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n. blockage
(a) collection of specialized transport vessels and tissue which makes and transports lymph
(b) group of cells specialized to produce secretory substances
(c) the hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline that are made and secreted by the adrenals
(d) an obstacle that prevents things from moving along
 
n. adrenal glands
(a) a factor which can change and needs to be accounted for in a situation or experiment
(b) the breakdown of food to release energy into cells
(c) low glucose concentration in the blood
(d) endocrine glands above kidney
 
n. crustacean
(a) chemical element with the symbol Ca which is used to make bones and teeth
(b) the process by which blood cells are made
(c) arthropod that lives in water and is characterised by a hard shell, segmented body and jointed limbs
(d) organ that stores urine
 
n. binary fission
(a) fibers located throughout the cytoplasm of a cell
(b) type of asexual reproduction which leads to splitting of parental cells in two equal parts
(c) nostrils
(d) a harmful protein contained within certain bacteria and released only when the bacterium dies or is broken down
 
n. sympathetic nervous system
(a) one of the two parts of the autonomic nervous system
(b) digested food moving from the stomach to the duodenum
(c) nerve tissue of the central nervous system that is pale in comparison to the gray matter because it contains more nerve fibers (the myelin covering the nerve fibers is white)
(d) the form in which creatine is excreted from the body

 

n. X-rays
(a) instrument for measurment of volume of air passing the lung
(b) electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength that can penetrate opaque matter and are useful in diagnosis (radiography) and radiation treatment (radiotherapy)
(c) disease of pancreas due to lack of insulin
(d) inability to sleep
 
n. trachea
(a) making a suspension of small globules of one liquid in a second liquid with which the first will not mix
(b) 'windpipe'; cartilaginous tube that connects the larynx to the bronchi
(c) a single incident of a disease
(d) a combination of reacting particles (atoms; molecules or ions) when they are at the top of the activation energy barrier between the products and the reactants
 
n. tympanum
(a) the middle ear (tympanic cavity) and the eardrum (tympanic membrane)
(b) cleavage of an unsaturated molecule at the position of unsaturation by transformation to the ozonide followed by a breakdown
(c) chemical reaction in which solvent molecules or ions combine with each other and build a new compund
(d) region in the retina in which fibers leave the retina and which does not consist of rods and cones
 
n. gait
(a) a chemical in tobacco
(b) unreactive metallic element with chemical symbol Cu that is essential for red blood cell formation
(c) the laws that describe the behavior of ideal gases according to the ideal gas equation
(d) a way of walking
 
n. sodium
(a) chemical element with the symbol Na that is an important ion in cells
(b) molecule containing an alkyl group
(c) unit of energy equal to the work done when the point of application of a 1-newton force is displaced through a distance of 1 meter in the direction of the force
(d) fatty acids that contain as many hydrogen atoms as possible

n. blockage (d) an obstacle that prevents things from moving along
n. adrenal glands (d) endocrine glands above kidney
n. crustacean (c) arthropod that lives in water and is characterised by a hard shell, segmented body and jointed limbs
n. binary fission (b) type of asexual reproduction which leads to splitting of parental cells in two equal parts
n. sympathetic nervous system (a) one of the two parts of the autonomic nervous system
n. X-rays (b) electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength that can penetrate opaque matter and are useful in diagnosis (radiography) and radiation treatment (radiotherapy)
n. trachea (b) 'windpipe'; cartilaginous tube that connects the larynx to the bronchi
n. tympanum (a) the middle ear (tympanic cavity) and the eardrum (tympanic membrane)
n. gait (d) a way of walking
n. sodium (a) chemical element with the symbol Na that is an important ion in cells

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