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PCAT Vocabulary # PCAT/M29

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n. separation
(a) warm-blooded vertebrates who have young which feed on milk from their mothers' glands
(b) muscle separating abdomen from thorax
(c) isolation
(d) fibrous cellular structure
 
n. ulcer
(a) protein component of muscle fibers
(b) open sore in the skin or mucus membrane
(c) protein formed to fight the body's own cells
(d) illness due to nicotinic acid deficiency
 
n. blockage
(a) malfunction of the eyes
(b) an obstacle that prevents things from moving along
(c) white blood cell
(d) a plant that has two cotyledons (seed leaves)
 
adj. plantar
(a) below average
(b) related to a thermodynamic process involving no heat exchange
(c) able to flow easily
(d) relating to the bottom of the foot
 
adj. oxidative
(a) into a blood vessel
(b) having the ability to make a substance lose electrons
(c) of the small round bone of the kneecap
(d) not flexible; rigid

 

n. frontal bone
(a) a scientist who studies microscopic tissue structures
(b) anticonvulsant used to treat seizures associated with epilepsy
(c) part of the human skull that resembles a cockleshell in form
(d) stored power which has the capacity to do work
 
n. concentration gradient
(a) a small cavity with the potential to form many different types units
(b) a ratio of the quantity of a substance from one section to another
(c) a substance which exists in a vapor form at room temperature (neither a liquid nor a solid)
(d) an agent that changes the inactive form of an enzyme to the active form; an enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphate groups
 
n. abnormal vision
(a) malfunction of the eyes
(b) sugars with 6 carbons
(c) upper abdomen between the ribcage and navel
(d) the state of being easily inflamed or painful; the state of being easily angered
 
n. adaptation
(a) characteristics that increase an organism's ability to survive within a changing environment
(b) process where substances are taken into a cell
(c) 15 radioactive elements
(d) a drug also known as marijuana
 
n. urine
(a) metallic element like platinum
(b) medical care; therapy
(c) pattern that determines when and how much of a drug or medication should be consumed by a patient
(d) a solution of urea and salts in water that is formed by the kidneys

n. separation (c) isolation
n. ulcer (b) open sore in the skin or mucus membrane
n. blockage (b) an obstacle that prevents things from moving along
adj. plantar (d) relating to the bottom of the foot
adj. oxidative (b) having the ability to make a substance lose electrons
n. frontal bone (c) part of the human skull that resembles a cockleshell in form
n. concentration gradient (b) a ratio of the quantity of a substance from one section to another
n. abnormal vision (a) malfunction of the eyes
n. adaptation (a) characteristics that increase an organism's ability to survive within a changing environment
n. urine (d) a solution of urea and salts in water that is formed by the kidneys

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