HIGH YIELD POINT FOR BIOCHEMISTRY 2015
IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT Amino Acid .
Glycine: • smallest amino acid. inhibitory neurotransmitter in spinal cord (blocked by toxm in tetanus), synthesis of heme and collagen and bile salts and acids
Alanine: • alanine cycle during fasting. major substrate for gluconeogenesis (transarninated mto pyruvate)
Valine: • essential A..A.. • branched-chain amino acid.> not degraded in liver. • utilized by muscle.
• increased in maple syrup urine disease
Leucine:
HIGH YIELD POINT FOR PATHOLOGY 2015
1. Fastest growing tumour – Burkitt’s
2. PE’s are found in half of all autopsies
3. Courvoisier’s Law: tumours that obstruct the common bile duct cause enlarged gallbladders, but obstructing
gallstones do not (too much scarring), so if you can palpate the gallbladder you’e probably looking at cancer.
4. Only DNA virus to replicate in cytoplasm: Pox
5. Only RNA virus to replicate in nucleus: Influenza
6. Bacillus anthraces has the only protein capsule
7.
ANATOMY MCQ( Multiple choice questions) WITH EXPLANATION 2015
1. The part of the sperm containing proteolytic enzymes to digest the zona pellucida is the:
A. capacitor
B. head
C. corona
D. acrosome
E. cumulus
D. is correct.
The acrosome is the part of the sperm containing proteolytic enzymes to digest the zona pellucida. It is exposed by the process of capacitation. Then, under the influence of substances released by corona radiata cells, it releases its proteolytic enzymes and penetrates the oocyte.
2.
general Pharmacology – the study of the effects of drugs on the body. However, given the broad nature of this subject area, pharmacology includes a number of subdisciplines:
Neuropharmacology – the subdiscipline devoted to the study of the effects of drugs on cells of the nervous system.
Psychopharmacology – the subdiscipline devoted to the study of the effects of drugs on psychological processes and behavior.
Clinical Psychopharmacology – the subdiscipline
