n. prostate gland (a) gland in males being located near the bladder and controlling the release of urine from the bladder (b) the area around the opening to the female reproductive system (c) fine long thread attached to some cells e.g. spermatozoa and certain protozoa (d) low pH rain due to dissolved sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
n. cation (a) light-sensitive cells lining the eye (b) positively charged ions (c) male sex organ found in the scrotum (d) a change in a chromosome or a gene
n. altitude sickness (a) any small sac; spherical membrane-bound compartment in the cytoplasm (b) the cellular layer that forms around an embryo that protects and nourishes it (c) simple chemical that living things need in small amounts to stay healthy (d) illness resulting from unacclimatized exposure to high altitude; mountain sickness
n. hypotonic solution (a) an increase in body temperature above normal (b) solution with lower salt concentration or lower osmotic pressure than another solution (c) breeding; cultivation; production (d) tissue that transports sugars in plants
n. ion (a) person who is unable to sleep (b) the removal of hydrogen from a molecule (c) contractile unit made up of actin and myosin (thick and thin filaments) (d) charged atom or molecule |
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n. vertebra (a) rod-shaped bacteria e.g. Lactobacillus (b) one of the bones making up the back bone#bones forming the spinal column or backbone of an animal (c) microscopic particles of fat in the blood and lymph (d) plant life
n. iris (a) crystalline form of a chemical element (b) part of the eye that controls the pupil size (c) a hormone made in the pancreas (d) the syndrome due to physical dependence on ethanol so that stopping intake leads to withdrawal symptoms
n. mediastinum (a) a fat-soluble vitamin needed for the normal clotting of blood (b) thick deeper layer of the cutis (c) space between the sternum and the spinal column (d) small, cylinder which is hollow
n. rectum (a) female sex cell; gamete (b) tubules in each lubule of the testis (c) the last part of the large intestine from the sigmoid colon to the anal canal (d) the sequence of amino acids in a protein
n. bronchitis (a) skull bone (b) mixture created when a liquid finely disperses in a solid to become colloidal or semi-solid in consistency (c) infection or inflammation of the bronchial tubes (d) origin of an axon of a nerve cell at which an action potential can be initiated |