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Phospholipids

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

Glycerophospholipids include:

a)

Cerebrosides

b)

Lecithins

c)

Sphingosine

d)

Ceramide

2.

Sphingomyelin on hydrolysis yields:

a)

Fatty acids

b)

Choline

c)

Glycerol

d)

Sphingosine

3.

Which of the following is not a naturally occurring phospholipid?

a)

Phosphatidylserine

b)

Phosphatidylcholine

c)

Phosphatidylethanolamine

d)

Phosphatidylglycine

4.

Phospholipids are important cell membrane components because:

a)

They have glycerol

b)

The combine covalently with proteins

c)

They have surfactant properties

d)

They form bilayers in water

5.

Respiratory distress syndrome is a disease of the lungs in premature infants due to low lecithin to --------- ratio

(a)  

6.

The nitrogenous base present in lecithin is:

a)

Choline

b)

Ethanolamine

c)

Inositol

d)

Serine

7.

The phospholipid which inhibits the adherence of inner surface of lungs

(a)  

8.

Which of the following acts as a second messenger for programmed cell death (apoptosis)

a)

Ceramide

b)

Cardiolipin

c)

Cephalin

d)

Lecithin

9.

which of the following phospholipid causes blood platelet aggregation

a)

plasmalogen

b)

cardiolipin

c)

cerebroside

d)

cephalins

10.

The only phospholipid possessing antigenic properties is ?

a)

cardiolipin

b)

plasmalogens

c)

cephalins

d)

sphingomyelins

11.

which of the following is important for signal transmission across cell membrane ?

a)

phospatidyl inositol

b)

phospatidyl serine

c)

plasmalogens

d)

phosphatidyl glyycerol

12.

which of the following act as a substrate for Prostaglandin synthesis

a)

Oleic acid

b)

linoleic acid

c)

linolenic acid

d)

Arachidonic acid

13.

Sphingomyelin is synthesized when ceramide combines with

a)

CDP-Choline

b)

CDP-Serine

c)

Inositol

d)

Glycerol

14.

Niemann-Pick disease is an inherited disorder due to defect in the enzyme ---------

a)

Sphingomyelinase

b)

Desaturase

c)

LCAT

d)

Lipases

15.

Enzyme deficient in Gaucher's disease is---------- :

a)

Beta-glycosidase

b)

Ceramidase

c)

Alpha-galactoosidase

d)

Alpha-glycosidase