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The optic nerve.

The lungs have many alveoli which provide large surface area thus diffusion occurs quicker. The alveoli have walls that are one cell thick providing a short distance for diffusion. In addition, there is ...

Transcription and translation are two of the processes involved in the production of a protein from it's gene. Translation, the first process, takes place within the nucleus. The DNA is unwound at the gen...

Mitosis takes place after interphase in which the DNA in the nucleus replicates in preparation for the cell to become two daughter cells. Prophase is the first stage wherein the duplicated DNA chromosomes...

Lipids are broken down by lipases into glycerol and fatty acids.
Bile, made in the liver and stored in the gall bladder, facilitates this process by emulsifying fats into smaller droplets. This incr...