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NAU BIO 344 Posner Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers In a polarized cell, a barrier is created by a specific type of intercellular junction that maintains the separation of membrane proteins and between the apical and the basal sides of the cell. This barrier is called a: - ANSWER-tight...

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NAU BIO 344 Posner Final Exam Practice

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In a polarized cell, a barrier is created by a specific type of intercellular junction that maintains the

separation of membrane proteins and between the apical and the basal sides of the cell. This barrier is

called a: - ANSWER✔✔-tight junction


What secondary structure found in proteins is often used to enable it to cross a membrane? -

ANSWER✔✔-alpha helices


An inhibitory acetylcholine receptor would - ANSWER✔✔-be a K+ channel


The nonpolar part of a phospholipids consists of - ANSWER✔✔-fatty acid chains


Which of the following is true concerning passive transport and active transport: - ANSWER✔✔-passive

transport transfers molecules down an electrochemical gradient while active transport transfers

molecules against an electrochemical gradient


An example of an amphiphilic phosphoglyceride is: - ANSWER✔✔-phosphatidlyserine


Reactions that add a phosphate to specific sites on proteins in an ATP dependent manner are important

in cell signaling. The type of enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is: - ANSWER✔✔-a protein kinase

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In a depolarized membrane, repolarization of the neural membrane would occur as a result of: -

ANSWER✔✔-opening of K+ channels


How does an action potential travel down an axon? - ANSWER✔✔-voltage gated Na+ channels go from

closed to open to inactivated in an orchestrated sequential manner


In the presynaptic nerve cell, opening of voltage gated Ca+2 channels at the nerve terminal leads to: -

ANSWER✔✔-exocytosis of the contents of secretory vesicles into the synaptic cleft


The Na+-K+ pump requires ______ molecule(s) of ATP to transport ______ Na+ ions out of the cell and

_______ K+ ions into the cell. - ANSWER✔✔-1, 3, 2


Phospholipase C and Phospholipase A1 differs differ - ANSWER✔✔-in the specific site where they cleave

phospholipids


Which of the following are used to transport K+ ions against their electrochemical gradient? -

ANSWER✔✔-the sodium potassium pump


Why is it that in a resting neuron with K+ leak channels open, there are different concentrations of K+

ions on the two sides of the plasma membrane? - ANSWER✔✔-the membrane potential of a cell is

negative and thus the equilibrium concentration of positively charged K+ ions is higher inside than

outside the cell.




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Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (also known as PI3K) is a lipid kinase. The 3 is letting you know that: -

ANSWER✔✔-it catalyzes the addition of a phosphate to the 3 position of the inositol ring.


A glycolipid that is part of the plasma membrane will be found: - ANSWER✔✔-only on the side of the

bilayer that faces away from the cell (towards the extracellular fluid)


When transporting a negatively charged ion through a ligand gated ion channel across the plasma

membrane, which of the following is True? - ANSWER✔✔-the direction of transport is determined by

both the concentration gradient and the membrane potential


Both lipid and protein molecules can diffuse in the plane of a membrane. This is referred to as: -

ANSWER✔✔-Lateral diffusion


The forces that hold together the lipids in the membranes that surround organelles are: - ANSWER✔✔-

Non-Covalent interactions


A prokaryotic organism is isolated from a hydrothermal vent in Yellowstone national park where despite

the fact that the temperature is extremely high, it has been thriving. In the plasma membrane of such an

organism, which of the following concerning its phospholipid composition will help it adapt to the high

temperature of its environment? - ANSWER✔✔-a predominance of long chain saturated fatty acids


The reason that an action potentials cannot move backward is: - ANSWER✔✔-voltage gated sodium ion

channels cannot go directly from the inactive state to open




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