MCAT Words # MCAT/W78

n. origin of an axon of a nerve cell at which an action potential can be initiated
(a) hexose
(b) musculoskeletal system
(c) cheek
(d) axon hillock
 
adv. taking a straight route without involving another thing or person
(a) inside
(b) directly
(c) highly
(d) typically
 
n. transformation of a keto to an enol form
(a) enolization
(b) mouth
(c) ligament
(d) Down's Syndrome
 
abbr. heart attack
(a) M.I.
(b) I.Q.
(c) M.D.
(d) AIDS
 
adj. characteristic of substances exhibiting extremely high magnetic permeability, a characteristic saturation point, and magnetic hysteresis
(a) cancellous
(b) ionic
(c) vertebral
(d) ferromagnetic

n. space between the sternum and the spinal column
(a) cerebral infarction
(b) integumentary system
(c) lens
(d) mediastinum
 
n. used to identify gases during analysis
(a) ophthalmology
(b) cerebral infarction
(c) agent
(d) gas tests
 
n. protein component of muscle fibers
(a) kinase
(b) climate
(c) elongation
(d) actin
 
n. collection of white cells that act as filters to invading organisms and abnormal cells
(a) epimer
(b) lymph node
(c) insomniac
(d) photosynthesis
 
n. hormone made in and released from the pituitary gland that act on the gonads (sex organs)
(a) partial pressure
(b) cerumen
(c) albumin
(d) gonadotrophin