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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. What do villli do






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






3. E storage per unit mass






4. What are the major carbohydrates






5. 90% digestion - absorption occurs in...






6. hypothalamus controls anterior pit - posterior pit release with inhibitory/releasing hormones of its own; these should have fairly self - explanatory names






7. 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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8. Leydig cells produce






9. PNS nerve signal






10. How long are peptides when absorbed at brush border






11. SYMP neurons originate in= PARA neurons originate in=






12. The apical side of the villi...






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






14. portal vein physiology...

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15. Examples of GPCRs in sensory systems/signal transduction: What is the ligand or messenger in each case? ...SIGHT - SMELL - MOOD - FIGHT/FLIGHT etc






16. Seen in lysosomal storage diseases






17. What is a toxic byproduct of gluconeogenesis from proteins






18. Interaction of corpus luteum/placenta






19. The esophageal sphincter is...






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






21. Path of urine

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






23. Determination is different than differentiation






24. what happens when glycogen stores are saturated and blood sugar remains high?






25. Morula (...totipotent)






26. remaining secondary follicle becomes






27. Posterior eye






28. large intestine E. coli aid absorption of...






29. almost all exocytosed proteins pass through this






30. Thus - central nervous sys is...






31. Polypeptides are formed with what kind of reaction?






32. peroxisome is derived from this






33. Thus inhibiting parietal cells could do What to blood pH






34. in fat and liver cells monoglycerides and ffas are once again






35. Glucose is a .... sugar; fructose is a .... sugar






36. Meiosis I Metaphase I






37. Exocrine GlandS: stomach






38. Chewing does what?






39. in mammals - gastrulation involves formation of the






40. Gastrin from G cells stims parietal cells...






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






42. Liver Functions






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






44. from the loop of henle...






45. What force is acting upon chyme to move it forward down sm intestine






46. is intracellular AA conc hi or low?






47. ADH






48. only monosaccharides are absorbed






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






50. euk cell has two principal sides