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n. deficit
(a) lack of; deficiency; not enough of something
(b) information about something
(c) pain in the head area
(d) inability to hear
 
n. fatigue
(a) cancer of the white blood cells
(b) a sensitive method for analyzing liquid mixtures
(c) a protein in milk
(d) tiredness that occurs with exercise
 
n. connective tissue
(a) structural tissue that includes bone, cartilage, fibrous tissue and fat
(b) the part of the cardiac cycle during which the heart muscle relaxes
(c) the length of time
(d) the form in which creatine is excreted from the body
 
n. nucleic acid
(a) cellular division that produces reproductive cells with only half the number of chromosomes
(b) the amount of a substance within a second substance, usually in a solution
(c) the state of the reacting particles when they are at the top of
(d) contains a pentose-phosphate backbone to which nitrogenous bases are joined
 
n. placenta
(a) the organ that provides nourishment and helps with waste and gas exchange for the developing fetus
(b) arrangement in which two dissimilar organisms live together in what is usually a mutually beneficial manner
(c) metallic element with a high atomic number (83) used to make alloys
(d) diabetic illness that can only be managed using insulin injections; usually affecting young people

 

n. aldehyde
(a) the ability to be able to move
(b) characteristic that is controlled by a gene carried on the X chromosome
(c) a group of recognisable symptoms and signs that occur together
(d) organic compounds all containing the chemical group H-CHO
 
n. essential amino acid
(a) sleep state during winter
(b) the temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas
(c) amino acid needed for growth and development which needs to be obtained from the diet
(d) enzyme that breaks down protein
 
adj. fertilized
(a) when a male sex cell has joined with a female sex cell to produce a new plant or animal
(b) of the brain; concerning the brain
(c) not normal
(d) relating to the nose
 
n. abdomen
(a) the act of secreting tears
(b) the main sex hormone in the male
(c) the part of your body containing the digestive organs
(d) male gamete (sex cell)
 
adj. dextrorotatory
(a) of blood
(b) of the atom; relating to the atom
(c) not harmful, malignant or cancerous
(d) related to an optically active molecule that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right

n. deficit (a) lack of; deficiency; not enough of something
n. fatigue (d) tiredness that occurs with exercise
n. connective tissue (a) structural tissue that includes bone, cartilage, fibrous tissue and fat
n. nucleic acid (d) contains a pentose-phosphate backbone to which nitrogenous bases are joined
n. placenta (a) the organ that provides nourishment and helps with waste and gas exchange for the developing fetus
n. aldehyde (d) organic compounds all containing the chemical group H-CHO
n. essential amino acid (c) amino acid needed for growth and development which needs to be obtained from the diet
adj. fertilized (a) when a male sex cell has joined with a female sex cell to produce a new plant or animal
n. abdomen (c) the part of your body containing the digestive organs
adj. dextrorotatory (d) related to an optically active molecule that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right

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