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In order to maintain homeostasis, which in this case means a stable blood glucose, certain hormones must be released in situations which alter blood glucose. This occurs most commonly after a meal (increa...

The small intestine has a very large surface area to increase the amount of area that glucose can diffuse out of the small intestine into the bloodstream. The large surface area is created by villi, which...

The number of organisms reduces because between each level of the food chain about 10% of energy is lost through movement, through not the full organism on the previous level being eaten as bones and hair...

DNA is replicated within the nucleus of the cell through a process called semi-conservative replication. The first part of the process involves the splitting of the double stranded molecule into two separ...

Mucous in the trachea traps pathogens Microorganisms in food are killed by stomach acidThe skin forms a physical barrier against pathogens