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Mitosis: Will produce 2 daughter cells that are genetically IDENTICAL. Used for growth and repair. Meiosis: Produces 4 daughter cells from a parent cell and they will all be genetically unique. Will produ...

Inhibitors INHIBIT the ACTIVITY OF ENZYMES. This means fewer enzymes are able to break up substrate, and so whatever reaction is taking place, slows down. Inhibitors can be found for example, in poison or...

There are 4 cardiac (from the Greek 'καρδία', meaning 'heart') valves.

Physiology (Function) - The pulmonary and aortic valves prevent the backflow of blood from the pulmonary artery and aorta into...

It is understandable why there is confusion between the two terms as we use the term 'respiratory system' to refer to the lungs and associated structures, even though they are not directly involved in the...

A low temperatures enzyme activity will be slow but as the temperature rises the enzyme will gain more kinetic energy and hence move around more enabling greater interaction with the substrate. This will ...