Anatomy

Anatomy

It is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things

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Corpus callosum

Biology; Anatomy

Tightly bundled nerve fibres that connect the right and left hemispheres of the cerebrum.

Apnea

Biology; Anatomy

A disorder in which breathing stops for periods longer than 10 seconds during sleep; can be caused by failure of the automatic respiratory centre to respond to elevated blood levels of carbon ...

Antinutrients

Biology; Anatomy

Chemicals produced by plants as a defence mechanism; inhibit the action of digestive enzymes in insects that attack and attempt to eat the plants.

Apocrine glands

Biology; Anatomy

Sweat glands that are located primarily in the armpits and groyne area; larger than the more widely distributed eccrine glands.

Apical meristem

Biology; Anatomy

A meristem (embryonic tissue) at the tip of a shoot or root that is responsible for increasing the plant's length.

Appendix

Biology; Anatomy

Blind sac at the end of the large intestine that usually ruptures during final exams; a vestigial organ in humans.

Antagonistic muscles

Biology; Anatomy

A pair of muscles that work to produce opposite effects;one contracts as the other relaxes: for example, the bicep and tricep muscles on opposite sides of your upper arm.