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Flashcards by joshua devonshire, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by joshua devonshire
about 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Tropism | The responses of plant roots and shoots to environmental stimuli such as light or gravity. |
| Tumour | A mass of abnormally growing cells that forms when the cells do not respond to the normal mechanisms that control growth and when control of the cells cycle is lost. |
| Turgor | The pressure inside a plant cell exerted by the cell contents pressing on the cell wall. |
| Type 1 diabetes | A disorder where the pancreas fails to produce sufficient insulin. |
| Type 2 diabetes | A disorder where the body cells no longer respond to the insulin produced by the pancreas. |
| Urea | The waste product formed by the breakdown of excess amino acids in the liver. |
| Vaccine | Dead or inactive pathogenic material used in vaccination to develop immunity to a disease in a healthy person. |
| Vasoconstriction | The constriction or narrowing of the blood vessels. |
| Vasodilation | The dilation or opening up of the blood vessels. |
| Veins | Blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart. They usually carry deoxygenated blood and have valves to prevent the backflow of blood. |
| Vena Cava | The large vein that brings deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart. |
| Ventilated | Movement of air or water into and out of the gas exchange organ, for example lungs or gills. |
| Ventricles | Chambers of the heart that contract to force blood out of the heart. |
| Virus | Pathogens that are much smaller than bacteria and can only reproduce inside living cells of other organisms. |
| White blood cell | Blood cells involved in the immune system of the body. they engulf pathogens and make antibodies and antitoxins. |
| Xylem | The non-living transport tissue in plants that transports water from the roots to the leaves and shoots. |
| Zygote | The single new cell formed by the fusion of gametes in sexual reproduction. |
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