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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. calcitonin


2. What (typically - ie not pre - ovulation) feeds back to decrease LH - FSH production?






3. Embryology






4. Between meals most fats appear in blood as






5. The bolus (chewing) is digested to what in the stomach






6. What is a normal blood glucose range






7. Where are these exocrine glands located






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






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






10. what cannot cross the fenestrations of the renal corpuscle






11. trypsin is secreted by






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






13. signal transduction occurs only in






14. almost all cells can store Some glycogen - but...






15. spermatogonia arise from






16. What hormones affect the stomach?






17. micelles vs liposomes






18. What is the endothelium?






19. How is glucose absorbed in sm intest






20. Stomach has no lacteals






21. In effect LH - FSH stimulate






22. Most important nutrients absorbed by large intestine






23. Meiosis I Telophase I






24. Liver Functions






25. 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)






26. from the loop of henle...






27. PNS nerve signal






28. Sensory - motor neurons are part of which nervous system






29. light detection via GPCRs






30. Beta - oxidation in liver produces...






31. How does glycogen compare to starch






32. After meiosis II...






33. Determination is different than differentiation






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






35. Where else does ADH act






36. Where is bile produced






37. zygotic life cycle






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






39. What is the pH at the entrance to the duodenum






40. Glucose is a .... sugar; fructose is a .... sugar






41. small intestine=






42. What is the path of a sound wave that enters the ear?






43. Glycogenolysis/gluconeogenesis






44. axon hillock physiology






45. important pancreatic enzymes






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






47. How does the body mobilize fat stores






48. inhibin secreted by






49. parathyroid hormone






50. Local vs long - distance mediators