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Gross and systemic human anatomy (39 items): back, abdomen, head, pelvis and perineum, thorax, upper limb, and lower limb — including the vertebral column, cranial nerves, viscera, heart and great vessels, and limb plexuses.

Function of body systems (39 items): the cell, blood and clotting, circulation, endocrinology, gastrointestinal, membrane, renal, respiratory, reproduction, the heart, and the special senses.

General and organic chemistry (38 items): acids and bases, atomic theory, bonding and VSEPR, chemical reactions, electrochemistry, gases, liquids and solids, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, and organic chemistry (alkanes, stereochemistry, spectroscopy).

General biology (26 items): bioenergetics, biotechnology, cell structure and function, cellular reproduction and respiration, cellular transport, chemical building blocks and composition, biological molecules, gene expression, RNA, and signal transduction.

Microbiology (26 items): bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and the interaction between microbe and host — including pathogenicity, innate and adaptive immunity, and environmental microbiology.

Genetics (26 items): molecular structure and replication of genetic material, patterns of inheritance, molecular properties of genes, genetic technologies, and medical genetics including cancer and population genetics.

Biochemistry (12 items): intermediary metabolism, proteins, cell and membrane structure, enzymes, nucleic acids, individual hormones, and lipids and carbohydrates.

Behavioral sciences (22 items): biological bases of behavior, lifespan development, sensation and perception, learning, cognition and intelligence, social psychology, stress and consciousness, psychological research, sociology, psychological disorders, and therapy.

Statistics (12 items): anticipating patterns (probability, normal and sampling distributions), exploring data, sampling and experimentation, and statistical inference (estimation and tests of significance).