All of the Following Properties Are Common to Fibrous Proteins

question 126

Multiple Choice

All of the following properties are common to fibrous proteins that occur in man EXCEPT which one?

• A) Insolubility or low solubility in water.
• B) Readily hydrolyzed by digestive enzyme.
• C) High tensile strength.
• D) High content of proline and hydroxyproline.
• E) Widely distributed in the animal body.

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Definitions:

Corpus Callosum

The broad strip of nerve fibers which serves as a bridge for communication between the two halves of the brain.

Split Brains

A condition resulting from surgery that severs the corpus callosum, leading to disconnection between the two hemispheres of the brain.

Visual Cortex

The part of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information, located in the occipital lobe of the brain.

Plasticity

The brain’s ability to change, especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience.