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Here are 15 multiple-choice questions on receptors in medical


biochemistry:

1. What type of receptor is involved in detecting changes in temperature?


a) G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

2. Insulin binds to which type of receptor to regulate glucose uptake in cells?


a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

3. Which receptor type is associated with ligands that directly enter the cell to
bind to intracellular receptors?
a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Intracellular receptor
d) Tyrosine kinase receptor

4. Acetylcholine binds to which type of receptor at the neuromuscular junction?


a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

5. Epinephrine activates which type of receptor during the "fight or flight"


response?
a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

6. The adenosine receptor is an example of which type of receptor?


a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

7. Which receptor type is involved in the detection of light in the retina?


a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Photoreceptor

8. What type of receptor is activated by ligands that induce a conformational


change to allow ion passage across the membrane?
a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

9. The estrogen receptor is an example of which type of receptor?


a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

10. Which receptor type is involved in transmitting signals across the cell
membrane through phosphorylation cascades?
a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

11. Opioid receptors are examples of which type of receptor?


a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

12. Which receptor type is associated with ligands that activate second messenger
systems?
a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

13. The glucocorticoid receptor is an example of which type of receptor?


a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

14. Histamine binding to its receptor triggers a response through which receptor
type?
a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

15. Which receptor type is involved in the regulation of pain and inflammation?
a) GPCR
b) Ion channel receptor
c) Tyrosine kinase receptor
d) Nuclear receptor

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