GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY
This mineral is required for bone health, muscle contraction, and neurotransmitter release
calcium
This Greek physician and philosopher is regarded as the "father of medicine". The ethical code that doctors swear by is named after this person.
Hippocrates
This TV doctor from Grey’s Anatomy is known as “McDreamy.”
Derek Shepherd
The disease that started a global pandemic in 2020
Covid-19
The Acronym in MCAT stands for
Medical College Admissions Test
Filtration in the kidney occurs in this capillary network
Glomerulus
This scientist's accident in leaving mold-contaminated petri dishes out in the open led to the discovery of penicillin.
Alexander Fleming
This show features a brilliant but antisocial diagnostician who walks with a cane and solves rare medical mysteries.
House, M.D.
This metabolic condition results from insulin resistance and is the most common form of diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes
The 4 sections on the MCAT (in order)
Chem/Phys, CARS, Bio/Biochem, Psych/Soc
This part of the brain controls coordination, balance, and fine motor control.
Cerebellum
This neurologist developed the method of psychoanalysis.
Sigmund Freud
Each episode of The Pitt, Season 1, represents roughly this amount of real-time during the 15-hour shift.
1 hour
This autoimmune condition causes the body's immune system to attack the thyroid, leading to hypothyroidism.
Hashimoto's disease
all 4 names of the Presidents of the Pre Med Society
Mina, Kiana, Abby, Jihyun
This hormone, released from the adrenal medulla, increases heart rate and blood pressure.
epinephrine
The names of the 2 geneticists that discovered the structure of DNA along
Watson and Crick
This animated TV doctor treats animals in a Disney magical children’s series.
Doc McStuffins
This disorder causes the immune system to attack the small intestine in response to gluten.
Celiac disease
The company that administers the MCAT
AAMC
This specialized type of glial cell produces myelin in the central nervous system.
oligodendrocytes
This scientist won two Nobel Prizes for her work on radium and radioactivity.
Marie Curie
All of Meredith Greys sisters names
This condition causes painful muscle breakdown and release of myoglobin into the blood, often triggered by injury or drugs, and is common in marathon runners.
rhabdomyolysis
This common interview format requires applicants to rotate through timed stations answering ethical and situational questions
Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI)