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Biological Terms #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| villus | one of the small projections lining the small intestines |
| uropod | a flipper that propels some crustaceans through the water |
| gastritis | an irritation of the stomach lining |
| dorsal | the top of a bilaterally symmetrical animal |
| eutrophication | the increase in nutreints in an enviroment |
| exoskeleton | an external skeleton |
| erythrocyte | a red blood cell |
| capillary | the smallest vessel in the circulatory system |
| bicuspid | a tooth with two points used to shred food |
| antibody | a blood protein produced by b cells that destroys antigens |
| allele | an alternative form of a gene |
| entomologist | a scientist who studies insects |
| interphase | a period of cell growth and developement that precedes mitosis |
| hominid | a subgroup of primates that includes human beings and their mediate ancestores |
| heterotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food |