Pre-Health Entrance Exams
The MCAT stands for these four words:
What is the Medical College Admissions Test?
These are the three main science topics you will study as a pre-med:
What are: chemistry, physics, biology?
This is the year-long course that most pre-health students take in their first year.
What is: general chemistry?
This is the main fuel source for the body:
What is: glucose?
These are the four MCAT sections:
What are Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems (Chem/Phys), Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills (CARS), Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems (Bio/Biochem), Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior (Psyc/Soc)?
This is a type of compound that can donate H+ ions:
What is an acid?
Most pre-health schools only require that you take 1 semester of this chemistry class:
What is: Biochemistry?
This is the organ that the immune system cannot recognize:
What are: the eyes?
What is the required entrance exam for PA students:
What is the GRE
What is the formula for kinetic energy?
KE = 1/2(m)(v2)
This pre-req is considered the study of the universe:
What is: physics?
This is the largest artery in the body:
What is: the aorta?
These are the sections of the DAT:
What is survey of natural sciences, perceptual ability test, reading comprehension, and quantitative reasoning.
The movement of water molecules through a cell’s partially permeable membrane is known as what:
What is osmosis
This notoriously hard class is required by every pre-health track besides pre-med:
What is: anatomy and physiology?
This is the most common blood type in the world:
What is: O-positive?
How many medical doctors are there in the US:
What is 1,044,734
Name one factor useed to determine how strong an acid is:
What are: orbital character, resonance, electronegativity, inductive effects, atom size?
Upper-level courses of these majors are recommended as pre-requisites to apply to medical school:
What are: biology and neuroscience?
This is the part of the brain is responsible for regulating basic bodily functions like heartbeat and breathing:
What is the medulla oblongata?