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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. 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)






2. Ovum development is halted At what stage until fertilization...






3. chylomicron concentration in blood after meal






4. Important of villi (='shaggy hair') More fluid makes contact with the epithelial tissue: thus nutrients in solution have less distance to travel to diffuse into villi.

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5. In other words...






6. 80% of end product of carbohydrate metabolism is...






7. How do nutrients move?






8. what else is located in the inner ear (not directly related to auditory)






9. STOMACH: no absorption






10. How does blood sugar move into tissues?






11. Three stages of the menstrual cycle






12. spermatogonia arise from






13. mitosis creates somatic cells






14. What is the net effect of the loop of Henle






15. bile + fat forms






16. Bile salts and lipase






17. Mucus - digestive enzymes released thru






18. energy source of neurons






19. signal transduction occurs only in






20. What is the function of the loop of Henle






21. What are phagosomes






22. Meiosis II: EQUATIONAL DIVISION






23. from thoracic duct - chylomicrons stick to capillary walls...






24. Anterior eye






25. What else do parietals do?






26. FLAT PG: TSH aka thyrotropin






27. FLAT PG: ACTH






28. The bolus (chewing) is digested to what in the stomach






29. trypsin is secreted by






30. Where does the bolus go after mouth chews food






31. exocrine types






32. Four tissues






33. How does reabsorption force nutrients across apical membrane of proximal tubule






34. What does peroxisome do






35. 90% digestion - absorption occurs in...






36. hypothalamus - AP - ACTH - cortisol release from adrenal cortex






37. inhibin secreted by






38. After meiosis I - daughter cells are...

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39. What if large intestine isn't working well






40. small intestine=






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






42. Different tissues working together






43. 'Cell bodies of somatic motor neurons are located in....'






44. Inside the kidney: ...JGA (w/granular cells sensitive to hydrostatic pressure able to secrete renin - activate aldosterone - increase BP) is adjacent to distal tubule - monitors filtrate pressure






45. keep in mind that enterocyte is like a regular euk cell






46. cAMP - cGMP - calmodulin...






47. medium for paracrine hormones






48. main point of fat transport...






49. What surrounds the hydrophilic heads of the new TAGs






50. portal vein physiology...

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