www.kuhs.ac.in Kerala University of Health Sciences : Biochemistry, Biophysics Model Question Paper

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FIRST YEAR POST BASIC B.Sc NURSING EXAMINATION 2011
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
BIOCHEMISTRY and BIOPHYSICS

Answer Section A and Section B separately
SECTION- BIOCHEMISTRY :
1. Describe various factors influencing enzyme activity (10marks)
Write short notes on
2) Body buffers
3) Urea cycle
4) Structure of cholesterol
5) Thyroid hormones (5x4=20 marks)

Write briefly on
6) Transamination
7) Ketone bodies
8) Gluconeogenesis
9) Coenzymes (2½x4=10 marks)

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SECTION- B BIOPHYSICS :
Write very short answers (1x6=6marks)
1. What are fundamental units. Give one example
2. Convert 40° C into Fahrenheit scale.
3. Define the commercial unit of electrical energy.
4. What is a vector quantity. Give one example.
5. State the universal law of gravitation
6. What is ultrasound wave?

Write briefly on (2x7=14 marks)
7. Distinguish between mass and weight.
8. State Newton's laws of motion.
9. Give some applications of gravity in nursing.
10. How is body temperature regulated?
11. Explain what is meant by total internal reflection.
12. What is myopia? How is it corrected?
13. Explain what is meant by intracranial pressure.

Write short notes on (5x3=15marks)
14. Explain some of the biological and therapeutic effects of light.
15. Discuss the normal waves of an electro encephalogram.
16. Give some uses of radioactive isotopes.