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The fight or flight response is triggered when the brain registers a threatening stimulus. It mobilizes the amygdala, sending a message to the hypothalamus which triggers activity in the sympathetic branc...

The loop of Henle is designed so that the water moves out of the thinner walled descending limb by osmosis and then ions such as Na+ and Cl- are actively transported out of the ascending limb. This active...

the biological molecule formed from the condensation reaction between 2 monosaccharidesmaltose is 2 glucose monomers, lactose is glucose + galactose and sucrose is glucose + fructosea glycosidic bond

Whilst the Labour Party's struggle to find an identity certainly exacerbated Conservative political dominance, in the years 1951-64, it was not the primary reason for the Conservative Party's success. Ult...

The kidney is the body's filtration system, and works by separating the fluid and cells that make up blood, then selectively reabsorbing what is still useful, so that we don't lose anything valuable but c...