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n. sinusitis
(a) muscle that straightens out a limb or joint
(b) fleshy tissue at the back of the throat
(c) device prevents pregnancy
(d) type of infection or inflammation of membranes
 
n. kinase
(a) network of membranes spread throughout the cytoplasm that produce membrane lipids and proteins
(b) one of two or more alternative forms of a gene; can be dominant or recessive
(c) an extreme state of fear
(d) an agent that changes the inactive form of an enzyme to the active form; an enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphate groups
 
n. agent
(a) inability to move the legs and part of the trunk
(b) a substance that induces a reaction or effect
(c) the process of keeping drugs or medications at home
(d) trace element with the chemical symbol Fe
 
n. HIV protease inhibitor
(a) drug that stops or reduces the ability of a virus to proliferate
(b) fluid that is released from the lachrymal gland
(c) air sac in the lung; part of the jaw that supports the teeth; any small cavity
(d) describes a process where two molecules are linked causing another molecule to removed (such as water)
 
n. rectum
(a) containing glandular secretions from the testicle, and other small glands; fluid part of semen without sperm
(b) innermost bone of the three ossicles
(c) the last part of the large intestine from the sigmoid colon to the anal canal
(d) moment of a force

 

n. chromatin strand
(a) inability to conceive (get pregnant)
(b) one of five faculties with which we can take in information from the outside world
(c) a series of fluids or drugs that are run into a vein over a set amount of time
(d) fibres of DNA joined to proteins
 
n. imine
(a) molecule derived from ammonia and containing the NH group and a nonacid group
(b) a scientific instrument that measures and compares masses
(c) sodium chloride; white powder used for seasoning food
(d) a device that performs a task
 
n. intermembrane space
(a) the gap between the two-layered cellular envelope
(b) series of veins
(c) symbols showing what elements a compound contains
(d) illness where the patient has fits
 
n. necrosis
(a) act of making unsusceptible to disease by inoculating
(b) the fertilized ovum (before it is cleaved)
(c) set of irreversible changes in a cell that causes it to die
(d) granules made up of protein and RNA that make polypeptides
 
n. eustachian tube
(a) type of skin cancer
(b) tube connecting the kidney to the bladder
(c) pipe from the back of the nose to the middle ear
(d) inability to get and maintain erections

n. sinusitis (d) type of infection or inflammation of membranes
n. kinase (d) an agent that changes the inactive form of an enzyme to the active form; an enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphate groups
n. agent (b) a substance that induces a reaction or effect
n. HIV protease inhibitor (a) drug that stops or reduces the ability of a virus to proliferate
n. rectum (c) the last part of the large intestine from the sigmoid colon to the anal canal
n. chromatin strand (d) fibres of DNA joined to proteins
n. imine (a) molecule derived from ammonia and containing the NH group and a nonacid group
n. intermembrane space (a) the gap between the two-layered cellular envelope
n. necrosis (c) set of irreversible changes in a cell that causes it to die
n. eustachian tube (c) pipe from the back of the nose to the middle ear

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