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PCAT Verbal Quiz # PCAT/M64

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n. cholesterol
(a) muscle separating abdomen from thorax
(b) a steroid that plays an important part in metabolism
(c) the amount of energy expended by the body in order to survive at complete rest
(d) chronic disease of the joints
 
n. joint
(a) a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats cancer
(b) acute and painful skin damage
(c) flavor
(d) part of the body where connecting bones are held together by connective tissue and are able to move
 
n. tin
(a) abdominal organ which filters blood and stores, produces and destroys blood cells
(b) metal with the chemical symbol Sn
(c) ability to resist infection, because of its white blood cells and antibodies
(d) hard protein found in skin; hair or nails
 
pref. meso -
(a) self
(b) many
(c) middle
(d) hearing or sound
 
pref. endo-
(a) inner; inside
(b) one thousandth part
(c) form
(d) cell

 

n. sclera
(a) sex cell
(b) an illness where the circulation 'collapses' and the blood pressure drops
(c) cell that make new bone by producing collagen
(d) white outer coat of the eye
 
n. alanine
(a) long bone of the lower arm (forearm)
(b) an amino acid
(c) small phagocyte white blood cell
(d) an error in the method or study design that could affect the results
 
n. dehydration
(a) difficulties in performing intercourse or in producing offspring
(b) the process of passively losing or actively removing water from something
(c) the property of liquid membranes which allows them to contract to a minimum area
(d) denoted by -COOH
 
n. rust
(a) series of fast mitotic divisions in embryology
(b) symbols showing what elements a compound contains
(c) molecule being formed from another by the removal of water
(d) iron oxide that forms when exposed to oxygen and moisture
 
n. sensitive
(a) the study of energy and how it changes
(b) the contents of the stomach that are brought up from the stomach
(c) responsive to physical stimuli
(d) the state in which a compound of the body is unable to function adequately

n. cholesterol (b) a steroid that plays an important part in metabolism
n. joint (d) part of the body where connecting bones are held together by connective tissue and are able to move
n. tin (b) metal with the chemical symbol Sn
pref. meso - (c) middle
pref. endo- (a) inner; inside
n. sclera (d) white outer coat of the eye
n. alanine (b) an amino acid
n. dehydration (b) the process of passively losing or actively removing water from something
n. rust (d) iron oxide that forms when exposed to oxygen and moisture
n. sensitive (c) responsive to physical stimuli

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