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SCFHS Nursing Licensing Exam Metabolism and Nutrition — practice questions — page 2

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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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Which cells in the liver handle incoming glucose?

  1. Hepatocytes
  2. Histiocytes
  3. Hemocytes
  4. Holocytes
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Correct answer: A. Hepatocytes

1. They either pass it on or store it. 2. They are the liver's own cells. 3. In the liver, hepatocytes either pass the glucose on or store excess glucose as glycogen. 4. So the answer is hepatocytes. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 24 'Metabolism and Nutrition'_

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Glucose and fructose are examples of which sugars?

  1. Structural sugars
  2. Simple sugars
  3. Stored sugars
  4. Starchy sugars
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Correct answer: B. Simple sugars

1. Starch and glycogen are the contrast. 2. These two are single units. 3. Glucose and fructose are examples of simple sugars. 4. So the answer is simple sugars. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 24 'Metabolism and Nutrition'_

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BMR is measured while the body is in which state?

  1. Postural rest
  2. Postnatal rest
  3. Postabsorptive
  4. Postoperative
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Correct answer: C. Postabsorptive

1. The measurement is taken at rest. 2. It must not be confounded by digestion. 3. BMR describes daily energy expended at rest, in a neutrally temperate environment, in the postabsorptive state. 4. So the answer is postabsorptive. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 24 'Metabolism and Nutrition'_

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