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MCAT Vocabulary # MCAT/M17

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adv. perpendicularly
(a) taking a straight route without involving another thing or person
(b) at the same time
(c) very; extremely
(d) straight; vertically
 
n. bulbourethral gland
(a) chemical element with the symbol S
(b) gland being located below the prostate and releasing seminal fluid
(c) a group of structures such as nerves or blood vessels, which are closely interposed
(d) the number and way teeth are arranged in the mouth
 
n. retina
(a) unconscious state
(b) light-sensitive cells lining the eye
(c) vein at the neck draining blood from the head
(d) anemia caused by a lack of iron in the red blood cells
 
n. halide
(a) structural and functional unit of life
(b) halogen with a more electropositive element
(c) tympanic membrane; membrane separating the middle ear from the outer ear
(d) blood loss due to vessel wall damage
 
n. dorsum
(a) simple chemical that living things need in small amounts to stay healthy
(b) something that transmits energy, usually heat or electricity
(c) a long chain of carbon atoms with a carboxyl group (COOH) at the end
(d) the back of the body

 

n. opening
(a) glands in the skin that make sweat; sweat glands
(b) the middle ear (tympanic cavity) and the eardrum (tympanic membrane)
(c) an amino sugar
(d) a hole or break within a solid surface; an entrance
 
n. disaccharide
(a) compound that differ because they have different covalent arrangements of their atoms
(b) a small secretory cavity, gland or sac
(c) sugar made up of two monosaccharides
(d) solution with lower salt concentration or lower osmotic pressure than another solution
 
n. lymph node
(a) burning pain the chest area due to reflux of stomach acid; indigestion
(b) more than 40% over the ideal weight adjusted for sex; height and weight
(c) collection of white cells that act as filters to invading organisms and abnormal cells
(d) sugar that contains five carbons
 
n. coma
(a) unconscious state
(b) a break in the surface of the skin; a laceration
(c) gradual warming of the atmosphere perhaps due to the 'greenhouse effect'
(d) 15 radioactive elements
 
n. dioxide
(a) microscopic particles of fat in the blood and lymph
(b) a compound with 2 oxygen atoms in it
(c) ratio of the moles of one compound of a system to the total moles of all compounds present
(d) a force or power allowing the body to function

adv. perpendicularly (d) straight; vertically
n. bulbourethral gland (b) gland being located below the prostate and releasing seminal fluid
n. retina (b) light-sensitive cells lining the eye
n. halide (b) halogen with a more electropositive element
n. dorsum (d) the back of the body
n. opening (d) a hole or break within a solid surface; an entrance
n. disaccharide (c) sugar made up of two monosaccharides
n. lymph node (c) collection of white cells that act as filters to invading organisms and abnormal cells
n. coma (a) unconscious state
n. dioxide (b) a compound with 2 oxygen atoms in it


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