The MCAT Biology Book

The MCAT Biology Book

The MCAT Biology Book

The MCAT Biology Book

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Overview

The MCAT Biology Book is a comprehensive overview of biology appropriate for all pre-med students preparing for the MCAT exam. With this and its companion volume, The MCAT Physics Book, NOVA provides the most comprehensive review of MCAT physics, biology and reading.

In twenty-one chapters, the basics of biology are described in easy-to-understand text. Illustrations help emphasize relevant topics and clarify difficult concepts. Each chapter concludes with a set of problems modeled after the MCAT exam, with a complete explanation of the answers.

How is NOVA's: MCAT Biology Book different from other test preps? This biology review does not just list vocabulary terms and highlight key points for the student to memorize. Instead, NOVA's MCAT Biology Book explains each topic carefully and refers to other chapters in the book to help the student integrate various topics. The MCAT Biology Book offers:
-- problems modeled after the actual MCAT exam integrated topics
-- consistent, continual in-book references for full understanding
-- full review of MCAT reading passages.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781944595944
Publisher: Nova Press
Publication date: 07/04/2018
Pages: 412
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

SECTION 1: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

CHAPTER 2: BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

CHAPTER 3: ENZYMES AND ENERGY

CHAPTER 4: CELLULAR METABOLISM

CHAPTER 5: DNA STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

CHAPTER 6: TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION

SECTION 2: MICROBIOLOGY

CHAPTER 7: VIRUSES

CHAPTER 8: BACTERIA

CHAPTER 9: FUNGI

SECTION 3: EUKARYOTIC CELL BIOLOGY

CHAPTER 10: CELLULAR ORGANELLES

CHAPTER 11: PLASMA MEMBRANE AND TRANSPORT

CHAPTER 12: MITOSIS

SECTION 4: VERTEBRATE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

CHAPTER 13: SPECIALIZED EUKARYOTIC CELLS AND TISSUES

CHAPTER 14: THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 15: THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS AND THE IMMUNE RESPONSE

CHAPTER 16: THE DIGESTIVE, RESPIRATORY, AND URINARY SYSTEMS: ABSORPTION AND EXCRETION

CHAPTER 17: THE INTEGUMENTARY, SKELETAL AND MUSCULAR SYSTEMS: PROTECTION, SUPPORT, AND MOVEMENT

CHAPTER 18: REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, GAMETOGENESIS, AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT

SECTION 5: GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

CHAPTER 19: GENETICS

CHAPTER 20: EVOLUTION

SOLUTIONS TO BIOLOGY PROBLEMS

SECTION 6: READING COMPREHENSION

CHAPTER 21: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 22: READING METHODS

CHAPTER 23: THE SIX QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 24: PIVOTAL WORDS

CHAPTER 25: THE THREE STEP METHOD

CHAPTER 26: EXTRA READING

SECTION 7: CRITICAL REASONING

CHAPTER 27: ARGUMENT ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 28: INDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS
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