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Expiration at rest in the human body is a passive process, due to elastic recoil in the muscles responsible to inspiration. The Diaphragmrelaxes and moves up, The intercostal muscles relaxes and the rib c...

The sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous systems are both part of the autonomic nervous system. They work together to achieve homeostasis. The sympathetic nervous system primarily act...

DNA has a double helix structure, RNA is usually single-stranded DNA is stable, RNA is very unstable DNA is longer, RNA is generally shorter DNA contains Thymine, RNA contains Uracil DNA contains a deoxyr...

Both types of diabetes are based around the hormone insulin. Insulin is produced by the pancreas when we have elevated levels of glucose in the blood, for example after eating a meal. Insulin binds ...

The LIR is made up of three stages, known as the Calvin cycle. The first stage is carbon fixation. To start, the enzyme RuBISCO (Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase Oxygenase) catalyses the reaction between...