An interesting question can produce some interesting answers. One of these is the question of what living things are made of. There are many possible answers‚ depending on who you ask. A young child asking his parents may simply be told: “Stuff”. A chemist may go into the detail of the basic common organic elements: Carbon‚ Hydrogen‚ Oxygen‚ Nitrogen and Phosphorous (Starr et al.‚ 2009) and the different compounds that are formed. As biologists‚ we tend to look at the composition of living things
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Diffusion‚ Osmosis‚ Active Transport There are two ways in which substances can enter or leave a cell: 1) Passive a) Simple Diffusion b) Facilitated Diffusion c) Osmosis (water only) 2) Active a) Molecules b) Particles Diffusion Diffusion is the net passive movement of particles (atoms‚ ions or molecules) from a region in which they are in higher concentration to regions of lower concentration. It continues until the concentration of substances is uniform throughout. Some major examples of diffusion
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Pig I; external anatomy‚ skeleton‚ digestion Anatomy of a pig Pig digestive system Tongue • For taste • Pushing food into the esophagus Papillae • Rough edges of that tongue that contain the taste buds Hard and soft palate • Separate the nasopharynx from the mouth Parotid gland • Secretes saliva (amylase enzyme) which breaks down starches into sugar Stomach • Stores food • Begins digestion of tissues
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endometriosis. You may ask‚ what is endometriosis? Endometriosis is a condition when the endometrial tissue‚ which is the inside lining of the uterus‚ is located outside of the uterus. Endometriosis broken down into its prefix‚ root‚ and suffix is: (prefix) endo- within‚ (root) metri/o uterus‚ (suffix) –osis abnormal condition. So it is an abnormal condition within the uterus. Some of the areas that the endometrial tissue can grow are usually around the pelvic area including the ovaries‚ bowels‚ bladder and
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| | | | | | | | gravida | | | parous | | | version | | | cyesis | | | | | | Question 5 | 1 points | Save | | The ________metrium is the muscular middle layer of the uterus. | | | | | | | | endo | | | peri | | | utero | | | myo | | | | | | Question 6 | 1 points | Save | | Men________ is the beginning of the first menstrual period. | | | | | | | | ocyesis | | | arche | | | orrhea
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d XIV. Vasodilator * From the Latin words "vasa‚" which means "vessel‚" and "dilate‚" which means "to make wider.“ * Work by relaxing the smooth muscles that line the walls of blood vessels -- causing the blood vessels to increase in diameter and allow blood to flow through more easily. * Vasodilators also increases plasma rennin concentration resulting in sodium and water retention but these undesirable side effects can be blocked by concominant use of a diuretic and a beta blocker.
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National Consultations on Bt Brinjal A primer on concerns‚ issues and prospects National Consultations on Bt Brinjal A primer on concerns‚ issues and prospects Contents 1. Introduction 2. Brinjals in India 3. Genetically Modified Crops and the Brinjal 4. Bt Brinjal: Prospects and Concerns 5. Glossary 6. References 1 3 5 13 19 20 Disclaimer: This booklet has been compiled by the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) as a primer for discussants at the national consultations and
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constraints strap educators who are reluctant to add more to the curriculum. The need to develop more adult financial literacy education has become more urgent due to the number of people who are now encountering financial distress. Chinen and Endo (2012) investigate how personal finance is affected by age‚ gender‚ and education of parents using samples of college students measuring attitudes of financial education while attending high school. Students were from different academic majors and
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abdomin/o‚ lapar/o adip- ( see also combining form lipid/o and lip/o) -eal anter/o anter- -ic caud/o caud- -ior cephal/o cephal -crine chir/o cyt- -ectomy chrondr/i dem- -itis chrondr/o dors- -malacia coron/o dys- -ologist cyt/o endo- -ology end/o epi- -oma ex/o eti- -osis hist/o ex- -pathy home/o dys- -plasm idi/o mal- -plasia inguin/o ne/o -sclerosis lapar/o gastr- -stasis ‚ -static lipid/o‚ lip/o‚ hyper- -trophy- mes/o‚ mes- hist- my/o hypo-
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INTRODUCTION ’Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events‚ not of words. Trust movement.’ -Alfred Adler It’s a matter of curiosity that the quote accurately describes the fundamental truth of life. MOVEMENT! The healthy existence of a cell depends on the movement of molecules in and out of the cell. For this transport across the cell‚ specialized structures are present on the surface of cell membrane called Transporters. Transporters are involved in a mode of transport called
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