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The pancreas is the main organ involved with controlling blood glucose levels. It is situated in the abdomen just below the stomach. It consists of alpha and beta cells w...

Both aerobic and anaerobic respiration begin with glycolysis, which is the splitting of the 6 carbon glucose into 2, 3 carbon pyruvate molecules. This happens because glucose cannot be used directly by ce...

Antibodies are proteins which belong to a class known as immunoglobulins. They are made up of chains of amino acids joined by peptide bonds. Antibodies have an important role in the immune system of many ...

Mitosis is the division (and multiplication) by body cells or somatic cells (cells that arent gametes.) Gametes- sperm and egg; undergo meiosis Somatic cells- body cells; undergo mitosis....

It moves up through a process known as transpiration. This is when water leaves the through the stomata, creating a negative hydrostatic pressure which pulls the water up through the xyle...