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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which skin layer contains dead cells?	Corneal layer	100%
What does side scatter measure in flow cytometry?	Cytoplasmic complexity	100%
What activity does the sympathetic nervous system promote?	Diverts blood to skeletal muscles	100%
Why are haemotoxylin and eosin used together?	Haem = basic, eosin = acidic so bind to most substances	100%
Which immunoglobulin would you find in saliva?	IgA	100%
Which is not a part of hair follicle?	Malanosomes	100%
High respiratory rate may be a response to which problem?	Acidosis	0%
What does adenylate cyclase do?	Activates protein kinase A	0%
What do Ga type GPCR activate?	Adenylate cyclase	0%
In spermatogenesis, where do primary spermatocytes come?	After mitosis of simpler cells, before meiosis I	0%
What is a plasma blast?	Antibody producing matured B cell	0%
Which is a domain of epithelial cells with specialised surface receptors?	Apial	0%
What is ultrasound bad at viewing?	Areas of behind air	0%
Which is not a part of connective tissue?	Basal membrane	0%
Which cells may be able to recognise an epitope?	B cells	0%
Where is immunoglobulin IgD only found?	Bone marrow	0%
Where do cranial nerves originate?	Brain	0%
Which root value would you not find in a sympathetic nerve?	C5	0%
Give root values for brachial plexus	C5 to T1	0%
Which muscle type is long lived and hard to replace?	Cardiac	0%
What markers do helper T cells always have?	CD45, CD3, CD4	0%
Which plexus has root value range between C1 and C4?	Cervical	0%
Which comes first in ossification	Chondrocytes expand and calcify cartilage	0%
What is most risky to patient?	CT scans	0%
Which of the following in correct?	Cystic fibrosis is recessive because it is not haploinsufficient	0%
What is the region of skin supplied by given nerve known as?	Dermatome	0%
Which is not a property of pseudo-stratified columnar epithelial tissue?	Different lengths	0%
What activates intracellular kinase domains on tyrosine kinase receptors?	Dimerisation with another TKR upon ligand binding to extracellular domain	0%
What does red pulp of spleen do?	Disposes of old red blood cells and platelets	0%
Which is an example of epigenetic gene regulation?	DNA methylation	0%
Structural features of DNA which help high fidelity replication include...	Double stranded template for easy checking	0%
What powers secondary active transport?	Downhill transport of another molecule	0%
Why do more specialised cells tend to proliferate less?	Energy and nutrients reserved for function	0%
Which cell type would be responsible for killing parasites?	Eosinophil	0%
Which cell type has longest lifespan?	Erythrocyte	0%
Heteroplasmy...	explains why some children don't inherit mitochondrial diseases from their mother	0%
How does taqman PCR allow continual monitoring?	Fluorescence of hybridised DNA sequence	0%
Are the BRCA genes dominant or recessive genetically and phenotypically?	Genetically dominant, phenotypically recessive	0%
Where does affinity maturation mostly occur?	Germinal centre	0%
Which is an adaptive immune cell responsible for majority of cytokine production?	Helper T cell	0%
In adulthood, which bones no longer contain haematopoietic bone marrow?	Humorous	0%
Which immunoglobulin is most prevalent in initial immune response?	IgM	0%
Which of these might cause acidosis?	Impaired lung function	0%
Which ligand might be detected by a tyrosine kinase receptor?	Insulin	0%
Where are spinal nerve roots?	Intervertebral foramen	0%
Which is incorrect about the possible effect of a mutation in 3' UTR on gene expression?	It could increase	0%
What do DNA ligases do?	Join adjacent Ozaki fragments in RNA processing	0%
Which system is most likely to be responsible for the bystander effect?	Juxtacrine	0%
Which cell is not found in blood brain barrier?	Langerhans cells	0%
Where does haematopoiesis occur mostly after first few weeks gestation?	Liver	0%
Describe structure of para-sympathetic nerve.	Long pre and short post ganglion nerve	0%
What does increased RAS activity correct?	Low blood pressure	0%
Which is not part of positive feedback loop that causes hyperthermia?	Lower respiratory rate	0%
Which is part of central nervous system	Medulla	0%
Which specialised skin cell helps the skin to be protective?	Melanocytes	0%
What balance is regulated by ATPase in cellular homeostasis?	Membrane potential	0%
Which cells act as rudimentary touch receptors?	Merkel cells	0%
A macrophage is a resident version of which cell type?	Monocyte	0%
Which imaging technique is best for watery substances?	MR scans	0%
What is the precursor to most phagocytic cells?	Myoblast	0%
What can a myeloid progenitor not become?	Natural killer cell	0%
What is different about necrosis and apoptosis	Necrosis causes inflammatory response	0%
What makes proteoglycans good cushions in connective tissues	Negatively charged saccharide chains repel to form spongey matrix	0%
Which cells produce bone?	Osteocytes	0%
What process tests for CpG methylation	PCR with bisulfites added to DNA	0%
Which activity is independent from brain?	Peristalsis	0%
What is benefit of producing polar bodies in oogenesis?	Preserves nutrients for other ovum	0%
Which is not a function of the endoplasmic reticulum	Producing ribosomal RNA	0%
Which will haematoxylin not bind to?	Protein	0%
Which statement is not true about pH balance regulation in a cell?	Protons are taken up by cell from the blood	0%
What causes antibody diversity in blood cells?	Random recombination	0%
What does RAS cascade not cause?	Reduced thirst	0%
What does parasympathetic system increase?	Saliva production	0%
What is cAMP?	Secondary intracellular messenger	0%
What type of nerve emerges from dorsal root?	Sensory	0%
What can NeXT gen DNA sequencing do that Sanger can't?	Shows different alleles speperately	0%
Which epithelial tissue is found in small intestine?	Simple columnar	0%
Which epithelial tissue is found in alveoli?	Simple squamous	0%
Which muscle is not striated?	Smooth	0%
Which type of connective tissue does cartilage come under?	Specialised	0%
What would you find in vertebral foramen in spine?	Spinal chord	0%
Which ligands will nuclear receptors respond to?	Steroids	0%
What is the T in STR?	Tandem	0%
What is different about dideoxy nucleotides?	They can't polymerise	0%
What happens to chondrocytes during ossification?	They swell, calcify cartilage then are suffocated by calcified cartilage	0%
What is STR profiling used for?	To find characteristics associated with a gene	0%
Which disease causes hyperammonaemia	Urea cycle disorder - OTC deficiency	0%
Which does not require active transport across membrane?	Viruses	0%
What is a nerve plexus?	When nerves join into a network with those above and below	0%