Glucose Metabolism - What Do You Know?
19 Questions
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The quiz is aimed at students on a second year nursing degree, it examines basic concepts in the biochemistry of glucose metabolism and the maintainance of glucose homeostasis
Questions and Answers
- 1.Glycolysis takes place in all cells in the body
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.What is the first choice of fuel for all cells?
- 3.Which of the following provides the most energy?
- A.
Anaerobic glycolysis
- B.
Aerobic glycolysis
- C.
Gluconeogenesis
- 4.Which cells are most dependent on glucose as their fuel source
- A.
Red blood cells
- B.
Kidneys
- C.
Liver
- D.
Neurons
- E.
Heart
- 5.Where is glycogen stored in the body?
- 6.In fasting to early starvation which of the following pathways are active?
- A.
Gluconeogenesis
- B.
Glycogen synthesis
- C.
Glycolysis
- D.
Ketogenesis
- E.
Glycogenolysis
- 7.The key enzyme phophofructokinase (PFK) in glycolysis is activated by...
- A.
High ATP
- B.
Low ATP
- 8.Glucokinase is present in all cells
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Glycogen is a polymer composed of units
- 10.What is the importance of phophorylation of glucose by hexokinase or glucokinase after entry into a cell
- 11.Glycolysis takes place in all cells
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Glycogen synthesis and glycogenolysis are a reversal of the same pathway
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Insulin acts to....
- A.
Increase blood glucose levels
- B.
Decrease gluconeogenesis
- C.
Increase glycolysis
- D.
Decrease glucose uptake into cells
- E.
Increase glycogen synthesis in the liver
- 14.Insulin and glucagon are produced from the same cell type
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Where in the cell does glycolysis occur?
- 16.What is needed in aerobic glycolysis that is not required in anaerobic glycolysis?
- 17.In anaerobic glycolysis glucose is converted to pyruvate which is then converted to.......
- 18.In strenuous exercise glycogen stores in muscle are broken down, glucose produced and transported to other tissues to provide energy
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.When we have just eaten (post prandial state) which hormone is active?
- A.
Insulin
- B.
Glucagon
- C.
Epinephrine
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