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Carolina V, A4, Bio
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lytic cycle | -virus attaches to cell, -virus injects chromosome-like part into cell, -changes host's hereditary material, host produces more of the virus than doing its normal functions, -cells break open + releases new viruses to invade more cells, -cell is destroyed |
| Lysogenic cycle | -does not happen with every virus, -virus lies dormant until conditions are right, -virus attaches to host cell's chromosomes, -environmental stimulus sends viral DNA into lytic cycle |
| pathogens | organisms that cause a disease |
| fibrous | immovable; connect bones |
| cartilaginous | slightly movable; bones are attached by cartilage |
| synovial | freely movable; much more movement than cartilaginous joints |
| septum | muscular central wall dividing the heart into two halves |
| atria | upper heart chambers which holds blood and pumps it to the ventricles or lungs |
| ventricles | lower chambers which receive blood from the atria and pump it to the body or atria |
| valves | prevent the backward flow of blood in the heart |
| bile | produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder breaks down fats |
| hilum | the place where the seed was attached |
| vascular tissue | transportation system in plants found in roots, stems, and leaves |
| xylem | transports water and dissolved substances from the roots throughout the plant |
| phloem | moves food made by the plant from where it is made to where it is used or stored |
| cambium | makes new xylem and phloem cells |
| node | areas where side branches and leaves develop |
| tubers | underground food storage |
| bulbs | also underground food storage |
| runners | side shoots which grow out from the parent plant |
| leaves | produce food for the plant that is either used right away or stored for later use |
| receptacle | base of the flower where all the other sexual parts of the flower join together at the stalk |
| pollination | the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma of a flower of the same species |
| self-pollination | pollination in the same plant |
| cross-pollination | pollination between different flowers |
| fruit | ripened ovary |