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Osmosis is the movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration until an equilibrium is reached. It occurs in cells in the body.

Aversion therapy is where an unpleasant event accompanies the behavior that needs to be changed, so that the individual associates this behaviour with the behaviour and no longer does it. In the case of s...

A cytoskeleton is a structure that acts as a support for the cell. It also maintains the cell shape, holds and moves organelles. It is made from a fibre network dispered in the cell cytoplasm, attached in...

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The 3p orbital is slightly unstable because of the single unpaired electron which is at a higher energy and wants to pair up, the 3p orbital is mor...

When blood glucose concentration rises above its optimum level of 90mg/100cm³, it is detected by β-cells in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. These β-cells release insulin into the bloo...