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One Last Ride Flashcards

1
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units for farrad

A

c/v

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2
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heat of combustion

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burning. The less heat it creates, the more stable

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3
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relationship between Kw, Ka, and KB

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Kw= ka x kb

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4
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value of kw

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10^-14

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5
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peptide bond formation releases

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H2O

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6
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acetyl group

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carbonyl with methyl group

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heme is made of ____ which is made of ____ whose structure is

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porpyirin, pyrolle

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8
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relationship between resistivity and conductivity

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resistivity = 1/conductivity

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9
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continuity equation

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rhoA=rhoAV

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10
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neuroticism

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more likely than average to be moody, experience feelings of anxiety, worry, fear, anger, frustration, and envy

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11
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emotional arousal/sympathetic stimulation and vision

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leads to tunnel vision, peripheral details are lost

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12
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somatic symptom disorder

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extreme focus on physical symptoms, such as pain or fatigue, that causes major emotional distress and problems functioning. Reaction to symptoms is not normal

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panic disorder

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sense of impending doom, rapid, pounding heart rate, sweating, trembling, shaking, shortness of breath

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14
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REM rebound

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when a person is deprived of REM they will have earlier onset of REM and longer duration the next night

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15
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3 main components of socioeconomic status

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occupation, income, education

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16
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internalizing disorder

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keep problems to themselves

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17
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dichotic listening

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presenting two different auditory messages, one to each ear

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18
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PET measures

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activity of organs

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19
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EEG

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records brain wave patterns (electrical activity)

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20
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social facilitation

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when people perform better when others are watching (me running)

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21
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foot in the door

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make small requests so they’ll be more likely to accept bigger ones

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22
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door in the face technique

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making an outlandish request so a subsequent, milder request is accepted.

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23
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correlations require

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statistical analysis and significance

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24
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self-verification

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tendency to seek out and agree with information that is consistent with ones own self concept

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25
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five factor personality model

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OCEAN (openness, concientiousness, extraversion, agreableness, neuroticism)

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26
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seratonin

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regulation of mood (agression) and appetite. Provides feelings of satiety.

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27
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GABA

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inhibitory neurotransmitter

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28
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hidden curriculum

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lessons which are learned but not openly intended such as transmission of norms, values, and beliefs. Latent function of school

29
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y linked traits

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only affect males

30
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recessive traits

A

two infected parents would have 100 infected kids

31
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convergent evolution

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independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineage, creates analagous structures to help survival in a similar environment

32
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divergent evolution

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same common ansestor, accumulate differences

33
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bacteria and post transcriptional modifications

A

don’t do any

34
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restriction enzymes bind to

A

palindromes

35
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imprinted gene

A

only one copy is expressed. The other is silenced (imprinted)

36
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superantigen

A

causes non-specific activation of T cells, used by bacteria and virus as defense mechanism

37
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wavelength of closed closed open open

38
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wavelength of closed open

39
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which is more basic? Arg or LYs?

40
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specific activity

A

enzyme units per mg total protein in solution

41
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apoptosis

A

programmed cell death caused by capases.

Extrinsic- T lymphocytes activate capases
Intrinsic- Cyt C released from mitochondria activate capases

42
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Formula for Ecell

A

Ecell=Ered reductant- Ered Oxidant

43
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Hardy Weinburg equations

A

p + q =1

p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1

44
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where does FA synthesis occur?

45
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what enzyme catalyzes FA synthesis?

A

Fatty acid synthase

46
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What is connected to fatty acid synthase?

A

Phosphopantethiene (binds next ACoA) and ACP

47
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how are FA chains elongated?

A

using carbons from acetyl coa

48
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what is the driving force of FA synthesis?

A

CO2 release which releases energy

49
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what energy is required for FA synthesis?

50
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What is the longest chain fatty acid synthase can make?

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16 carbons (palmitate)

51
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what does the carnitine shuttle do?

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transfers long chain fatty acids across barrier of inner mitochondrial membrane to be oxidized.

52
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substrates for gluconeogenisis

A

glycerol, lactate, amino acids (all except leu and lys)

53
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makes glycogen bonds

A

glycogen synthase

54
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destroys glycogen bonds

A

glycogen phosphorylase

55
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phosphorylase

A

breaks bonds using Pi

56
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x axis in LB

57
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y axis in LB

58
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IR alkane

59
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IR alcohol

60
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aromatic

61
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amine

62
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aldehyde/ketone

63
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Z/E meaning

A

double bond substituent location

64
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naturally occuring amino acids are

65
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RCO2 is a

66
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script

A

order of actions that are appropriate to a familiar situation

67
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adaptive radiation

A

divergence of one species into multiple over time when sepparated into different environments

68
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calcitonin

A

decreases blood calcium

69
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parathyroid hormone

A

increases blood calcium

MCAT Psych/Soc AAMC (7 decks)

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