCreated by AnalyzingDoctor211

Aetiology refers to:

Causes or origins of a disease

Laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purpose

Study of the microscopic structure of tissues.

Study of the development of morbid conditions or of disease

Which part of the brain is associated with pain perception?

Medulla oblongata

Cerebellum

Cingulate cortex

Hypothalamus

Prostaglandins, bradykinins, serotonin, potassium and histamine can be collectively referred to as:

Hormones

Cytokines

Pain mediators

Electrolytes

The specialist nerves involved in pain sensation are known as:

Osmoreceptors

Chemoreceptors

Nociceptors

Baroreceptors

Adenosine triphosphate, glutamate, bradykinin, nitrous oxide and substance P can be collectively referred to as:

neurotransmitters

Cytokines

Endotoxins

Hormones

In relation to cellular respiration, glycolysis takes place in the cell:

Golgi body

Cytoplasm

Mitochondria

Endoplasmic reticulum

Green sputum has a characteristic colour due to bacteria being destroyed:

By enzymes which contain chloride pigments by enzymes which contain iron pigments

By enzymes which contain calcium pigments by enzymes which contain magnesium pigments

By enzymes which contain magnesium pigments

By enzymes which contain iron pigments

On respiratory auscultation, fluid in the alveoli reflects:

tubular rhonchi

Bronchial breath sounds

Rales

Wheezing

In the renal system blood flows into the glomerulus via the:

efferent arteriole

Secondary venule

Primary arteriole

Afferent arteriole

During systemic hypotension, the Juxta-Glomerular Apparatus produces renin to convert angiotensin 1 into angiotensin 2 to increase production of this hormone to raise blood pressure

cortisol

Oxytocin

Anti-diuretic hormone

Aldosterone

Which of the following is not a mechanism of absorption utilized by the renal system?

Osmosis

Closed transport

Solvent drag

active transport

Which of the following, in normal health, can cross from the glomerulus into the Bowman`s capsule?

albumin

Glucose

Erythrocytes

Leukocytes

Glycogenolysis is:

The export of glucose back into the blood by the pancreas for transport to all other tissues

The export of glucose back into the blood by the liver for transport to all other tissues

The export of glucose back into the blood by the kidneys for transport to all other tissues

The export of glucose back into the blood by the adrenal glands for transport to all other tissues

Which cell receptors play an important role in glucose transport?

GLUT 4 receptors

Kappa receptors

GLUT 2 receptors

Alpha receptors

Nondisjunction of which chromosome is the leading cause of Down syndrome?

chromosome 21

Chromosome 2

Chromosome 11

chromosome 16

Not a characteristic motor symptom of focal seizures:

Unusual smell or taste

Repeatedly picking up objects or pulling at clothes

Suddenly losing muscle tone and limbs going limp or floppy, or limbs suddenly becoming stiff

Making lip-smacking or chewing movements,

Which brain waves are channelled during conscious states such as cognitive reasoning, thinking, calculations and speaking?

Alpha

Gamma

Delta

Beta

The hormone Leptin primarily acts on which part of the brain to inhibit food intake?

Cerebellum

Pons

Medulla Oblongata

Hypothalamus

For children of the same age and sex, a child is considered obese if they have a body mass index at or above the:

90th percentile

95th percentile

80th percentile

85th percentile

The fetal origins hypothesis is primarily associated with:

Professor David Baker

Professor David Barker

Professor David Bidder

Professor David Banner

In later life, large birth size is not statistically associated with:

testicular cancer

Dyslipidaemia

Breast cancer

Leukaemia

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