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PCAT Verbal Quiz # PCAT/M32

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adj. tired
(a) related to organisms requiring ingested nutrition which they break down to receive energy
(b) weary; lacking energy
(c) occurring at separate times
(d) swollen; inflamed
 
n. inheritance
(a) the inside surface of the hand; tropical tree
(b) warning; caveat
(c) the tissue in plants which transports water and salts
(d) the process by which characteristics pass from generation to generation via the transfer of genes
 
n. sodium
(a) burning pain the chest area due to reflux of stomach acid; indigestion
(b) daily activity cycle in many organisms caused by a 24-hours interval
(c) the amount of a substance within a second substance, usually in a solution
(d) chemical element with the symbol Na that is an important ion in cells
 
n. pins and needles
(a) prickling sensation in part of the body
(b) disease caused by bacteria entering wounds
(c) treatment of diseased areas by exposing them to gamma rays or X-rays
(d) compartment of a mitochondrion enclosed by the inner membrane
 
n. endometrium
(a) transition metal in d-block of the periodic table with the chemical symbol
(b) the distance between two successive peaks or troughs of a waveform
(c) a strong pain-killing and soporific drug made from opium
(d) mucous internal lining of the uterus

 

n. radiologist
(a) frozen water
(b) doctor who is a specialist in the branch of medicine that uses x-rays to diagnose and treat diseases
(c) the turning back of a waveform as it comes across a boundary
(d) a man
 
n. sexual function problems
(a) difficulties in performing intercourse or in producing offspring
(b) humans considered as a group, breed or strain
(c) the process by which blood cells are made
(d) red-brown halogen that is a liquid at room temperature but gives off an irritating vapor
 
n. staphylococcus
(a) bacteria found on the skin and mucus membranes
(b) unstable particles with unpaired electrons
(c) process where an insoluble solid is separated from a liquid
(d) small phagocyte white blood cell
 
v. palliate
(a) to spew; to be sick; to eject the stomach contents through the mouth; to throw up
(b) to warn; to inform
(c) to ease suffering; to reduce the severity of an illness without curing it
(d) to overstrain a joint so as to cause ligament injury
 
n. exotoxin
(a) a very harmful poison made by a bacterial cell and released to the surroundings
(b) condition characterized by a bent penis
(c) this is the amount of stimulus needed to set up an action potential in a nerve cell
(d) device prevents pregnancy

adj. tired (b) weary; lacking energy
n. inheritance (d) the process by which characteristics pass from generation to generation via the transfer of genes
n. sodium (d) chemical element with the symbol Na that is an important ion in cells
n. pins and needles (a) prickling sensation in part of the body
n. endometrium (d) mucous internal lining of the uterus
n. radiologist (b) doctor who is a specialist in the branch of medicine that uses x-rays to diagnose and treat diseases
n. sexual function problems (a) difficulties in performing intercourse or in producing offspring
n. staphylococcus (a) bacteria found on the skin and mucus membranes
v. palliate (c) to ease suffering; to reduce the severity of an illness without curing it
n. exotoxin (a) a very harmful poison made by a bacterial cell and released to the surroundings

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