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A receptor, such as the eye, detects stimuli so that impulses can be sent to the approriate effector, such as an arm, which will convert the impulse into a response.

In order to answer the question, it is important to understand the terminology used. The neuromuscular junction refers to the communication between a neuron (neuro) and muscle cell (muscular). There are m...

Homeostasis works as a negative feedback mechanism meaning when a certain factor goes too high or too low the body will work to reverse it and bring it back to normal i.e. if temperature ...

Proto-oncogenes and the tumour suppressor genes are the two different genes that control cell division. A mutation in the tumour suppressor gene can cause it to deactivate because tumour suppressor genes ...

Although the theoretical yield can be up to 38 ATP molecules per molecule of glucose, this yield is very rarely achieved. It is important to consider at which stages the losses o...