PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 7TH EDITION
TEST BANK
Chapterq1.qCellularqBiology
MULTIPLEqCHOICE
1. Aqstudentqisqobservingqaqcellqunderqtheqmicroscope.qItqisqobservedqtoqhaveqsupercoiledqDNAq
withqhistones.qWhichqofqtheqfollowingqwouldqalsoqbeqobservedqbyqtheqstudent?
a. Aqsingleqcircularqchromosome
b. Aqnucleus
c. Free-floatingqnuclearqmaterial
d. Noqorganelles
ANS:qB
Theqcellqdescribedqisqaqeukaryoticqcell,qsoqitqhasqhistonesqandqaqsupercoiledqDNAqwithinqitsqnucle
us;qthus,qtheqnucleusqshouldqbeqobserved.
Aqsingleqcircularqchromosomeqisqcharacteristicqofqprokaryoticqcells,qwhichqdoqnotqhaveqhistones.
Free-
floatingqnuclearqmaterialqdescribesqaqprokaryoticqcell,qwhichqwouldqnotqhaveqaqdistinctqnucleus.
Eukaryoticqcellsqhaveqmembraneqboundedqcellularqcomponentsqcalledqorganelles.qNoqorganellesqdes
cribesqaqprokaryoticqcell.
2. Aqnurseqisqinstructingqtheqstaffqaboutqcellularqfunctions.qWhichqcellularqfunctionqisqtheqnurseqd
escribingqwhenqanqisolatedqcellqabsorbsqoxygenqandqusesqitqtoqtransformqnutrientsqtoqenergy?
a. Metabolicqabsorption
b. Communication
c. Secretion
,d. Respiration
,ANS:qD
Theqabilityqofqtheqcellqtoqabsorbqoxygenqrefersqtoqtheqcellsqfunctionqofqrespiration.
Theqabilityqofqtheqcellqtoqfunctionqwithinqaqsocietyqofqcellsqrefersqtoqitsqfunctionqofqcommunication
.
Theqabilityqofqtheqcellqtoqtakeqinqnutrientsqrefersqtoqtheqcellsqfunctionqofqmetabolicqabsorption.
Theqabilityqofqtheqcellqtoqsynthesizeqnewqsubstancesqandqsecreteqtheseqelsewhereqrefersqtoqtheqcellsqf
unctionqofqsecretion.
3. AqeukaryoticqcellqisqundergoingqDNAqreplication.qInqwhichqregionqofqtheqcellqwouldqmostqofqt
heqgeneticqinformationqbeqcontained?
a. Mitochondria
b. Ribosome
c. Nucleolus
d. Nucleus
ANS:qC
Theqregionqofqtheqcellqthatqcontainsqgeneticqmaterial,qincludingqaqlargeqamountqofqribonucleicqaci
d,qmostqofqtheqDNA,qandqDNA-bindingqproteins,qisqtheqnucleolus.
Theqmitochondriaqisqtheqsiteqofqcellularqrespiration.
Theqribosomesqareqinvolvedqinqmanufacturingqofqproteinsqwithinqtheqcell.
Theqnucleusqcontainsqtheqnucleolus,qandqitqisqtheqnucleolusqthatqcontainsqgeneticqmaterial.
4. Theqfluidqmosaicqmodelqforqbiologicqmembranesqdescribesqmembraneqbehavior.qAccordingqtoqt
hisqmodel,qwhichqofqtheqfollowingqfloatqsinglyqorqasqaggregatesqinqtheqfluidqlipidqbilayer?
a. Peripheralqmembraneqproteins
b. Integralqmembraneqproteins
, c. Glycoproteins
d. Cellqadhesionqmolecules
ANS:qB
Integralqmembraneqproteinsqfloatqfreelyqinqtheqfluidqlipidqbilayer.
Peripheralqmembraneqproteinsqareqnotqembeddedqinqtheqlayer,qbutqresideqatqtheqsurface.qGlycoprotein
sqactqasqcellqsurfaceqmarkers.
Cellqadhesionqmoleculesqareqonqtheqoutsideqofqtheqmembraneqandqallowqcellsqtoqhookqtogether.
5. Whichqofqtheqfollowingqcanqbindqtoqplasmaqmembraneqreceptors?
a. Oxygen
b. Ribosomes
c. Amphipathicqlipids
d. Ligands
ANS:qD
Ligandsqareqspecificqmoleculesqthatqcanqbindqwithqreceptorsqonqtheqcellqmembrane.qOxyge
nqmovesqbyqdiffusion;qitqdoesqnotqbindqtoqreceptors.
Ribosomesqmakeqproteinsqandqareqnotqinvolvedqinqbinding.q
Amphipathicqlipidsqareqaqportionqofqtheqcellqmembrane.
6. Aqnurseqisqreviewingqaqreportqfromqaqpatientqwithqmetastaticqcancer.qWhatqfindingqwouldqs
upportqtheqdiagnosisqofqmetastaticqcancer?qAlterationsqinqextracellularqmatrixqthatqinclude:
a. Decreasedqfibronectin
b. Increasedqcollagen
c. Decreasedqelastin