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1. When LOW on carbohydrates, cortisol is involved in protein synthesis____?
A. Metabolism
B. Activation
C. Inhibition
D. None of the above
2. Dry atmospheric air has what percent oxygen?
A. 79.03%
B. 0.03%
C. 10.39%
D. 20.93%
3. What is another term for breathing?
A. Pulmonary ventilation
B. Pulmonary respiration
C. External respiration
D. Inspiratory respiration
4. What percent of oxygen is transported in the plasma of the blood?
A. 98%
B. 20%
C. 2%
D. 100%
5. What anabolic hormone is very involved in fat metabolism?
A. Insulin-like growth factor-1
B. Insulin
C. Growth hormone
D. None of the above
6. What is the cell in an alveolus that rids the body of 'dust' and waste?
A. Pneumocytes
B. Bronchioles
C. Epithelium cells
D. Macrophage
7. How much CO2 is bound to hemoglobin (called carbaminohemoglobin)?
A. 7%
B. 10%
C. 13%
D. 23%
8. A given hemoglobin molecule can bind how many oxygen molecules?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
9. Effect of temperature, pH, 2,3-BPG and PCO2 on oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve?
A. Haldane effect
B. Bohr effect
C. Daltons law
D. Boyles law
10. Term describing how much oxygen is loaded on the hemoglobin molecule?
A. Co-loading
B. Substrate binding
C. Saturation
D. None of the above
11. Which of the following hormones is involved in Na+ and K+ balance?
A. Cortisol
B. Aldosterone
C. Glucagon
D. Epinephrine
12. Predominant glucose transporter protein on sarcolemma of muscle fiber:
A. Glucagon
B. Insulin
C. GLUT4
D. GLUT2
13. Which hormone does NOT increase glucose in short burst exercise?
A. Epinephrine
B. Norepinephrine
C. Melatonin
D. Glucagon
14. What is the most common type of diabetes?
A. Type I
B. Type II
C. Juvenile-onset
D. Insulin dependent
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A. Live high, train high
B. Live low, train high
C. Live low, train low
D. Live high, train low
16. What is the substance found on the alveolar membranes that functions to decrease surface tension?
A. Water vapor
B. Epithelium
C. Surfactant
D. Sodium bicarbonate
17. How many alveoli are in your lungs?
A. 3000
B. 30,000
C. 300,000
D. 300 million
18. Effect when oxygen is binding on the hemoglobin it helps CO2 UNBIND!
A. Boyle's Law
B. Bohr Effect
C. Haldane Effect
D. Henry's Law
19. How is the majority (70%) of carbon dioxide transported in the blood?
A. Dissolves in blood
B. Stays as carbon dioxide in the plasma
C. Forms carbaminohemoglobin
D. Transported as bicarbonate ion
20. Exercise induced asthma (EIA) also called exercise induced bronchoconstriction usually PEAKS when?
A. First few minutes of exercise
B. About 15 minutes in exercise
C. About 5 to 10 minutes after exercise
D. 30 minutes after exercise
21. Internal and external respiration are involved with which of the following?
A. Metabolic reactions in the kidneys
B. Air into and out of lunge
C. Exchange of fluids
D. Exchange of gases
22. During aerobic exercise, with trained and untrained persons, insulin levels will?
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Stay the same
D. Fluctuate
23. What is insulin’s main function?
A. Promote gluconeogenesis
B. Reduce amount of glucose circulating in the blood
C. Inhibit glycogenesis
D. Increase amount of glucose circulating in the blood
24. What does equilibrium mean in pulmonary physiology?
A. A state when opposing gases across a membrate are balanced
B. A state of mine
C. Balance of enegy nutrients in a cell
D. Stability in a fluid
25. A major physiological difference in asthma and exercise-induced asthma?
A. There is NO inflammation with asthma
B. There is NO inflammation with EIA
C. EIA is a genetic type of asthma
D. None of the above
1=C 2=D 3=A 4=C 5=C 6=D 7=D 8=A 9=B 10=C
11=B 12=C 13=C 14=B 15=D 16=C 17=D 18=C 19=D 20=C
21=D 22=B 23=B 24=A 25=B

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