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DHA Medical Licensing Exam Metabolism and Nutrition — practice questions

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Metabolism is the sum of catabolism and:Read the answer and worked solution →Reactions that break down food for energy are:Read the answer and worked solution →ATP is described as the energy currency of the:Read the answer and worked solution →How many phosphate groups does ATP carry?Read the answer and worked solution →The fed state after a meal is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The fasting state is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Excess glucose is stored as which polymer?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of catabolic energy goes to ATP?Read the answer and worked solution →What happens to the remaining catabolic energy?Read the answer and worked solution →The absorptive state can last up to how long?Read the answer and worked solution →Which hormone drives glucose storage as glycogen?Read the answer and worked solution →In the fasting state, the body relies first on stored:Read the answer and worked solution →Which cells in the liver handle incoming glucose?Read the answer and worked solution →Glucose and fructose are examples of which sugars?Read the answer and worked solution →BMR is measured while the body is in which state?Read the answer and worked solution →BMR generally decreases with age because of falling:Read the answer and worked solution →Making new glucose from pyruvate or lactate is:Read the answer and worked solution →Is gluconeogenesis simply glycolysis reversed?Read the answer and worked solution →The urea cycle prevents toxic levels of:Read the answer and worked solution →The urea cycle processes which element for excretion?Read the answer and worked solution →Catabolic or anabolicRead the answer and worked solution →Match the metabolic termRead the answer and worked solution →Fed or fasting stateRead the answer and worked solution →Count the metabolic factsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about metabolismRead the answer and worked solution →Simple or complex sugarRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the metabolism factsRead the answer and worked solution →Metabolism bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Metabolism is the sum of catabolism and:

  1. Anabolism
  2. Autolysis
  3. Apoptosis
  4. Adhesion
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Correct answer: A. Anabolism

1. Two opposite kinds of reaction are named. 2. One breaks down and one builds up. 3. Metabolism is the sum of all the chemical reactions involved in catabolism and anabolism. 4. So the answer is anabolism. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 24 'Metabolism and Nutrition'_

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Reactions that break down food for energy are:

  1. Cationic
  2. Catabolic
  3. Cathodic
  4. Catalytic
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Correct answer: B. Catabolic

1. Breaking bonds releases the energy in them. 2. Those reactions have their own name. 3. The reactions governing the breakdown of food to obtain energy are called catabolic reactions. 4. So the answer is catabolic. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 24 'Metabolism and Nutrition'_

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ATP is described as the energy currency of the:

  1. Combs
  2. Cusps
  3. Cells
  4. Coats
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Correct answer: C. Cells

1. The molecule can be spent immediately. 2. It powers machinery inside the unit of life. 3. ATP, the energy currency of cells, can be used immediately to power molecular machines. 4. So the answer is cells. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 24 'Metabolism and Nutrition'_

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