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PCAT Verbal Quiz # PCAT/M16

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n. insomnia
(a) one of many enamel structures in the mouth
(b) compound made from plants containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
(c) difficulty falling or staying asleep
(d) white crystalline compound used to make glass
 
adj. macular
(a) relating to the joints
(b) relating to a region of the retina
(c) happening before the normal time
(d) able to be changed back
 
n. prolactin
(a) a drug present in tea; coffee and cola that is a stimulant
(b) gas finely dispersed in either a solid or a liquid
(c) pituitary hormone involved in lactation
(d) someone who is inable to move their legs
 
adj. ischemic
(a) relating to one biological unit
(b) lack of blood supply
(c) unable to become resistant against deceases
(d) referring to children
 
v. undergo
(a) to increase in quantity
(b) to tremble
(c) to experience; to receive; to endure
(d) to block; to protect against

 

adj. engorged
(a) through the cell envelope
(b) swollen; inflamed
(c) unsafe; risky
(d) relating to the liver
 
n. icterus
(a) characteristics that increase an organism's ability to survive within a changing environment
(b) a rearrangement in the structures of atoms or molecules to form new products
(c) hollow cylinders containing nine microtubule triplets
(d) yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood
 
n. ribosome
(a) membranous folds in the larynx which vibrate when air passes through
(b) granules made up of protein and RNA that make polypeptides
(c) molecule derived from ammonia and containing the NH group and a nonacid group
(d) generic name for illnesses such as HIV, hepatitis b, gonorrhea or syphilis
 
adj. major
(a) able to return to original shape after being exposed to a force
(b) great; big; important
(c) relating to the male sexual organ
(d) related to adiposis
 
n. xylem
(a) type of skin cancer
(b) scale of temperature
(c) the tissue in plants which transports water and salts
(d) instrument used by doctors to listen to heart sounds; lung sounds and intestinal sounds

n. insomnia (c) difficulty falling or staying asleep
adj. macular (b) relating to a region of the retina
n. prolactin (c) pituitary hormone involved in lactation
adj. ischemic (b) lack of blood supply
v. undergo (c) to experience; to receive; to endure
adj. engorged (b) swollen; inflamed
n. icterus (d) yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood
n. ribosome (b) granules made up of protein and RNA that make polypeptides
adj. major (b) great; big; important
n. xylem (c) the tissue in plants which transports water and salts

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