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MCAT Prep - 2

Subjects : mcat, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Chewing does what?






2. fat digestion is time - intensive






3. FSH - LH - HCG - inhibin are...






4. Which fats are not absorbed like this






5. Embryology






6. from the loop of henle...






7. What controls release of LH - FSH from anterior pituitary






8. What is main difference is signal transmission in nicotinic vs muscarinic?






9. Exocrine GlandS: stomach






10. sensory (afferent)/interneurons/motor (efferent)






11. How does the body mobilize fat stores






12. Kidney






13. How does birth control work?






14. Morula (...totipotent)






15. What kind of cells make up epithel tiss of stom - then sm intest?






16. During meiosis I and II in females - rather than creating four chromosomally- equivalent gametes...






17. E storage per unit mass






18. How do monoglycerides and ffas get to brush border?






19. What determines number of chromosomes?






20. AP- peptides (FSH - LH - ACTH - TSH - prolactin - hGH); PP- peptides (ADH - oxytocin); thyroid - peptide *and* tyr - derived (T3/T4 - calcitonin); parathyroid - peptide (PTH; raise blood Ca via pathway involving vitamin D)






21. Where does the juxtaglomerular apparatus come into play...renin --->inc angiotensins -->inc aldosterone - ups BP






22. What does peroxisome do






23. Aldosterone (sodium uptake - potassium secretion)






24. in the dark is rhodopsin active or inactive?






25. what cannot cross the fenestrations of the renal corpuscle






26. pancreatic amylase is much stronger than






27. From that point...






28. Three stages of the menstrual cycle






29. Sensory neuron cell bodies vs. somatic motor cell bodies






30. How does glycogen compare to starch






31. What is feces composed of...






32. 80% of end product of carbohydrate metabolism is...






33. remaining secondary follicle becomes






34. bundles of collecting ducts are called






35. Posterior eye






36. What hormones affect the stomach?






37. signal transduction occurs only in






38. Thus - central nervous sys is...






39. Energy from fat - prot - gluc






40. PNS is broken down into






41. signal transduction occurs by 2 paths






42. cholinergic receptors: NICTONIC and MUSCARINIC Nicotinic: neuromuscular effectors (ionotropic) Muscarinic: PARA effectors (GPCRs) Adrenergic: SYMP effectors (GPCRs)






43. when cells hit their limit for prot storage...






44. Neuronal cell bodies have extensions ie






45. when thinking of proteins - think






46. lining of abdominal cavity=






47. After meiosis II...






48. almost all cells can store Some glycogen - but...






49. Kidney physiology...

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50. A pinpoint iris is contracted or uncontracted