EXAM QUESTION
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
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
Which of the following is the main intracellular cation?
Zinc
Sodium
Potassium
Magnesium
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
The Golgi complex is found in all cells except:
eosinophils
Erythrocytes
lymphocytes
Monocytes
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
Histamine is:
A vasodilator
An endotoxin
A cytokine
A steroid
Cocci, bacilli, coccobacilli and spirochaetes are types of:
fungi
Protozoa
Virus
Bacteria
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
Diabetes mellitus involves the destruction of which cells in the pancreas?
A cells
H cells
T cells
B cells
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
In relation to seizures, jerking arrhythmically is termed:
Myoclonus
Tonic
Hyperkinetic
Atonic
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
Obesity increases the amount of which substance in the bile?
cholesterol
Globulin
Albumin
Prothrombin
In the immune system a foreign invading substance can be referred to as an:
Acetate
Antigen
Antibody
Androgen
Variants on which chromosomes are associated with heart disease?
2, 12, 21
2, 6 and 9
1, 2 and 3
5, 11, 17
The fetal origins hypothesis is primarily associated with:
Professor David Baker
Professor David Barker
Professor David Bidder
Professor David Banner
Important receptors promoting vasodilation and increased cellular permeability:
H1
Alpha
GLUT 4
Kappa
In later life, large birth size is not statistically associated with:
testicular cancer
Dyslipidaemia
Breast cancer
Leukaemia
Cardiac receptors specifically activated by adrenaline include:
Mu
Kappa
Alpha
Delta
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