The best enzyme marker for liver cell damage is.....
ALT (Alanine transaminase)
Which nerve is involved in carpal tunnel syndrome?
Median nerve
Main stimulus for erythropoiesis is.....
Hypoxia
What is the effect of parasympathetic stimulation on iris
constriction of pupil
Name one sesamoid bone...
Patella/Pisiform/Flabella
The anterior interventricular artery is a branch of which coronary artery?
Left coronary artery
What is the cause of 2nd heart sound
closure of semilunar valves
Which enzyme deficiency gives rise to Type 1 glycogen storage disease?
GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE
Name the site of Urobilinogen is production
Small intestine
The standard amino acid without asymmetric carbon atom (chiral centre) is
GLYCINE
Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase leads to haemolysis due to decreased availability of...........
REDUCED FORM OF GLUTATHIONE or NADPH
The feature of Tetrology of Fallot is........
Pulmonary stenosis.
Name any ONE (1) lung volume that cannot be measured by spirometer
RESIDUAL VOLUME
Name the subcellular location of Electron transport chain
INNER MEMBRANE OF MITOCHONDRIA
Enzymes increase the speed of the biochemical reaction because............
They decrease activation energy
Why cardiac muscle cannot be tetanised?
Prolonged refractory period
Arterial blood gas analysis had shown decrease in pH, increase in Pa CO2 and bicarbonate level.
Name the acid base disorder
PARTIALLY COMPENSATED RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS
In carcinoma of breast. Lymph from the cancerous breast drains primarily into which of the axillary lymph node?
Anterior (pectoral) nodes
The ligamentum venosum is a remnant of which embryological structure in development of heart?
Ductus venosus
A 5-year-old boy with breathing difficulty, chest pain, and cough was admitted to a local hospital. The pediatrician who examined the boy, along with laboratory results, diagnosed the child as having cystic fibrosis.
Which structure is most likely blocked?
Terminal bronchioles
What is the effect of hyperkalemia on myocardial excitability?
Decreased excitability of myocardial tissue
(hyperkalemia = depolarized resting potential, but Decreased excitability.)
A 33-year-old male patient complains of feeling severe pain when he tries to turn his neck. A physician realizes that the problem is in his pivot joint.
Which joint would most likely be examined?
Atlantoaxial joint
In general, porphyrias inherited in an autosomal dominant mode except one.
Name the porphyria inherited as autosomal recessive mode
CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA
A 19-year-old man came to the emergency department, and his angiogram exhibited that he was bleeding from the vein that is accompanied by the posterior interventricular artery.
Which vein is most likely to be ruptured?
Middle cardiac vein
Hypoxia causes closure of ion channels in the membrane of type I glomus cells in peripheral chemoreceptor. This leads depolarizing the cell
State the name the ion channels, closure of which leads to depolarization in Type I glomus cell.
Oxygen sensitive Potassium channel