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PCAT Vocabulary # PCAT/M17

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v. extend
(a) to make similar structures or organisms
(b) to straighten out
(c) to take a representative part or portion; to taste something
(d) to move outwards to cover a larger area
 
n. funnel
(a) area of body below the diaphragm and above the pelvis (informal)
(b) device with a wide open end and a narrow end which allows liquids to be poured into a container with a small opening
(c) containing glandular secretions from the testicle, and other small glands; fluid part of semen without sperm
(d) a poisonous gas
 
n. sugar
(a) secondary and usually unwanted result caused by a drug
(b) link holding the atoms together
(c) a physical injury or accident inflicting pain
(d) carbohydrates which are soluble because of the presence of -OH groups
 
adj. pediatric
(a) relating to a molecule containing equal quantities of dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms and therefore not rotating the plane of incident polarized light
(b) referring to children
(c) relating to the forehead
(d) relating to the liver
 
n. gonad
(a) sex organs where the reproductive cells are made
(b) any reaction occurring between atoms or compounds can be written with the reactants on the left and the products on the right separated by arrows showing the direction of the reaction
(c) gas used by plants in photosynthesis and made in respiration
(d) cellular division that produces reproductive cells with only half the number of chromosomes

 

n. telophase
(a) a monosaccharide (sugar) with 6 carbons
(b) stage of the cell cycle where cell division occurs
(c) a compound with the same elements but different atomic arrangements
(d) that which is expectorated
 
n. ideal gas
(a) substance which obeys the Boyle's law
(b) doctor who is a specialist in conception, pregnancy and childbirth
(c) nerve cell that conducts messages from the brain and the spinal cord to the muscles
(d) element that makes up most organic molecules and can form 4 bonds with other atoms
 
adj. permitted
(a) osseous; sclerous
(b) allowed
(c) related to organisms converting sunlight into energy
(d) having a thin edge suited for cutting
 
v. exacerbate
(a) to make worse
(b) to happen; to take place
(c) to make a loud nasal sound during sleep which keeps others awake
(d) to corrode
 
n. capillary
(a) disease of the lymphatic complex
(b) a type of dense connective tissue which is composed of collagen fibers and/or elastin fibers
(c) blood vessel with walls only one cell thick
(d) sugars with 6 carbons

v. extend (b) to straighten out
n. funnel (b) device with a wide open end and a narrow end which allows liquids to be poured into a container with a small opening
n. sugar (d) carbohydrates which are soluble because of the presence of -OH groups
adj. pediatric (b) referring to children
n. gonad (a) sex organs where the reproductive cells are made
n. telophase (b) stage of the cell cycle where cell division occurs
n. ideal gas (a) substance which obeys the Boyle's law
adj. permitted (b) allowed
v. exacerbate (a) to make worse
n. capillary (c) blood vessel with walls only one cell thick


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