n. systole
(a) a condition in which a chromosome is present in a triplet rather than a pair
(b) a person who has a recessive allele for a gene for a disorder and can transmit it to their offspring, but who doesn't develop the disease themselves
(c) the part of the cardiac cycle during which the heart muscle is contracting
(d) a substance that has an effect on the body
n. creatine
(a) collections of bacterial cells
(b) drugs that have a therapeutic effect
(c) when the blood supply to a tissue is cut off the tissue turns black and decays
(d) a naturally occurring amino acid
adj. unipolar
(a) having one pole
(b) something that changes and doesn't stay the same
(c) relating to youth
(d) relating to the body
n. carotene
(a) gland being located in the stomach and producing hydrochloric acid
(b) the tissue in plants which transports water and salts
(c) highly colored pigments (yellow to red) found in vegetables
(d) describes a process where two molecules add together causing another molecule to removed (such as water)
n. generalization
(a) reflex contraction of the quadriceps muscles leading to a sudden involutary extention of the knee
(b) an involvement of a large number of people or things
(c) electrical impulse that passes along a muscle or nerve cell to carry information
(d) bonds held between ions in an ionic compound |
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n. exotoxin
(a) photoreceptor in the retina being responsible for daylight and color vision
(b) a sick feeling; wanting to vomit
(c) halogen with a more electropositive element
(d) a very harmful poison made by a bacterial cell and released to the surroundings
n. jerk
(a) the sudden; involuntary contraction of a muscle
(b) pH at which the electrolyte concentration of an amphoteric substance such as protein is electrically zero
(c) movement
(d) the organs of smell
adj. asymptomatic
(a) without symptoms
(b) over-development of a tissue (or part of) which leads to an increase in size and volume of the tissue
(c) moving toward a center of an axis
(d) related to a substance being repelled by a magnet
n. headache
(a) pain in the head area
(b) the organ that provides nourishment and helps with waste and gas exchange for the developing fetus
(c) a ranking system of organisation
(d) space between the sternum and the spinal column
adj. inflamed
(a) of the heart
(b) relating to the mouth
(c) sore; red and swollen
(d) having the ability to kill insects |
