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BITS & PIECES
Various Parts, Fluids etc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| DIAPHRAM | Muscular partition separating the THORAX from the ABDOMEN |
| ABDOMEN | Part of the body containing the STOMACH, BOWLS & REPODUCTIVE organs etc. |
| THORAX | Part of the trunk between the neck & abdomen. |
| CILLIUM / CILLIA | Short minute hairlike vibrating structure, occuring (usually in large numbers) on the surface of some cells or small organisms. |
| FIBROUS | Consisting of or like FIBRES. |
| NODE | A small mass of differentiated tissue. Esp.a lympth gland or an interruption of the M |
| VISCUS | Any of the soft internal organs of the body. I.E. Heart & Liver etc |
| ENZYME | A protein acting as a catalyst in a specific biochemical reaction. |
| INSULIN | Is a HORMONE prodeuced by specialist cells of the PANCREAS |
| RHEUM | A watery discharge from a mucus membrane. Esp. of the eye. |
| GLUCOSE ? | A simple SUGAR containing 6 carbon atoms, which is an important enengy source. |
| GLYCOGEN ? | A POLYSACCHARIDE serving as a store of CARBOHYDRATES. Esp. in tissues. |
| POLYSACCHARIDE ? (pol-i-sak-a-ryd) | Any CARBOHYDRATE whose molecules consist of long chains of MONOSACCHARIDES. |
| CARBOHYDRATE ? | Any of a large body of ENERGY-producing organic compounds.A biochemical. |
| CARBOHYDRATE, containing ? | CARBON, HYDROGEN, OYXYGEN. e.g. starch glucose and other sugars. |
| MONOSACCHARIDE ? | A sugar that cannot be HYDROLYSED to give a simple sugar, e.g.Glucose. |
| HYDROLYSE ? | Subject to or undergo the chemical action of water. |
| HORMONE ? | A regulatory substance produced in an organism & transported in tissue fluids to stimulate specific cells or tissues into acting. |
| SPHINCTER ? | A ring of muscle surrounding & serving to guard or close an opening oe tube. |
| LYMPH ? | A colourless fluid containing WHITE BLOOD CELLS, drained from the tissues & conveyed through the body in the LYMPHATIC system. |
| LYMPHATIC ? | Of or secreating or conveying lymph. |
| LYMPHATIC SYSTEM ? | A network of vessels conveying lymph. |
| LYMPH GLAND/NODE ? | A small mass of tissue in the lymphatic system where lymph is purified & lymphocytes are formed. |
| LYMPHOCYTE ? | A form of LEUCOCYTE occuring in the blood. |
| LEUCOCYTE ? | A colourless cell of blood, lymph, etc. Important in fighting disease. |
| BACILLUS ? | a) Any rod shaped BACTERIUM. b) Any PATHOGENIC bacterium. |
| TESTOSTERONE ? | A Biochemical Steroid Hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, prodeuced mainli in the Testes. |
| PERITONEUM - Tissue ? | The MEMBRANE which Surrounds most Organs. |
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