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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. How do monoglycerides and ffas get to brush border?






2. E storage per unit mass






3. Blastocyst






4. In other words...






5. Tight junctions






6. Local vs long - distance mediators






7. golgi body






8. FLAT PG: prolactin






9. How does water cross the apical membrane






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






11. What are the major carbohydrates






12. 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)






13. sporic life cycle






14. Energy from fat - prot - gluc






15. How does birth control work?






16. Failure of apoptosis can result in






17. these transport proteins - when concs are high enough...






18. Meiosis I: REDUCTIONAL DIVISION Interphase: G1 (growth; enzymes - structural proteins needed for gametic production are synthesized); S (DNA of homologous chromosomes is duplicated; mother cell goes from 46 2N to 46 2N with sister chromosomes connect






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

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20. Beta - oxidation in liver produces...






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






22. cytosol pH






23. Posterior eye






24. parathyroid hormone






25. Interaction of corpus luteum/placenta






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






27. Adrenal medulla hormones (TYR- DERIVED)






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






29. During ejaculation - sperm...

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30. Which fats are not absorbed like this






31. Meiosis II: EQUATIONAL DIVISION






32. A contracted iris occurs with what kind of stimulation






33. extracellular matrix formed mainly of...






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






35. gradual increase in FSH typical of primary follicle development;






36. important because in meiosis germ - line cells begin as 46 2N w/ 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes which are replicated in S phase of interphase to 23 pairs of sister chromatids = still 46 2N






37. PNS is broken down into






38. portal vein physiology...

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






40. Anterior eye






41. lysosome pH






42. testosterone can be aromatized to...






43. lining of abdominal cavity=






44. duodenum must have receptors for fat content - protein because






45. micelles also pick up






46. quote on cavities/viscera

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47. Neuronal cell bodies have extensions ie






48. The path from blood plasma to urine

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49. overview of prot digestion






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