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MCAT Prep Biology
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1. The second step in viral infection - the injection of the viral genome into the host cell.
Pinocytosis
Partial pressure
Primary spermatocytes
Penetration
2. An abdominal organ that is considered part of the immune system. THe spleen has four functions: (1) it filters antigen from the blood (2) it is the site of B cell maturation - (3) it stors blood - and (4) it destroys old red blood cells.
Nondisjunction
Spleen
Flagella
Systemic circulation
3. A steroid hormone produced by the corpus luteum in the ovary during the second half of the menstrual cycle Progesterone maintains and enhances the uterine lining for the possible implantation of a fertilized ovum. It is the primary hormone secreted d
Medium
Theta replication
Ovary
Progesterone
4. The law of conservation of energy; the energy of the universe is constant - thus if the energy of a system increases - the energy of its surroundings must decrease - and vice versa.
Interstitial cell
Ligase
Liver
First law of Thermodynamics
5. The movement of a particle (the solute) in a solution from its region of high concentration to its region of low concentration ( or down it concentration gradient).
Vas deferens
Diffusion
Granulosa cells
Cooperativity
6. A hormone made of amino acids (in some cases just a single - modified amino acid). Peptide hormones are generally hydrophilic and cannot cross the plasma membranes of cells - thus receptor for peptide hormones must be found on the cell surface. An ex
hnRNA
Transcription
Midbrain
Peptide hormone
7. A hormone tha tcontrols the release of another hormone.
Motor unit
Innate immunity
Tropic hormone
Myelin
8. A thick - transpartent coating rich in glycoproteins that surrounds an oocyte.
Coenzyme
Differentiation
Depolarization
Zona pellucida
9. The period of exponential growth of bacterial population.
T cell
Ejaculation
Ileum
Log phase
10. To remove oxygen - to add hydrogen - or to add electrons to a molecule.
Tetrad
Semiconservative replication
Gastrin
Reduction
11. A bacterium having a rod - like shaped (plural = bacilli).
Bacilus
Midbrain
Gibbs free energy
Ovary
12. The primary androgen (male sex steroid). Testosterone is a steroid hormone produced and secreted by the interstitial cells of the testes. It triggers the development of secondary male sex characteristics during puberty (including spermatogenesis) and
Luteal phase
Testosterone
Hematocrit
Liver
13. A situation in which a heterozygot displays a blended version of the pheotypes associated with each allele - e.g. pure - breeding white - flowered plants crossed with pure - breeding red - flowered plants produces heterozygous offspring plants with p
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
Transversion mutation
Vas deferens
Incomplete dominance
14. An organelle surrounded by a double=membrane (two lipid bilayers) where ATP production takes place. The interior (matrix) is where PDC and the Krebs cycle occur - and the inner membrane contains the enzymes of the electron trasport chain and ATP synt
Electron transport chain
Myometrium
Mitochondrion
Posterior pituitary gland
15. Paired glands found on the posterior external wall of the bladder in males. Their secretions contain an alkaline mucus and fructose - among other things - and make up approximately 60% of the ejaculate volume.
Seminal vesicles
Canaliculus
P site
Vasa recta
16. Something that works together with another thing to augment the the second thing's activity. For example - a uscle that assists another muslce is said to be a syngergist. An enzyme that helps another enzyme is a synergist.
Semicircular canals
Basement membrane
yngergist
Spermatid
17. The liquid portion of blood; plasma contains water - ions - buffers - sugars - proteins - etc. Anything that dissolves in blood dissolves in the plasma portion.
Plasma
Endosymbitoic theory
Yolk sac
Labia
18. A genetic cross between an organism displaying a recessive phenotype (homozygous recessive) and an organism displaying a dominant phenotype (for whic the genotype is unknown) - done to determine the unknown genotype.
Calcitriol
Testcross
Electrical synapse
Preganglionic neuron
19. The tendency of certain factors to stablize the hemoglobin in the tense conformation - thus reducing its affinity for oxygen and enhancing the relase of oxygen to the tissues. The factors include increased PCO2 - increase temperature - increased bisp
Loose connective tissue
Bohr effect
Depolarization
Primary active transport
20. A type of substrate binding to a multi - active site enzyme - in which the bnidng of one substrate molecule facilitates teh binding of subsequent substrate molecules. A graph of reaction rate vs. substrate concentration appears sigmoidal. Noe that co
Stomach
Atrioventricular valves
Cooperativity
Axon
21. The duplication of DNA
Pleura
Replication
Pupil
Endosymbitoic theory
22. The neurotransmitter used throughout the parasympathetic nervous system as well as the neuromuscular junction.
Fascicle
Cleavage
Nociceptors
Acetylcholine (Ach)
23. The outermost layer of teh skin. The epidermis is made of epithelial tissue that is constantly dividing at the bottom; teh cells migrate to teh surface (dying along the way) to be sloughed off at the suface.
Primary spermatocytes
Seminiferous tubules
Epidermis
ATP synthase
24. The movement of molecules through the plasma membrane against their concentration gradients. Active transport requires input of cellular energy - often in the form of ATP. An example is the Na+/K+ ATPase in the plasma membrane of all cells.
Secondary spermatocytes
Islets of Langerhans
Active transport
Accessory glands
25. Arise in blood pH due to hyperventilation (excessive breathing) and a resulting decrease in CO2.
Respiratory alkalosis
Cytosine
Origin of replication
Cardiac muscle
26. The portion of theforebrain that includes the thalamus and hypothalamus.
Creatine Phosphate
Hyperpolarization
Diencephalon
F (fertility) factor
27. Proteins that bind to and stabilize the signle strands of DNA exposed when helicase unwinds the double helix in preparation for replication.
Eukaryotic
Keratin
Single strand binding proteins
Microvilli
28. The membranes that line the surface of the lungs (visceral pleura) and the inside wall of the chest cavity (parietal pleura).
G- protein linked receptor
Guanine
F1 generation
Pleura
29. A normal blood protein produced by the liver - angiotensin is converted to angiotensim I by renin (secreted by kidney when blood pressur falls). Angiotensin I si further onverted to angiotensim II by ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme). Angiotensin I
Obligate anaerobe
Lytic cycle
Ribosome
Angiotensin
30. A wave of contraction that sweeps along a muscular tube - pushing substances along the tube (e.g. - food through the digestive tract - urine through the ureters - etc.)
Analogous structures
Start site
Bone marrow
Peristalsis
31. A poysaccharide found in the cell walls of fungi and in the exoskeletons of insects.
Lactic acid
Serum
Chitin
Cristae
32. An organism that can only survive in the absence of oxygen (anaerobic metabolism); oxygen is toxic to obligate anaerobes.
Bowman's capsule
Obligate anaerobe
Telophase II
Epinephrine
33. The region of the nephron that surrounds the glomerulus. The capsule ollects the plasma that is filtered from teh capillaries in the glomerulus.
34. A developing oocyte and all of its surrounding (supporting) cells.
Excretion
Sympathic nervous system
Follicle
Primary bronchi
35. The bond formed between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of another.
Polar body
Neurotransmitter
Peptide bond
Tropic hormone
36. A protein hormone secreted by sustenacular cells of the testes that acts to inhibit the release of FSH and LH from the anterior pituitary.
Cholesterol
Inhibin
Plaque
Anaphase I
37. The shaft of a long bone. The diaphysis is hollow and is made entirely from compact bone.
Diaphysis
Seminiferous tubules
Renal absorption
I band
38. Specialized lymphatic capillaries in the intestines that take up lipids as well as lymph.
Vitreous humor
Lacteals
Vasa recta
Dense connective tissue
39. A eukaryotic organelle filled with digestive enzymes (acid hydrolases) that is involved in digestion of macromolecules such as worng organelles or material ingested by phagocytosis.
Duodenum
Lysosome
Peripheral chemoreceptors
Myofiber
40. Bacteria that have a thin peptidoglycan cell wall covered by an outer plasma membrane. They stain very lightly (pink) in Gram stain. Gram - negative bacteria are typically more resistant to antibiotics than Gram - positive bacteria.
Chondrocyte
T cell
rRNA
Gram - negative bacteria
41. A mature - dormant osteoblast.
Bohr effect
Mechanoreceptors
Simple diffsuion
Osteocyte
42. A type of mutation in DNa where a single base is substituted for another.
Point mutation
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Wolffian ducts
Synovial fluid
43. The layer of granulosa cells taht surround an oocyte after is has been ovulated.
Liver
Respiratory alkalosis
Corona radiata
Acetylcholine (Ach)
44. The mechanism of contraction in skeletal and cardiac muscl cells. It is a series of four repeated steps: (1) myosin binds actin - (2) myosin pull actin toward the center of the sarcomere (3) myosin releases actin - and (4) myosin resets to its high -
Adrenocoricotropic hormone (ACTH)
Rule of addition
Central Nervous System
Siding filament theory
45. The flow of blood from the heart - through the body (not including the lungs) - and back to the heart.
Stop codon
Systemic circulation
Interstitial cell
P site
46. One of the four aromatic bases found in DNA and RNA. Guanine is a purine; it pairs with cytosine.
Guanine
Spirochete
Competitive inhibitor
Osteocyte
47. The membrane that separates the middle ear from the inner ear.
Lymphokine
Oval window
Trypsin
Gap junction
48. A string of sarcomeres with a skeletal muscle cell (hence smaller than myofiber). Each muscle cell contains hundreds of myofibirils.
Gonadotropins
Epiphysis
Myofibril
Tonsils
49. The innermost layer of the eyeball. The retina is made up of a layer of photoreceptors - a layer of bipolar cells - and a layer of ganglion cells.
Follicle
Retina
Cecum
Chymotrypsin
50. Formerly called the cardiac sphincter - this sphincter marks the entrance to the stomach. Its function is to prevent reflux of acid stomach contents into the esophagus; note that it does **not regulate entry into the stomach.
Atrioventricular bundle (AV) bundle
Lower esophageal sphincter
Chyme
Proximal convoluted tubuel