Correcting My Errors in Physiology Quiz
For remediation, I would like for you to go back through the quiz and for each question your answered incorrectly, provide a rationale explaining why the correct answer is correct. You should also include why you think you got the answer wrong as well.
Quiz Week 2
#9 The roles played by proteins can be divided into which categories?
Correct answer— Structural and functional
Why is Structural and chemical NOT correct?
#10 The amino group in an amino acid is:
Correct answer — NH3+.
Why is COO–. Not correct?
#14 Which lipid is part of vitamin D?
Correct answer — Steroids
Why is Fatty acids NOT correct?
#20 Which energy-releasing or energy-transferring molecule does not contain a nucleotide?
Correct answer — Creatine phosphate
Why is NAD not correct?
#21 The term glycoprotein, a combination of two words, tells you that the compound is made of _____, with _____ being the dominant component.
Correct answer — carbohydrate and protein; protein
Why is carbohydrate and protein; carbohydrate NOT correct?
#24 Prostaglandins and steroids share which of the following characteristics?
Correct answer — Both have a ring structure in their molecule.
#26 When two molecules of glucose are joined, they form which disaccharide?
Correct answer — Maltose
Why is Fructose wrong?
#27 If one side of a DNA molecule is CTAGGCTG, the other side would be:
Correct answer — GATCCGAC.
Why is CTAGGCTG.
#28 Which of the following is not true of both triglycerides and phospholipids?
Correct answer — They both contain a hydrophobic and hydrophilic end.
Why is ‘both contain fatty acids’ NOT correct?
Week 8 Quiz Correcting Errors
#1 Once inside the sympathetic chain ganglion, the preganglionic fiber may:
Correct answer — synapse with a sympathetic postganglionic neuron, send ascending and/or descending branches through the sympathetic trunk to synapse with postganglionic neurons in other chain ganglia, pass through one or more ganglia without synapsing.
#6 Afferent nerves or fibers are found only in the _____ nervous system.
Correct answer — sensory and autonomic
Why is central NOT correct?
#12 Acetylcholine can stimulate _____ receptors.
Correct answer — nicotinic
Why is ‘both alpha and beta’ NOT correct?
#15 Norepinephrine is liberated at:
Correct answer — most sympathetic postganglionic nerve endings.
Why is the dendrite ending wrong?
#18 Which of the following is not true of the knee jerk reflex?
Correct answer — It is a flexor reflex
Why is ‘It is an ipsilateral reflex’ NOT correct?
#26 Normal infants will show the Babinski reflex up to the age of _____ years.
Correct answer — 1
Why is 2 not correct?
#33 Impulses sent over which of the following tracts could result in voluntary movement, especially of the hands, fingers, feet, and toes of the opposite side?
Correct answer — Lateral corticospinal
Why is Lateral reticulospinal NOT correct?
#35 Which of the following statements is not true?
Correct answer — The major function of the parasympathetic division is to serve as an “emergency” system.
Why is ‘Parasympathetic stimulation causes an increase in the secretion of pancreatic juice and insulin’ NOT correct ?
#41 Impulses from the _____ play a part in arousing or alerting the cerebrum.
Correct answer — thalamus
Why is pons NOT correct?
#42 Cerebrospinal fluid is formed by filtration of blood in the
Correct answer — choroid plexuses.
Why is subarachnoid space NOT correct?
#43 The preganglionic neurons of both the sympathetic and the parasympathetic divisions are cholinergic.
Correct answer — True
Why is false NOT correct?
#44 If the ventral nerve root of a spinal nerve were destroyed, a person would lose _____ related to that pathway.
Correct answer — willed movement
Why is sensory perception NOT correct?