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Which type of food releases most energy per gram?
Carbohydrate
Fat
Protein
Starch
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Which substance are all enzymes made of?
Carbohydrates
Fatty acids
Proteins
Genes
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What is needed to remove lactic acid from muscles?
Carbon dioxide
Phosphorylase
Oxygen
Glucose
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What is the name given to the method of trapping enzymes in beads?
Respiration
Emulsion
Immobilisation
Dipolarisation
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Which is NOT a known consequence of asbestos exposure
hemophilia
mesothelioma
pleural plaques
pulmonary fibrosis
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What is the term for a disease that spreads globally?
Epidemic
Epidemia
Plague
Pandemic
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What is the correct telomeric repeat for humans?
TTAGGG
GGTGTAC
telomerase
depends on age
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Which of the following is NOT purported to have dopaminergic activity?
monoamine oxidase inhibitors
cyclic lipopeptides
modafinil
ritalin
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In 2011, the percentage of the US population aged 85 and over was ca..?
0.5%
1.6%
3.2%
6.3%
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What is the second most common cause of death in the USA?
Heart Disease
Cancer
Alzheimer's
Accidents & Homicide
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Which of the following is not a type of stem cell?
mesenchymal
haematopoietic
epithelial
pluripotemeric
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What immune cell is responsible for releasing histamine?
Mast cell
Basophil
Neutrophil
Leukocyte
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An immune cell migrating between endothelial cells lining the blood vessel:
Ketosis
Diapedesis
Phagocytosis
Inflammation
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Where are ribosomes produced in a eucaryotic cell?
proteasome
vacuole
centrosome
nucleolus
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What types of RNA does not exist?
messenger RNA
transfer RNA
ribosomal RNA
referencial RNA
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Which of the following is not a class of antibiotic?
Cephalosporin
Penicillin
Prodeglandin
Polymixin
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