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a) serotonin
b) hypocarbia
c) hypoxia
d) a fall in pH
e) adrenaline
a) haemorrhage
b) a rise in antidiuretic hormone activity
c) a fall in aldosterone activity
d) an increase in the level of circulating catecholamines
e) a rise in corticosteroid output
a) the PO2 is higher in the ductus venosus than in the ductus arteriosus
b) blood can go from the right atrium to the aorta without passing
through the left atrium and ventricle
c) the PO2 in the aortic arch is higher than in the descending aorta
d) blood flowing through the foramen ovale comes principally from the
superior vena cava
e) blood passes through the ductus arteriosus because of the high
pulmonary vascular resistance
a) hyperglycaemia
b) peripheral vasodilatation
c) suppression of uterine contractility
d) pupillary dilatation
e) a reduction in cardiac output
a) motor paralysis
b) loss of sensation
c) loss of reflexes
d) loss of sympathetic and sudomotor tone
e) hypotonia
a) plasma
b) red blood cells
c) renal tubular cells
d) gastric parietal cells
e) cardiac muscle cells
a) acute hypoxia
b) stored blood
c) metabolic acidosis
d) respiratory alkalosis
e) hypothermia
ANSWERS
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2. TFTTF
3. TTTFF
4. TFTFT
5. TFTTT
6. TFFTF
7. TFTTF
8. FTFTF
9. TTFTT
10. TTTFT
11. FFTFT
12. TTFFT
13 FFFFT
14. FTTFF
15. TTFFF
16. FFTTT
17. FTFFT
18. FTTTF
19. FFTFF
20. FTTTT
a) stroke volume
b) left ventricular end-diastolic volume
c) arterial partial pressure of oxygen
d) systemic vascular resistance
e) blood viscosity
ANSWERS
1.TTTTT
2.TTFFF
3.TFTTF
4.FFTTT
5.TTTFF
a) catecholamines
b) an increase in heart rate
c) an increase in fibre length
d) an increase in parasympathetic nervous system activity
e) calcium ions
ANSWERS
6.TFFTT
7.FTTFF
8.TTTTT
9.TTTFT
10.TTFFT
a) anaemia
b) carbon monoxide
c) hyperventilation
d) a rise in physiological dead-space
e) old age
ANSWERS
11.FFFFT
12.FTFTF
13.TFTTF
14.TFTFF
15.TTTTT
a) 3% carboxyhaemoglobin
b) 5% methaemoglobin
c) 70% oxyhaemoglobin
d) 2% free haemoglobin
e) 2% fetal haemoglobin
a) bradykinin
b) adrenaline
c) calcium
d) vasopressin
c) histamine
20. Expected changes in a patient with a phaeochromocytoma
include:
a) a decreased haematocrit
b) a decreased total blood volume
c) a decreased serum sodium concentration
d) an abnormal glucose tolerance test
e) a reduced metabolic rate
ANSWERS
16.TFTFF
17.FFTFF
18.TTFTT
19.TFFFT
20.FTFTF
a) the PR interval should be less than 0.2 s and greater than 0.12 s
b) the QRS complex should last less than 0.02 s
c) the T wave is normally greater than 1 mV
d) there will be an interval of 0.75 s between the end of one complex
and the beginning of the next
e) the T wave is ventricular repolarisation
6. Dopamine:
10. Captropril:
a) if the cuff is too small for the arm, the pressure will tend to read high
b) accuracy is increased by leaving the cuff slightly inflated between
readings
c) the slower the deflation, the more accurate the reading
d) a mercury column has a low frequency response
e) diastolic pressure agrees more accurately with direct measurement
than will systolic pressure
13. Sympathetic innervation of blood vessels:
a) is mediated by alpha-adrenoceptors
b) is mediated locally by noradrenaline
c) implies that sympathectomy induces vasodilation
d) increases flow independent of vessel diameter
e) induces vasodilation in response to cold and haemorrhage
a) amphetamine
b) atropine
c) propranalol
d) dobutamine
e) nifedipine
ANSWERS
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2.TTTFF
3.TTTFT
4.TFFFT
5.TTFFF
6.TFTTT
7.TFFFF
8.TFTFT
9.TFFFF
10.FTTFF
11.TTTTT
12.TFFTF
13.TTTFF
14.TFTFF
15.FTTTF
16.FFTFF
17.TFFTT
18.TTTFT
19.FFFFF
20.FTTFT
1. The liver:
3. In thermoregulation:
4. Adrenaline:
5. Glucagon:
a) is a positive inotrope
b) is produced by the beta cells of the pancreas
c) stimulates production of free fatty acids in the blood
d) release is increased in starvation
e) stimulates glycogen synthesis
ANSWERS
1.TFTFT
2.FFTTT
3.TTFFT (fundamentals of anaesthesia, 2nd edition page 446)
4.FTTTF
5.TFTTF
6. Surfactant:
a) is a mucopolypeptide
b) causes a decrease in surface tension
c) results in the same surface tension for different sized alveoli
d) causes an increase in compliance
e) production is reduced after a prolonged reduction in pulmonary
blood flow
7. Sinus arrhythmia:
ANSWERS
6.FTFTT
7.FTFFF
8.TFFTF
9.FTFFT
10.TFFTF
15. Insulin:
ANSWERS
11.FTTFT
12.TTTFF
13.FFTFF
14.TTTTT
15.FFTTT
19. Oxytocin:
20. Aldosterone:
ANSWERS
16.TFTTF
17.FTTTF
18.TFFFT
19.FTTFF
20.FFFTT
1. Adrenaline
4. Vital capacity:
a) fall in PaCO2
b) rise in PaCO2
c) rise in ionised calcium
d) fall in cerebrospinal fluid bicarbonate
e) rise in plasma bicarbonate
ANSWERS
1.FTTFF
2.FTTTF
3.TTFTF
4.TFTFT
5.TFFFF
7. A reflex action:
9. The pressure:
a) drop across the major veins is similar to that across the major
arteries
b) drop across the hepatic portal bed is similar to that across the
splenic vascular bed
c) in the hepatic portal vein is higher than that in the inferior vena cava
d) drop across the vascular bed in the foot is greater when standing
than when lying down
e) drop across the pulmonary circulation is the same as across the
systemic circulation
ANSWERS
6.TTFTF
7.TFFTT
8.TTFTT
9.FFTFF
10.FFFTT
5. Renin:
ANSWERS
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2.FTTTF
3.FTTFF
4.TTTFT
5.TTFFT
1. The following are secreted from the adrenal cortex:
a) testosterone
b) aldosterone
c) angiotensin
d) noradrenaline
e) deoxycorticosterone
2. Aldosterone:
3. Cerebrospinal fluid:
5. Bile:
a) salts contribute to the solubility of cholesterol in the bile
b) contains bilirubin mainly in the unconjugated form
c) contributes more than pancreatic secretion to the neutralisation of
acid from the stomach
d) becomes more alkaline following concentration in the gall bladder
e) is produced at a rate of approximately 2000 ml/day
ANSWERS
1.FTFFT
2.TFTFT
3.TFFFT
4.TTTFT
5.TFFFF
a) anaemia
b) acclimatisation to altitude
c) stored blood
d) trained athletes
e) cyanotic heart disease
ANSWERS
1.TTFFF
2.TFTTF
3.TTFTF
4.TTFFT
5.TTFFT
ANSWERS
1.TFTFF
2.TTFFF
3.TTTTT
4.TFFTT
5.TTFFF
2. Transferrin is:
a) involved in iron uptake by the gut mucosa
b) involved in iron transport across the gut mucosa
c) involved in iron transport to muscle
d) involved in iron transport to storage sites
e) normally only 35% saturated with iron
a) retrosternal pain
b) dizziness
c) auditory disturbances
d) convulsions
e) atelectasis
Recipie
Donor
nt
a) B O
b) AB A
c) B AB
d) O AB
e) AB O
ANSWERS
1.TTTTF
2.FFTTT
3.TFFFT
4.TTFFT
5.FTTTF
1. In the healthy heart, an increase in stroke volume is seen
with an increase in:
a) dP/dT
b) aortic systolic pressure
c) left ventricular end-diastolic volume
d) left ventricular end-systolic pressure
e) heart rate
a) parasympathetic block
b) sympathetic block
c) facial nerve block
d) trigeminal nerve block
e) oculomotor nerve block
a) tyrosine
b) phenylalanine
c) noradrenaline
d) dopamine
e) isoprenaline
ANSWERS
1.TFTFF
2.TTFFF
3.TTTFF
4.FTTFT
5.TTTTF
a) glucagon
b) adrenaline
c) growth hormone
d) starvation
e) major trauma
2. Adenyl cyclase:
3. Surfactant:
a) contains phospholipids
b) prevents oedema formation in the alveolar wall
c) reduces surface tension by approximately 30%
d) produces a monomolecular layer
e) stabilises the size of an alveolus
ANSWERS
1.TFTFT
2.TTFFF
3.TTFFT
4.FFFTT
5.FFTFT