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MCAT Vocabulary # MCAT/M61

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n. halide ions
(a) arthropod with segmented bodies; for example; flies and beetles
(b) these are ions of the halogen elements
(c) the polypeptide chains of the protein are folded into a round shape
(d) a substance that causes cancer
 
n. saliva
(a) opening at the end of the alimentary canal
(b) the sex of an organism; male or female
(c) the monthly bleeding that occurs cyclically in a women during the reproductive years; menses
(d) digestive juice made by the salivary gland
 
n. deficiency
(a) a blood vessel that carries blood from the tissues to the heart
(b) this process changes the pH of a salt solution by changing the concentrations of hydroxyl groups and hydronium ions
(c) molecule derived from ammonia and containing the NH group and a nonacid group
(d) lack of; deficit; not enough of something
 
n. partial pressure
(a) one of the two halves of the cerebrum
(b) this is the pressure exerted by each component gas in a mixture at a constant temperature
(c) the mechanisms which increase the quantity, size or mass of an organism
(d) an involvement of a large number of people or things
 
n. test
(a) laboratory profile or analysis to determine the presence or quantity of organisms or substances in the sample
(b) jelly-like area between the lens and the retina at the back of the eyeball
(c) this solution has a ph of 7
(d) three fatty acids joined to a molecule

 

n. convection
(a) cellular control process in which an enzyme is inhibited when reaching a certain blood level
(b) heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the circulation of currents from one region to another
(c) fatty acid vital for growth and repair that needs to be found from the diet
(d) female sex cell; gamete
 
n. cilium
(a) hair-like process found on epithelial linings; an eyelash or eyelid
(b) lack of; deficit; not enough of something
(c) deeper and more frequent ventilation than normal
(d) lack of; deficiency; not enough of something
 
n. absolute temperature
(a) a disease antigen that stimulates the body to produce an antibody reaction but is not strong enough to produce the disease's harmful effects
(b) one or more orbitals in the electron shell of an atom
(c) an unstable; reactive gas which has oxidative properties
(d) temperature according to an absolute scale
 
n. vegetation
(a) volume of air in the lung
(b) making a suspension of small globules of one liquid in a second liquid with which the first will not mix
(c) trace element with the chemical symbol I
(d) plant life
 
n. alcoholism
(a) the bone of the upper arm
(b) the attractive force that connects atoms together as a molecule or ions as a crystal
(c) the syndrome due to physical dependence on ethanol so that stopping intake leads to withdrawal symptoms
(d) the final shape of an active protein molecule made up of two or more polypeptide chains

n. halide ions (b) these are ions of the halogen elements
n. saliva (d) digestive juice made by the salivary gland
n. deficiency (d) lack of; deficit; not enough of something
n. partial pressure (b) this is the pressure exerted by each component gas in a mixture at a constant temperature
n. test (a) laboratory profile or analysis to determine the presence or quantity of organisms or substances in the sample
n. convection (b) heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the circulation of currents from one region to another
n. cilium (a) hair-like process found on epithelial linings; an eyelash or eyelid
n. absolute temperature (d) temperature according to an absolute scale
n. vegetation (d) plant life
n. alcoholism (c) the syndrome due to physical dependence on ethanol so that stopping intake leads to withdrawal symptoms


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