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MCAT Prep - 2

Subjects : mcat, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Creating gradients requires what?






2. only monosaccharides are absorbed






3. The path from blood plasma to urine


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






5. The EYE






6. Different organs working together






7. cytosol pH






8. in the presence of ADH what happens to movement of water across nephron membr






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






10. At post - two weeks ovulation






11. insulin secreted by






12. What is an endorphin?






13. 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.


14. What do lipases do






15. 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






16. Neuronal cell bodies have extensions ie






17. What is secreted into filtrate by cells of the proximal tubule?






18. what happens to bile secretions






19. Anterior eye vs. posterior eye






20. albumin has What affect on blood osmotic pressure






21. What is the function of the loop of Henle






22. alpha - amylase in the mouth digests what kind of bond






23. Determination is different than differentiation






24. In other words...






25. Anatomy of the villi






26. from the loop of henle...






27. Which fats are not absorbed like this






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






29. spermatogonia arise from






30. During meiosis I and II in females - rather than creating four chromosomally- equivalent gametes...






31. What is a dorsal root ganglion?






32. protein absorption at enterocyte






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






34. extracellular matrix formed mainly of...






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






36. physiology of gall bladder - liver and pancreatic secretions






37. review: parietals secrete intrinsic factor...






38. food in duod stims release of gastrointestinal hormones






39. is intracellular AA conc hi or low?






40. microvilli: increase SA of enterocyte; have hi conc of digestive enzymes


41. Both divisions (somatic - autonomic) of PNS consist of...






42. What is gastric acid?






43. position of AP...






44. medium for paracrine hormones






45. interneurons






46. therefore - How does plasma leave capillary at the renal corpuscle


47. Meiosis II: EQUATIONAL DIVISION






48. What is the endothelium?






49. liver receives blood from...






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