AED Lore
What do the letters AED stand for?
Alpha Epsilon Delta
This standardized exam has four sections and takes approximately 7.5 hours to complete.
What is the MCAT?
What is the largest organ in the human body?
What is the skin?
What is the name of Northeastern University's mascot?
Who is Paws?
What is the name of the process by which DNA is used as a template to produce RNA?
What is transcription?
AED is an honor society for students pursuing careers in what general field?
The health professions/pre-health
What is the average age of students entering medical school in the United States?
24 Years Old
What is the largest artery in the human body?
What is the aorta?
In what year was Northeastern University founded?
1898
According to Newton's Second Law, if the net force on an object doubles while its mass remains constant, what happens to its acceleration?
It doubles
In what year was AED founded?
1926
What healthcare provider typically completes a master’s-level professional program after earning a bachelor’s degree, can diagnose illnesses, order and interpret tests, prescribe medications, and practices medicine in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare professionals?
What is a Physician Assistant/Associate (PA)
What structure in the brain is primarily responsible for coordinating posture and fine motor movements?
What is the cerebellum?
What does ISEC stand for?
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex
What psychological phenomenon occurs when individuals are less likely to help someone in an emergency when other people are present?
What is the bystander effect?
At what university was Alpha Epsilon Delta founded?
BAMA
Which healthcare profession has only 36 accredited professional programs in the United States, making the number of schools available to applicants much smaller than many other health professions?
What is Veterinary Medicine? (DVM)
What cranial nerve is responsible for most parasympathetic control of the heart, lungs, and digestive tract?
What is the vagus nerve?
What famous northeastern lab makes undergraduate students cut slices of rat brains for sampling?
What is Shansky Lab?
During cellular respiration, what molecule serves as the final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain?
What is oxygen (O₂)?
AED has chapters throughout the United States AND what other territory?
Puerto Rico
What functional group consists of two acyl groups bonded to the same oxygen atom and is commonly formed by the removal of water from two carboxylic acids?
What is an acid anhydride?
What structure of the heart normally acts as its natural pacemaker by initiating each heartbeat?
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
Northeastern's Husky mascot was inspired in part by the famous 1925 sled-dog serum run to Nome, Alaska. What disease was the lifesaving antitoxin being delivered to treat?
What is diphtheria?
This organelle contains acidic hydrolytic enzymes, maintains an internal pH of about 5, and breaks down damaged organelles, macromolecules, and cellular waste. What is it?
What is the lysosome?