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If the concentration of glucose in the blood is too high, this is detected by beta cells in the pancreatic islets, which release the hormone insulin. Insulin has several ...

Once an irritating particle enters the trachea and stimulates a receptor a series of events take place. The resting membrane potential of a sensory neuron (usually mainta...

As the triangle in the question is a right angled triangle we can use Pythagoras Theorem , a²+b²=c². c is the size of the longest size which is what we are looking for an...

Recap: Atherosclerosis is a disease where damage to the endothelium causes LDL (bad) cholesterol deposits to accumulate in the damaged section of endothelial wall. As part of the b...

Meiosis concerns the division of cells within sexually reproducing organisms. It results in the formation of four daughter cells via meiosis I and meiosis II. These daughter nuclei are described as 'haplo...