Physiology Mcqs - Set 7

1)   Oxygen as an emergency drug is contraindicated in______________?

a. Anaphylaxis
b. Asthma
c. Hyperventilation
d. COPD
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hyperventilation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   The quantity of water lost in expired air each 24 hrs is about___________?

a. 200 ML
b. 400 ML
c. 600 ML
d. 800 ML
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 400 ML

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Which of the following adaptations will be apt to increase the work capacity at high altitude_________________?

a. Increased workload, decreasing duration of exercise
b. Increased workload, increasing duration of exercise
c. Decreasing workload, increasing duration of exercise
d. Decreasing workload, decreasing duration of exercise
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Decreasing workload, increasing duration of exercise

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Bronchial circulation is associated with__________________?

a. Air conditioning
b. Drug absorption
c. Gaseous exchange
d. Reserve volume
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gaseous exchange

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   The work of breathing__________________?

a. is inversely related to lung compliance
b. remains constant during exercise
c. is not affected by respiratory
d. decreased in lying posture
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: is inversely related to lung compliance

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Shift of the oxygen dissociation curve to right is caused by the following factors EXCEPT_______________?

a. Increased 2,3 BPG
b. Increased temperature
c. Increased concentration of carbon – di – oxide
d. Increased concentration of oxygen
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increased concentration of oxygen

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   At high altitudes the following changes takes place except_______________?

a. Increase in respiratory rate
b. Increases in depth of respiration
c. Increase in oxygen carrying capacity of blood
d. Increase in partial pressure of CO2
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increase in partial pressure of CO2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Which of the following statements about pulmonary surfactant is false ?

a. It is secreted by Type II pneumocytes
b. It contains lecithin and sphingomyelin
c. It increases surface tension
d. It prevents collapse of smaller alveoli
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It increases surface tension

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Increase in partial pressure of CO2 leading to release of oxygen to the tissues is________________?

a. Haldane effect
b. Bohr effect
c. Breur effect
d. Hamburger effect
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bohr effect

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Ventilation perfusion ratio is maximum in_______________?

a. Base of lung
b. Apex of lung
c. Posterior lobe of lung
d. Middle lobe of lung
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Apex of lung

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Vital capacity is a measure of________________?

a. Tidal volume
b. Inspiratory reserve volume plus expiratory volume
c. Tidal volume plus inspiratory reserve volume plus expiratory reserve volume
d. Expiratory reserve volume plus reserve volume
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tidal volume plus inspiratory reserve volume plus expiratory reserve volume

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Oxygen affinity decreases in_________________?

a. Hypoxia
b. Hypothermia
c. HbF
d. Increased pH
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hypoxia

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Arterial O2 content is reduced in one of following ______________?

a. Stagnant hypoxia
b. Anemic hypoxia
c. Histotoxic hypoxia
d. Hypoxic or arterial hypoxia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Anemic hypoxia

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Oxygen affinity is increased by all except_________________?

a. Alkalosis
b. Hypoxia
c. Increased HbF
d. Hypothermia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hypoxia

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Non- respiratory function of the lung is_________________?

a. Dopamine metabolism
b. Adrenaline metabolism
c. Serotonin metabolism
d. PGE2 production
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Serotonin metabolism

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Smoking causes_____________?

a. Ciliary motility
b. Cellular hyperplasia
c. Mucous secretion
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Limitation of inspiration by vagal lung inflation signals is called the______________?

a. Autonomic reflex
b. Bainbridge reflex
c. Herring – Breur reflex
d. Dynamic stretch reflex
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Herring – Breur reflex

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Cyanosis or bluish coloration of skin and mucus membrane depends upon______________?

a. The relative proportion of reduced and oxygenated hemoglobin
b. The absolute amount of reduced hemoglobin
c. Thickness of the skin
d. Fragility of capillaries
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The absolute amount of reduced hemoglobin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   During the initial part of inspiration, which of the following does not occur ?

a. Intrapulmonary pressure falls
b. Intra thoracic pressure rises
c. Intra-abdominal pressure rises
d. The partial pressure of O2 in dead space rises
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Intra thoracic pressure rises

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   What effect does hyperventilation have on the oxygen binding affinity of hemoglobin ?

a. P50 and oxygen affinity decrease
b. P 50 and oxygen affinity increase
c. P 50 decreases and the oxygen affinity increases
d. P50 increase and the oxygen affinity decreases
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: P 50 and oxygen affinity increase

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   The best stimulator of respiratory center is____________?

a. Decrease in arterial carbon dioxide level
b. Increase in arterial carbon dioxide level
c. Increase in arterial oxygen level
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increase in arterial carbon dioxide level

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Oxygen dissociation curve shifts to the right by all of the following except_____________?

a. Rise in temperature
b. Rise in carbon dioxide tension
c. Rise in pH
d. Rise in H+ ion
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rise in pH

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Most effective method of assessing breathing is by measuring____________?

a. Tidal volume
b. Respiratory rate
c. Alveolar ventilation
d. FEV 1
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: FEV 1

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   The major sign of hypoventilations_____________?

a. Cyanosis
b. Dyspnea
c. Hypercapnia
d. Hypoxia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hypercapnia

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   During inspiration when the diaphragm contracts, the intrapleural pressure becomes_____________?

a. More negative
b. Less negative
c. Positive
d. Equal to the intra alveolar pressure
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: More negative

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Tubuloglomerular feedback occurs in______________?

a. ADH secretion in collecting duct
b. Constant solute load on distal tubule
c. Macula densa
d. Balance between ascending and descending loop of henle
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Constant solute load on distal tubule

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Most of the sodium is reabsorbed in_____________?

a. PCT
b. DCT
c. Loop of henle
d. Vasa recta
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: PCT

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   The renal blood flow in (in ml/mt) is______________?

a. 250
b. 250
c. 1260
d. 1500
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1260

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Ammonia in the kidney tubules is excreted in exchange for______________?

a. HCO3-
b. Na+
c. CL-
d. PO4-2
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Na+

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Inulin clearance closely resembles_____________?

a. G.F.R
b. Renal plasma flow
c. Creatinine clearance
d. P.A.H. clearance
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: G.F.R

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!