Biology study game (2 Viewers)

[xiao1985]

no offense taken survivor... in fact, i was sorta wanting to be fired at when i posted water...
bio forum is abit inactive =p

Y chromosome - determines if u r a boy or a girl, also influences ur chance of being affected by certain genetic discorders...

 

[white_spazzy]

ecosystem-a self sustaining set of organisms and their non-living environment.

and i found the proper definition of endoplasmic reticulum- an extensive network of membranes within a cell that may have ribosomes attached(rough) or have no ribosomes (smooth).

 

[gosh]

myxoma virus: a deadly disease introduced to kill and control wild rabbit populations.

 

[elisabeth]

substrate concentration - one of the variables which increases, to a certain point, enzyme activity.

 

[gosh]

non-infectious disease: a disease which is not caused by pathogens and is not tranferrable from one organism to another.

 

[Survivor39]

Electrophoresis: technique for separating proteins or nucleic acid fragments on the basis of their net charge and mass, by migrationon through paper, or through a gel (gel electrophoresis).

 

[white_spazzy]

spore- a cell that can produce a new organism without fertilisation.

 

[elisabeth]

environmental (disease) - a disease caused by factors in the organism's surroundings

 

[xiao1985]

lyse - when animal's cell membrane breaks due to a)chemical reactions or b) excessive mechanical strength

 

[elisabeth]

endoparasites - parasites which live inside the host.

I made it end in S, so this thread won't keep dying... there aren't too many left for E!

 

[lislabella]

sex linked - traits that are carried only on the X or Y chromosomes

 

[elisabeth]

deletion - a mutation where genes are lost from the chromosome

 

[Samie_Loo]

nucleus - "control centre" of the cell

 

[absta]

Somatic cell - any cell in the body, besides sex cells

 

[elisabeth]

leucocytes - WBCs

 

[miss_b]

sieve cell - an elongated cell that forms part of the pholem in primitive vascular plants. They have pores in the cell wall that allows the conduction of materials with neighbouring cells as well as conduction up and down the plant...

 

[absta]

lysosome - get rid of fogeirn particles in cells, and also destroy old organellse in the cell

 

[Survivor39]

Epidemic - affect a large number of people at the same time.

 

[Smiddy]

Eustachian TubE (communication)

A tube that links the middle ear with the throat. This enables air pressure to be equalises on both sides of the eardrum so tht it will vi brate efficiently.

Hmm thats hardly fair it ends with E Ill do another one.....

Electron transport traiN (Biotechnology)

A complex series of reactions occouring in the light dependant reaction in photosynthesis. When the chlorophyll molecule is activated by light, it passes high energy electrons along a chain.

Thats better!

Cheers Smiddy

 

[elisabeth]

neutrophils - one of the five types of WBCs.