Chemistry of Life
What is an isotope?
A layer of carbohydrate molecules covalently bonded to the phospholipids and proteins of a plasma membrane
What is the glycocalyx?
What are stop codons?
Tapping on the body and listening for abnormalities and feeling
What is percussion?
The sum of all chemical reactions in the body
What is metabolism?
Sperm cells have the only functional _______ in humans
What is flagella?
What is tRNA?
The microscopic examination of tissues for disease
What is histopathology?
What is sucrose?
What is the cytoskeleton?
statement derived from facts, laws, and confirmed hypothesis
This lipid is amphiphilic and has a phosphate group in place of a fatty acid which links to other functional groups
What is a phospholipid?
These organelles resemble lysosomes but use different enzymes to neutralize free radicals, decompose fatty acids, and detoxify alcohol
During this phase of mitosis, chromosomes gather at poles and new nuclear membranes appear.
Remnants of structures that were influential to ancestors
What are vestigial organs?
What is adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?
These organelles are small granules of protein and RNA
What is a ribosome?
During this phase of the cell cycle the cell duplicates centrioles and DNA
In this form of feedback the body activates mechanisms to reverse a change