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Tidal volume is the normal volume of air inhaled in one breath at rest.

Total vital capacity is the maximum amount of air a person can expel from the lungs after a maximum inhalation. This usually ...

The human circulatory system consists of the heart - a pump and a series of tubes - the blood vessels containing the blood. There is an atrium and a ventricle on each side of the heart and the two sides c...

Antibiotics are used for killing bacteria and therefore, it can act as a selection pressure. This means that the bacteria can mutate, in order to avoid being killed and this would be a favourable mutation...

1. Mutations changes triplets/codons after that point and causes a frame shift

2. Changes amino acid sequence after this as it codes for different amino acids 

3. Affe...

1. In myelinated axons, there is action potential/depolarisation only at the nodes.

2. In myelinated axons, the nerve impulses jump from node to node, therefore there is saltatory co...