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Homeostasis- is the principle by which the body maintains a constant internal environment in order to provide optimal conditions for the cells and enzymes to function. Water is taken in via drinking and a...

Water moves into the plant stem from the soil, and up to the leaves via the xylem. Water is taken up by the hairs on the root of the plant down the water potential gradient via osmosis, following the acti...

Beta cells have vesicles containing insulin inside them (1). (2) High glucose levels cause glucose uptake via glucose channels into the beta cell and glucose is metabolised into ATP (3) inside the cell, w...

DNA replication occurs in the nucleus of the cell inside what are known as replication bubbles. The two DNA strands are separated by an enzyme called Helicase and held apart by another enzyme called Topoi...

Translation is a process of protein creation from an RNA strand. This occurs the ribosome, a small organelle that can either be free in the cytoplasm or on the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Messenger RNA t...