MCAT Meaning by word

ceramic material made from heating silica and oxides in a furnace and then cooling and setting it

a small mark on the skin; usually dark that appears after exposure to the sun in certain people; unit representing the amount of a substance

achromatic filaments forming a spindle during cell division

cartilage being located at the joint

the part of the cardiac cycle during which the heart muscle is contracting

hinge joint between tibia (lower leg) and femur (upper leg)

liquid that is the basis of all life

hormone made in and released from the pituitary gland that act on the gonads (sex organs)

a cellular sheath composed of Schwann cells which envelops the axons of peripheral neurons

cells occuring between the germ cells of the gonads and producing the male sexual hormones

chemical element with the symbol S

upper area of the alimentary canal

white blood cell with an immune role found in the lymphatic system; white blood cell that differentiate to become capable of making antibodies; B cells

invasion of the body by parasites either on the skin or inside the body

a compound made by partially neutralizing an acid with ionisable hydrogen atoms

unpleasant feeling people experience when they stop taking a drug they are addicted to

three fatty acids joined to a molecule

this is the letter or letters given to each element which represents it

chemical element with the symbol N that is found in proteins and nucleic acids

the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood where full sexual maturity is reached

organism that depends on autotrophs (producers) for food and oxygen

without symptoms

not well nourished; lacking essential nutrients

related to lymph-carrying vessels

rubbish produced when something degrades

structural tissue that includes bone, cartilage, fibrous tissue and fat

two nucleotide chains coiled together to form an double helix

process of production of sperm

the middle ear

a membrane lined vesicle or sac