MCAT

Glossary & Topic Index

Every MCAT topic covered on AnvayaPrep, A–Z — 1055 topics.

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A

Absolute poverty Absolute threshold Acceleration Acetals and hemiacetals Acid base reactions Acid base regulation by kidney Acid chlorides Acidic amino acids Acidity and basicity Acquisition Actin and myosin Action potentials Activation energy Activation energy Active reading Active site Active transport Adaptive immunity ADH Adiabatic processes Adrenal gland Agents of socialization Aggression Ainsworth strange situation Alcohol acidity Alcohol dehydration Alcohol oxidation Alcohol structure Alcohol substitution Aldehydes Aldoses and ketoses Aldosterone Algorithms Alkene addition Alkyne reactions Allosteric enzymes Allosteric regulation Alpha decay Alpha helices Alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase Alternative splicing Altruism Amides Amino acid chemistry Amino acid derived hormones Amino acid general structure Amino acid metabolism Amino acid one letter codes Amino acid pKa values Amino acid stereochemistry Amino acid three letter codes Amnesia Amplitude Anabolism Anhydrides Anode Anomers Anti Markovnikov addition Antibodies Antidepressants Antigen presentation Antipsychotics Anxiety disorders Anxiolytics Apoptosis Application questions Archimedes principle Argument analysis Aromatic amino acids Arousal theory Arrhenius acids and bases Arrhenius equation Art and literature passages Arteries Assumption identification Atomic number Atomic radius Atomic spectra ATP ATP synthase Attachment Attention Audition Aufbau principle Author purpose Author thesis Author tone Autonomic nervous system Average atomic mass Avogadro number Avoiding outside knowledge Axial and equatorial positions

C

Calorimetry Cannon Bard theory Capacitance Capillaries Capillary action Carbanions Carbocation rearrangements Carbocations Carbohydrate chemistry Carbon dioxide transport Carboxylic acid derivatives Carboxylic acids Cardiac cycle Cardiovascular system overview Catabolism Catalysts Catalytic efficiency Catalytic hydrogenation Cathode Causation Cell cycle Cell cycle checkpoints Cell differentiation Cell junctions Cell potential Cell signaling overview Cell theory Cellulose Center of mass Central dogma Central nervous system Centripetal force Chair conformations Chaperones Chemiosmosis Chiral centers Chirality Chloroplasts Cholesterol Chromatin Chromatography Chromatography basics Chromosome structure Cilia and flagella Circadian rhythms Cis trans isomerism Citrate synthase Citric acid cycle Classical conditioning Cloning Cloning vectors Codominance Codons and anticodons Coenzymes Cofactors Cognitive behavioral therapy Cognitive development Collecting duct Collective behavior Colligative properties Color vision Combustion reactions Common ion effect Comparing viewpoints Competitive inhibition Complex I Complex II Complex III Complex IV Concave lenses Concentration cells Conditioned response Conditioned stimulus Conflict theory Conformity Conjugate acid base pairs Conjugation Connective tissue Consciousness Consciousness altering drugs Conservation of energy Conservation of momentum Convex lenses Cooperativity Coordinate covalent bonds Coping strategies Cori cycle Correlation Correlational methods Coulomb law Countercurrent multiplication Covalent bonds CRISPR basics Cross sectional studies Cultural capital Culture Current Cyclic sugars Cyclins and CDKs Cytoskeleton

E

E and Z alkenes E1 reactions E2 reactions Eating disorders Economy Education Effective nuclear charge Electric charge Electric field Electric potential Electrical conduction system Electrolysis Electrolytic cells Electromagnetic induction Electromagnetic spectrum Electron affinity Electron configuration Electron geometry Electron transport chain Electronegativity Electrophiles Eliminating extreme answers Embryogenesis Emotion regulation Empirical formula Enantiomers Endocrine system overview Endocytosis Endosymbiotic theory Enhancers Enthalpy Entropy Environmental justice Enzyme catalysis Epigenetics Epimers Epinephrine Episodic memory Epistasis Epithelial tissue Epoxide opening Epoxides Equilibrium constant Equivalence point Erikson stages Esophagus Essential amino acids Essential fatty acids Esters Ether structure Ethics passages Ethnography Eukaryotic cells Evidence evaluation Excretion Exocytosis Experimental methods Explicit memory Expression vectors Extinction Extracellular matrix Extraction

J

James Lange theory Joints Jones oxidation

K

Ka Kb kcat Ketone bodies Ketones Kidney anatomy Kinematic equations Kinetic energy Kinetic molecular theory Kirchhoff laws Km KMnO4 Kohlberg moral development

M

M phase Magnetic fields Magnetic force Magnification Main idea identification Male reproductive anatomy Maltose Markovnikov rule Maslow hierarchy Mass number Mass spectrometry basics Material culture Mean Median Meiosis Membrane asymmetry Membrane fluidity Membrane proteins Memory encoding Memory retrieval Memory storage Mendelian genetics Menstrual cycle Meso compounds Metabolic pathways overview Metabolic regulation Metallic character MHC class I MHC class II Micelles Michaelis Menten kinetics Microfilaments Microtubules Migration Mirrors Mismatch repair Missense mutations Mitochondria Mitosis Mixed inhibition Mode Modernization Molar mass Molarity Molecular formula Molecular geometry Molecular orbital theory basics Moles Momentum Monohybrid crosses Monosaccharides Morphology Mortality Motivation Motor development Motor proteins Mouth and salivary glands Muscle tissue Musculoskeletal system overview Mutations Myoglobin

P

p value basics Pain perception Pancreas endocrine function Pancreas exocrine function Parallel circuits Parasites basics Parasympathetic nervous system Parathyroid gland Pascal principle Passage mapping Passage structure Passive transport Pauli exclusion principle PCC PCR PCR biochemistry Pedigree analysis Peer pressure Penetrance and expressivity Pentose phosphate pathway Peptide bond formation Peptide bond resonance Peptide chemistry Peptide hormones Percent yield Perception Periodic table organization Peripheral nervous system Peroxisomes Personality Personality disorders pH Phagocytosis Phase changes Phase diagrams Phase transitions Philosophy passages Phonology Phosphate ester chemistry Phosphofructokinase Phospholipid bilayer Phospholipids Photoelectric effect Photons Photoreceptors Phylogenetic trees Pi bonds Piaget stages Pinocytosis Pituitary gland pKa pKb Placenta Plasma membrane structure Plasmids Platelets pOH Point mutations Poiseuille law Polar covalent bonds Polar uncharged amino acids Political theory passages Poly A tail Polyprotic acids Polysaccharides Population growth Population pyramids Positive feedback Positive punishment Positive reinforcement Post translational modification Potential energy Poverty Power Power in circuits Pragmatics Precipitation reactions Prejudice Prenatal development Pressure Primary active transport Primary groups Primase Prions Problem solving Procedural memory Projectile motion Prokaryotic cells Promoters Protecting groups basics Protein denaturation Protein function Protein primary structure Protein purification Protein quaternary structure Protein secondary structure Protein tertiary structure Protein translation biochemistry Proteoglycans Proximal convoluted tubule Psychoanalytic theory Psychodynamic therapy Psychotherapy Punnett squares Purines and pyrimidines PV diagrams Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex Pyruvate kinase

Q

Quantum numbers

R

R and S configuration Race and ethnicity Racemic mixtures Racialization Radicals Radioactive decay Random sampling Rate constant Rate determining step Rate laws Reabsorption Reaction mechanisms Reaction order Reaction quotient Reaction rate Real images Receptor mediated endocytosis Receptor tyrosine kinases Recessive traits Recombinant DNA Recombinant DNA technology Red blood cells Redox reactions Reducing agents Reductive amination Reflection Reflex arcs Refraction Reinforcement schedules Relative poverty Reliability Religion REM sleep Renal system overview Reproductive system overview Research design Resistance Resonance Resonance Resonance structures Respiratory system overview Resting membrane potential Restriction enzymes Retrieval cues Retroviruses Ribosome structure Ribosomes Ring flips RNA polymerase RNA processing RNA stability RNA structure RNA transcription biochemistry Rods and cones Role conflict Role strain Roles Rotational equilibrium Rough endoplasmic reticulum

S

S phase Salt bridge Salt bridges Sampling Sanctions Saponification Sarcomere Saturated fatty acids Scalars Schachter Singer theory Schizophrenia spectrum Scientific notation SDS PAGE Second law of thermodynamics Second messengers Secondary active transport Secondary groups Secretion Selective attention Self concept Self determination theory Semantic memory Semantics Semiconservative replication Sensation Sensory adaptation Sensory memory Sensory receptors Sequencing techniques Series circuits Sex Sex linked inheritance Sexual orientation Shaping Short term memory Sigma bonds Signal detection theory Signal transduction Significant figures Silent mutations Simple diffusion Skeletal muscle contraction Skin structure Sleep stages Sliding filament model Small intestine Smell Smell Smooth endoplasmic reticulum SN1 reactions SN2 reactions Snell law Social behavior Social capital Social class Social cognitive theory Social constructionism Social facilitation Social loafing Social mobility Social movements Social science passages Social stratification Socialization Socioeconomic status Sociological imagination Sodium potassium pump Solubility Solubility product Solution concentration Solvent effects Somatic nervous system Somatic symptom disorders Somatosensation Sound intensity Southern blot Speciation Specific gravity Specific heat Spermatogenesis Sphingolipids Splicing Spontaneity Spontaneous recovery Standard deviation Standard free energy Standard reduction potentials Standing waves Starch Start codon Starvation metabolism State functions Status Stem cells Stereotypes Steric effects Steroid hormones Steroids Stomach Stop codons Strengthen weaken reasoning Stress Strong acids Strong bases Substance use disorders Substitution vs elimination Substrate level phosphorylation Substrate specificity Sucrose Sulfur containing amino acids Superposition Surface tension Surveys Symbolic interactionism Sympathetic nervous system Synaptic transmission Syntax System and surroundings

U

Uncompetitive inhibition Unconditioned response Unconditioned stimulus Uniform circular motion Unit conversion Unsaturated fatty acids Urbanization Urea cycle UV visible spectroscopy basics

W

Wave properties Wave speed Wavelength Weak acids Weak bases Weber law Western blot Western blotting White blood cells Work Work Work done by gas Working memory

Z

Zaitsev product Zwitterions Zymogens