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Nerve impulses travel in one direction from the pre-synaptic to the post-synaptic neuron across a gap called a synapse. This is done to continue a nerve impulse so that it can reach its destination in the...

There are 4 main stages in the process of respiration: glycolysis, link reaction, Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. In glycolysis one glucose molecule is broken down into 2 molecules of pyruvate ...

Enzymes are proteins that are polymers made up of amino acid building blocks. When enzymes are made by cells, they are made as a long chain of amino acids that after some time, can fold up to form a speci...

DNA replication begins with the unzipping of the double stranded DNA by the enzyme DNA helicase, which breaks hydrogen bonds as it separates the strands. Another enzyme known as topoisomerase holds the tw...

A stimulus causes a small influx of sodium ions into the cell, leading the cell to become more depolarised or more positive. If this reaches the threshold potential, of about -55 mV, then it will initiate...