MCAT
BODY BASICS
COMMON SENSE MEDICINE
MEDICINE IN POP CULTURE
MEDLIFE
100

The rate of a typical enzymatic reaction is increased by which of the following changes?

A. Decrease in a substrate concentration

B. Increase in pH from 6.8 to 7.4

C. Increase in the energy of activation

D. Increase in temperature from 20°C to 37°C

D. Increase in temperature from 20°C to 37°C

100

This organ pumps blood throughout your body.

What is the heart?

100

You take this kind of pill to help with a headache or fever.

What is a painkiller?

100

This long-running show features doctors in Seattle, Washington. 

What is Grey’s Anatomy?

100

This is what MEDLIFE stands for

What is Medicine Education and Development for Low Income Families Everywhere?

200

In humans, eggs and sperm are most similar with respect to:
A. cell size.
B. genome size.
C. the time required for development.    
D. the numbers produced by a single individual.

B. genome size

200

These let you breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.


What are the lungs?

200

You should wash your hands for at least this many seconds.

What is 20?

200

This Marvel hero is also a neurosurgeon.

Who is Doctor Strange?

200

This is the trip that Medlife takes to improve access to medicine, education, and community development projects in underserved communities. 

What is the Service Learning Trip? (talk to Daniel if you're interested) 

300

A prion is best described as an infectious:
A. prokaryote.

B. transposon.

C. protein.

D. virus.

C. protein.

300

You have 206 of these in your body.

What are bones?

300

You do this before eating or after using the bathroom to prevent illness.

What is wash you hands?

300

This 90s animated doctor could talk to animals.

Who is Doctor Dolittle?

300

This is the year MEDLIFE was founded.

What is 2004?

400

Under anaerobic conditions, how many net molecules of ATP are produced by the consumption of 5 moles of glucose?
A. 3 × 10^24

B. 6 × 10^24
C. 9 × 10^24

D. 1.2 × 10^25

B. 6 × 10^24

400

This organ helps digest food and makes insulin.

What is the pancreas?

400

This red fluid carries oxygen and nutrients throughout your body.

What is blood?

400

He‘s a Time Lord who travels through time in a blue police box.

Who is Doctor Who?

400

This is how you can become more involved in our MEDLIFE chapter and help the exec. board members.

What is APPLY FOR COMMITTEES? (APPLICATION DEADLINE 9/20 NEXT SUNDAY)
500

Vasopressin regulates the insertion of aquaporins into the apical membranes of the epithelial cells of which renal structure?
A. Collecting duct

B. Proximal tubule

C. Bowman’s capsule

D. Ascending loop of Henle

A. Collecting duct

500

This largest organ of the human body protects you from the outside world.

What is the skin?

500

This condition is caused by too much sugar in the blood over time

What is diabetes?

500

This TV doctor was known for being a brilliant but grumpy diagnostician.

Who is Doctor House?

500

This is the fundraiser that helps to support MEDLIFE's mission. 

What is Moving Mountains? 

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