PCAT Prep # PCAT/M54

n. allergy
(a) warning; caveat
(b) prosencephalon
(c) inherited disease due to an extra chromosome 21; also known as 'trisomy 21'
(d) hypersensitivity reaction
 
n. oncology
(a) branch of medicine that concerns cancer
(b) endorsement
(c) indication that bodily functions change; usually associated with a particular disease
(d) three fatty acids joined to a molecule
 
n. intestine
(a) anti-arthritis medication; a Cox-2 inhibitor that alleviates pain without harming the digestive tract; used to cure osteoarthritis
(b) the gut; alimentary canal
(c) blood vessel with walls only one cell thick
(d) secondary and usually unwanted result caused by a drug
 
n. hypochondria
(a) very fine particles that are suspended in a gas
(b) the blood and other substances lost from the uterus at menstruation
(c) coagulopathy
(d) condition where a healthy person worries excessively that they are ill
 
n. formaldehyde
(a) contains a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic part
(b) a fixative; a preservative
(c) power of movement
(d) drug that stops or reduces the ability of a virus to proliferate

n. nitroglycerin
(a) the triangular bone that rests at the back of the ribcage; scapula
(b) the highest point of the skull; the top of the head
(c) one allele is inherited from each parent giving 2 alleles for each trait
(d) substance that is medically as a vasodilator; brand names: Nitrospan, Nitrostat
 
n. azole antifungal
(a) nerve cell that conducts messages from the brain and the spinal cord to the muscles
(b) generic name for drugs that are used to treat fungus infections; brand names: Diflucan, Nizoral or Sporanox
(c) paralysis of the body from the neck down
(d) chronic disease produced by an overactivity of the pituitary gland leading to an enlargement of bones
 
v. multiply
(a) to make an object attract iron or steel
(b) to reduce as much as possible
(c) to increase in quantity
(d) to stop or slow down a biological event or organ function
 
n. urea
(a) first member of group V111; a noble gas
(b) a main energy leve; a group of atomic orbitals with the same value of the principal quantum number n
(c) a waste product made when amino acids are broken down
(d) a bone cell that helps destroy bone
 
adj. aliphatic
(a) describing a network; net-like
(b) related to lymph-carrying vessels
(c) relating to a gene form that is only expressed when two alleles are present; relating to one from each parent
(d) related to a group of organic molecules in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains