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Marram grass is an example of a plant adapted to its environment, as it lives on sand dunes where the environment is harsh. The sand its roots are in means water will drain away and its closeness to the s...

Glucose is a product of carbohydrate digestion, the absorption of which into the blood stream involves two main stages: 1) Diffusion into the blood: When carbohydrates are first broken down, there's a hig...

After the human embryo implants in the uterus, the site of the developing placenta begins to produce a chemical called human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG). hCG is a hormone that is found in the blood and ...

Lysis, or the bursting of a cell, happens because of a cell swelling excessively causing it to burst, due to the movement of water into the cell by osmosis. However, this isn't the case for all cells!

The nucleus is the most important organelle of the cell and acts like a blueprint for how all the cells in your body function. The nucleus also acts as a vault to hold the DNA securely.
The main func...