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n. triacylglycerol
(a) sharpness of the vision
(b) stage of development in which puberty takes place
(c) tympanic membrane; membrane separating the middle ear from the outer ear
(d) three fatty acids joined to a molecule
 
n. nitrogen
(a) chemical element with the symbol N that is found in proteins and nucleic acids
(b) organ that stores urine
(c) organ that produces vocal sounds and carries air from the pharynx to the trachea
(d) opening at the end of the alimentary canal
 
n. vector
(a) illness resulting from unacclimatized exposure to high altitude; mountain sickness
(b) juice made by the liver
(c) illness affecting the brain where the ability to remember things; and other mental skills; are poor
(d) an organism that carries parasitic disease to other organisms
 
n. necrosis
(a) bundle of nerve fibers
(b) set of irreversible changes in a cell that causes it to die
(c) branch of medicine that deals with the eye and its diseases
(d) medical dissection of a dead body which determines the cause of death
 
n. cytoskeleton
(a) smallest, commonest atom made of one proton and electron; chemical element with the symbol H that makes up most organic compounds
(b) solvent which is a ketone
(c) cellular division producing somatic cells with a full quota of chromosomes after each division
(d) filaments and tubules which form the internal structure of animal cells

 

n. vulva
(a) ability to be made solid
(b) the area around the opening to the female reproductive system
(c) a hole in the body
(d) gaps that occurs between neighboring Schwann cells in the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
 
n. spirillum
(a) the birth canal; extends from the cervix to the vulva
(b) spiral-shaped bacterium
(c) tubules in each lubule of the testis
(d) the number and variety of organisms found within a specific area
 
n. chlorophyll
(a) a way of walking
(b) green pigment found in all green plants that absorbs light so that photosynthesis can occur
(c) a gland which secretes substances that it makes (hormones) into the blood
(d) device used as a fuel source in laboratories
 
n. hypothesis
(a) a compound with 2 oxygen atoms in it
(b) element which is present in very small amounts in living things
(c) unsaturated open chain hydrocarbons possessing one or more double bonds
(d) an unproven idea or generalization
 
n. caffeine
(a) gland in vertebrates; lying behind the stomach; releasing glucagon and insulin in the bloodstream and pancreatic juice in the duodenum
(b) the elements fluorine, iodine, chlorine, bromine
(c) part of the body that surrounds mouth and used to smile
(d) a drug present in tea; coffee and cola that is a stimulant

n. triacylglycerol (d) three fatty acids joined to a molecule
n. nitrogen (a) chemical element with the symbol N that is found in proteins and nucleic acids
n. vector (d) an organism that carries parasitic disease to other organisms
n. necrosis (b) set of irreversible changes in a cell that causes it to die
n. cytoskeleton (d) filaments and tubules which form the internal structure of animal cells
n. vulva (b) the area around the opening to the female reproductive system
n. spirillum (b) spiral-shaped bacterium
n. chlorophyll (b) green pigment found in all green plants that absorbs light so that photosynthesis can occur
n. hypothesis (d) an unproven idea or generalization
n. caffeine (d) a drug present in tea; coffee and cola that is a stimulant

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