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PCAT Verbal Quiz # PCAT/M96

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v. panic
(a) to warn; to inform
(b) to react with extreme fear or anxiety to a situation
(c) to continue
(d) to add a salt or ester to a molecule
 
n. pharmacist
(a) a steroid that plays an important part in metabolism
(b) the study of the microscopic structure of tissues
(c) an amino acid
(d) person who sells drugs and medications
 
n. trauma
(a) the solid that is separated from a solution
(b) high blood pressure
(c) a physical injury or accident inflicting pain
(d) process in which substances are moved across a cell membrane from a region of low concentration to a region of high concentration
 
n. X-linked disease
(a) a weak protease inhibitor that is applied in treating HIV; trade name: Invirase
(b) a disorder where the sebaceous glands become blocked causing pimples
(c) characteristic that is controlled by a gene carried on the X chromosome
(d) lipid and protein coat which forms part of the plasma membrane in animal cells
 
n. motor neuron
(a) muscle that allows a joint to bend
(b) nerve cell that conducts messages from the brain and the spinal cord to the muscles
(c) a microbody full of enzymes where important break-down processes occur
(d) the eardrum

 

n. scrotal sac
(a) redox process where hydrogen is transferred to oxygen from glucose releasing energy
(b) a painkiller
(c) one of 2 bags of skin hanging behind the penis in the male
(d) heart attack; apoplexy; cerebrovascular accident; (CVA)
 
n. endocytosis
(a) enzyme that breaks down a carbohydrate
(b) act of making unsusceptible to disease by inoculating
(c) process where substances are taken into a cell
(d) nucleic substance that condenses to make chromosomes during mitosis
 
n. addition reaction
(a) someone who is inable to move their legs
(b) dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant
(c) the smallest or lowest possible
(d) process in which two molecules join to form a single compound
 
n. alkaloid
(a) active transport mechanism that uses ATP to exchange two common positive ions
(b) process in polypeptide synthesis of increasing in length
(c) organic substances that contain nitrogen
(d) the act of evacuating the bladder contents through the urethra
 
adj. inert
(a) of the brain; concerning the brain
(b) poisonous; harmful to health
(c) inside
(d) chemically unreactive

v. panic (b) to react with extreme fear or anxiety to a situation
n. pharmacist (d) person who sells drugs and medications
n. trauma (c) a physical injury or accident inflicting pain
n. X-linked disease (c) characteristic that is controlled by a gene carried on the X chromosome
n. motor neuron (b) nerve cell that conducts messages from the brain and the spinal cord to the muscles
n. scrotal sac (c) one of 2 bags of skin hanging behind the penis in the male
n. endocytosis (c) process where substances are taken into a cell
n. addition reaction (d) process in which two molecules join to form a single compound
n. alkaloid (c) organic substances that contain nitrogen
adj. inert (d) chemically unreactive

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