Search Results for: somatic
Somatic cells
Definition noun, singular: somatic cell The word “somatic” is derived from the Greek word soma, meaning “body”.... Read More
Somatic cell
Definition noun, plural: somatic cells Any cell of the body of a multicellular organism -- excluding the germ cells (i.e.... Read More
Somatic nervous system
Definition noun The part of the peripheral nervous system that consists of afferent nerves responsible in relaying motor and... Read More
First time! Human blood cell turned into a young sex cell
In essence, our body consists of two major types of cells – one group involved directly in reproducing sexually (called... Read More
Somatic antigen
somatic antigen An antigen located in the cell wall of a bacterium in contrast to one in the flagella (flagellar antigen) or... Read More
Peripheral nervous system
Definition noun The part of the nervous system that relays between the central nervous system and the rest of the body, and... Read More
The Psychobiology of Hysteria
Editorial Hysteria is often regarded as the archetypal psychodynamic illness. Freud carried out much of his early work on... Read More
Autonomic nervous system
Definition noun The part of the peripheral nervous system that is associated in involuntary muscle movement Supplement The... Read More
Polyploidy
Definition noun (genetics) The state of being polyploid, that is more than two sets of the chromosomes in a... Read More
Voluntary muscle
Definition noun, plural: voluntary muscles A muscle that can be controlled voluntarily Supplement Some of the muscles of the... Read More
Polyploidy – Quiz
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Somatic Chromosome
Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in... Read More
Nervous System
THE is the most complicated and highly organized of the various systems which make up the human body. It is the... Read More
Sexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction involving the fusion of haploid female gamete (egg cell) and haploid male... Read More
Biogenesis
Definition noun plural: biogeneses (1) The process in which life forms arise from similar life forms (2) A theory that... Read More
Sensory Systems – Quiz
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Cytotoxic T cell
Definition noun, plural: cytotoxic T cells A T cell responsible for inducing death to target cells (e.g. infected somatic... Read More
Reflex arc
Definition noun, plural: reflex arcs A neural pathway that controls reflex reactions Supplement In physiology, a reflex... Read More
Binary fission
Binary fission definition What is binary fission? In biology, binary fission is a type of asexual reproduction where a... Read More
The Anatomy Coloring Book (3rd Edition) by W. Kapit & L.M. Elson
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Sex chromosome
Definition noun, plural: sex chromosomes A type of chromosome in the genome that is involved in the determination of the sex... Read More
Homologous chromosome
A homologous chromosome pertains to one of a pair of chromosomes with the same gene sequence, loci, chromosomal length, and... Read More
The Central Nervous System – Quiz
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Law of Purity of Gametes
Definition noun (genetics) Gregor Mendel's law stating that the unit factors are brought together and paired during union or... Read More
Animal cell
An animal cell is the fundamental functional unit of life of animals. It is also the basic unit of reproduction. Animal... Read More
The Conscious & Unconscious Nervous System – Quiz
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Neural Control Mechanisms – Quiz
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Tandem repeat
Definition noun, plural: tandem repeats (molecular biology) A type of repeated sequence in which the copies are repeated one... Read More