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MCAT Biology 2
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1. Is of crucial importance when it comes to copying and repairing DNA
mitral valve
complementary pairing
osmoregulation
glomerulus
2. Sarcomere region with thick filaments only - located in center of sacromere; myosin only; become smaller when contraction takes place.
catecholamines
tetrad
protostomes
H band
3. The second of two major stages in photosynthesis (following the light reactions) - involving atmospheric CO2 fixation and reduction of the fixed carbon into carbohydrate.
osteoblasts
calvin cycle
acid
jejunum
4. Two lobes joined by a central mass in the throat - inferior to the larynx - produces two major hormones.
thyroid gland
Denaturation
blastocoel
ADH
5. The clear fluid that bathes each cell and transfers needed substances and wastes back and forth between the blood and the cells
diaphragm
deamination
proximal convoluted tubule
lymph
6. System of tubules that provides channels for ion flow throughout the muscle fibers to facilitate the propagation of an action potential.
collecting duct
stratum granulosum
adrenal cortex
transverse tubules
7. An enzyme that requires a cofactor to become catalytically active.
telophase I
chromatin
intron
apoenzyme
8. Organ that completes the chemical digestion of food and absorbs the nutrients
small intestine
synapsis
prothrombin
Hydrolysis
9. A cell of the gastric glands that secretes pepsinogen (breaks down protein) and gastric lypase
induced fit model
chief cells
androgens
hypertonic
10. Short - chain RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties - each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (a
atrial natriuretic hormone
stratum lucidum
tRNA
IgG
11. In this time during cleavage the morula (solid ball of embryonic cells) becomes the blastula (blastocyst in mammals). Implants in the uterine wall during this time.
ileum
blastulation
pyloric glands
PKU
12. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin - a hormone secreted by the trophoblast cells of a blasocyst (i.e. developing embryo) that prolongs the life of the corpus luteum - and thus increases the duration and amount of secreted progesterone. This helps to mainta
suppressor T cells
sinoatrial node
Hcg
Glycolipids
13. Gland that secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum - where it mixes with bile to digest food
pancreas
intermediate filaments
Nervous Tissue
leukocytes
14. It is the lowermost layer of the integumentary system in vertebrates. Types of cells that are found in the hypodermis are Fibroblasts - Adipose Cells - and Macrophages
prolactin
homoeostasis
hypodermis
epididymus
15. The largest artery in the body; it conducts freshly oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues.
sarcoplasmic reticulum
proximal end
aorta
S phase
16. Lipoproteins formed in the cells lining the small intestine following absorption of fats. they are made in the small intestinal cells and transpost dietary lipids to the liver.
Chylomicrons
chyme
papillary layer
heterotrophic
17. A capsule partly surrounds a cluster of capillaries (called glomerulus) - blood passes thru the capillaries and is filtered by squeezing the fluid part into the bowmans capsule and on into a tubule - most h2o & other needed substances are reabsorbed
bacteriophage
Interphase
bowmans capsule
oxidation
18. Organ in placental mammals through which nutrients - oxygen - carbon dioxide - and wastes are exchanged between embryo and mother
placenta
inferior vena cava
osteoclasts
bone resorption
19. The third phase of the ovarian cycle - during which a corpus luteum is formed from the remnants of the follicle that has ovulated its oocyte. The corpus luteum secretes progestrone and estrogen during this time period - which typically lasts from day
chemoreceptors
PNS
TSH
luteal phase
20. Molecule binds to an enzyme somewhere other than active site and inhibits. - change the shape of the active site - and may enhance enzyme function
neuromuscular junction
allosteric inhibitor
luteal phase
centrisomes
21. Red blood cells - or RBCs. most numerous of the three types of formed elements present inour blood. Sacs of hemoglobin molecules that transport the bulk of oxygen carried in the blood - as well as a small percentage of the carbon dioxide. 4-6 million
diploid
Unsaturated fatty acid
erythrocytes
expiratory reserve volume
22. Muscles lying between the ribs that - together with the rib cage - form the sides and top of the thoracic cavity
glomerulus
prostaglandins
endoskeleton
external intercostal muscles
23. Inner tissue layer of the kidney. Contains loops of Henle and collecting tubules. Contains pyramids.
renal medulla
protostomes
insulin
bone resorption
24. Blood cells that enter damaged tissues and enhance the inflammation process and contain histamine and heparin
fetal hemoglobin
basophils
addison's disease
heart rate
25. The small artery that carries blood toward the capillaries of the glomerulus.
catabolism
anaphase I
ed blood cells
afferent arteriole
26. A long - muscular tube that begins at teh mouth and includes the mouth - pharynx - esophagus - stomcah - small intestine - large intestine - and anus
plasmid
secondary spermatocytes
alimentary canal
oogenesis
27. The innermost of the three primary germ layers in animal embryos; lines the archenteron and gives rise to the liver - pancreas - lungs - and the lining of the digestive tract
endoderm
monozygotic twins
blood vessel
functional groups
28. Type of enzyme regulation that is stored in inactive forms in the body until it is needed. When needed - cleaves bonds to give active form of the enzyme. Called 'Proteolytic Activity' at that point.
gamete
atria
proenzyme
restriction point
29. Small organelles filled with enzymes; one function is to break down lipids - carbohydrates - and proteins from food particles; may also break down old cell parts. enzymes are maximally effective at a pH of 5 and they fuse with endocytic vacuoles to b
Lysosomes
gamete
arteries
spliceosome
30. Connects the left and right atria - allowing blood to flow directly from the right to the left side of the heart
foramen ovale
NAD
glycolysis
Denaturation
31. Process in which extensions of cytoplasm surround and engulf large particles and take them into the cell.
cortisol
ATP synthetase
phagocytosis
vaginal canal
32. Head of the sperm that releases hydrolytic enzymes allowing it to enter the egg
acrosome
tetanus
jejunum
Solvation
33. The loss of electrons from a substance involved in a redox reaction.
oxidation
catabolism
hepatic portal vein
Rh factor
34. Inactivity resulting from torpidity and lack of vigor or energy
calvin cycle
B lymphocyte
myoglobin
torpor
35. Condition of congenital hypothyroidism in children that results in a lack of mental development and dwarfed physical stature; the thyroid gland is either congenitally absent or imperfectly developed
cretinism
endocrine glands
NADP
CNS
36. Include bacteria and cyanobacteria - are unicellular organisms with simple cell structure. Have an outermembrane but do not contain membrane bound organelles. There is no true nucleus and the genetic material consists of a single circular molecule of
pyrophosphate
allantois
synapsis
prokaryotes
37. An energy carrier that transport less energy than NADH but more than ATP
FADH
metaphase I
FSH
Steroids
38. Antibody found in blood and secretions - made more than any other isotype - most abundunt in the tears - sweat - saliva and mucosa.
gluconeogenesis
umbilical vessels
riacylglycerols
IgA
39. Bean - shaped filters that cluster along the lymphatic vessels of the body. They function as a cleanser of lymph as wells as a site of T and B cell activation
glycolytic pathway
chemoreceptors
Dehydration synthesis
lymph nodes
40. In the umbilical cord - carries blood and nutrients from mom to baby.
IgD
urethra
Solvation
umbilical vessels
41. Support sperm formation; development and maintenance of male secondary sex characteristics
umbilical cord
contraction period
stratum lucidum
androgens
42. The breakdown of bone extracellular matrix by osteoclasts that is part of the normal development - maintenance - and repair of bone tissue
tonus
hypophysis
bone resorption
fetal hemoglobin
43. Converted in the lung capillaries from angiotensin I; stimulates production of alderostone in the adrenal cortex
actual osmotic pressure
angiotensin II
trypsin
dsRNA
44. Connects the embryo to the placenta; moves food and oxygen from the placenta to the embryo and removes the embryo's waste products
Bacteria
regeneration
chief cells
umbilical chord
45. Form of active transport which does not use ATP as an energy source; rather - transport is coupled to ion diffusion down a concentration gradient established by primary active transport.
compounds
angiotensin
light chains
secondary active transport
46. The most common antibodies. passable through the placenta. provides passive immunity. aka gamma globulin
IgG
aldosterone
circadian rythms
articular cartilage
47. Type of nucleic acid located in some viruses and in human tRNA and rRNA as localized hairpin loops and stem loops double strand RNA
tetrad
electrolytes
dsRNA
cytotoxic T cells
48. Stage of the cell cycle when a cell is actively dividing - the part of the cell cycle when mitosis divides the nucleus and distributes its chromosomes to the daughter nuclei and cytokinesis divides the cytoplasm - producing two daughter cells.
Mitotic phase
plasma
cytokinesis
actual osmotic pressure
49. The cluster of cells inside the blastocyst that eventually develops into the embryo and some of the membranes that surround a mammalian embryo and fetus.
inner cell mass
protostomes
Cell membrane
cervix
50. Synaptic gap or synaptic space; tiny gap between the terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron (almost never touch); location of the transfer of an impulse from one neuron to the next
hypercapnia
tetrad
endometrium
synaptic cleft
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