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Exocrine glands release their product to the external environment, while endocrine glands release their product directly into bodily fluids. The pancreas does both: it releases digestive enzymes into the ...

The influx of chloride ions into the lumen of the small bowel causes the water potential to decrease (become more negative). This causes an increased water potential difference between the lumen and the c...

Competitive inhibitors have a molecular shape similar to the substrate therefore compete with the substrate for the active site on the enzyme. If the concentration of substrate increases, the effect of th...

Le Chatelier's principle: If the external condition is changed, the equilibrium will shift to oppose this change. What are these external conditions that can be changed? Temperature, pressure and concentr...

Fission is the process by which heavier unstable elements split into smaller fragments, and releases energy for elements further to the right on the BE curve than iron. The fission fragments are further t...