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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. chylomicron concentration in blood after meal






2. What determines number of chromosomes?






3. Determination is different than differentiation






4. interneurons






5. liver receives blood from...






6. zygotic life cycle






7. What does peroxisome do






8. fructose enters enterocyte by






9. Epithelium of the sm intestine: enterocytes lined w/brush border (digestion/absorption); goblet cells (mucous); crypts of Lieberkuhn exocrine glands (lysozyme)






10. What happens when rod cell is depolarized






11. medium for paracrine hormones






12. What is the mesentery?






13. What is a dorsal root ganglion?






14. almost all exocytosed proteins pass through this






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






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






17. What do the glomerulus and Bowman's capsule add up to...






18. The apical side of the villi...






19. only monosaccharides are absorbed






20. Chewing does what?






21. Exocrine GlandS: stomach






22. extracellular matrix formed mainly of...






23. What is the pH at the entrance to the duodenum






24. How is glucose absorbed in sm intest






25. little by little chyme is squirted out thru pyloric sphincter






26. when thinking of proteins - think






27. Where would materials slated for digestion go?






28. What is an endorphin?






29. ligands are the messenger compounds that target secondary messenger systems on effectors






30. Creating gradients requires what?






31. examples of different cavities... (compartments for viscera)






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






33. parathyroid hormones






34. How do parietal cells work ** (involves CO2)






35. Important aspect of crypt of Lieberkuhn - secreted intestinal juice






36. Difference between euk and prok flagella






37. Aldosterone (sodium uptake - potassium secretion)






38. what cannot cross the fenestrations of the renal corpuscle






39. What surrounds the hydrophilic heads of the new TAGs






40. How does the body mobilize fat stores






41. thyroid hormones: Not All One Kind of HORM






42. week three: neurulation; mesoderm induces ectoderm; thus - NEURULATION INVOLVES SC Development - at week three






43. golgi body






44. Where else does ADH act






45. The esophageal sphincter is...






46. FLAT PG: FSH






47. trypsin is secreted by






48. FLAT PG: hGH aka somatotropin






49. Kidney






50. inhibin secreted by