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The process through which the myelin sheath speeds up action potentials
What is Saltatory Conduction?
This protein is used to bind oxygen and carry it to tissues
What is Hemoglobin?
Cell division occurs in these structures
What are meristems?
These plants survive for many years and reproduce many times
What are perennial?
A type of reproductive isolation including behavioral isolation
What is prezygotic isolation?
This circulatory system is used by insects
These cells are responsible for sequestering calcium in bone
What are osteoblasts?
These structures form embryonic leaves
What are cotyledons?
This structure controls what enters the vascular tissue of the roots
What is the casparian strip?
Selection represented by a graph with 2 humps and a dip in the middle
What is disruptive selection?
This membrane does not move and causes the hairs in the cochlea to bend when they vibrate
What is the tectorial membrane?
This is the short period of hyperpolarization after resting potential is reestablished
What is the relative refractory period?
This force drives short distance water transport
What is water potential?
Chemicals that are not necessary for survival
What are secondary metabolites?
Speciation produced by physical separation
What is allopatric speciation?
A lipoprotein present in the alveoli of the lungs that break up the surface tension
What is surfactant?
The process through which gills maintain high oxygen gradients
What is countercurrent flow?
The starch vesicles that detect gravity
What are statholiths?
Botanically, these are fruit.
What are mature ovaries?
The concept that two species cannot exist in the same niche
What is competitive exclusion?
These are membranes that surround and protect the lungs
What are pleural sacs?
This is the name of the pumping stroke of the heart
What is systole?
This tissue makes up the rings that are counted to age trees
What are secondary xylem?
The protein responsible for plant light detection
What is phytochrome?
The process through which contaminants are more concentrated as you move up trophic levels
What is biomagnification?