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Life Science Vocab 1

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AbioticOf or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms-,
AntibodyAny of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbreviation Ab,
CarnivoresAn animal that eats flesh,
CiliaHair like structures on a cell used to move.,
DicotsDicotyledonous plants (dicots) are the second major group of plants within the Angiospermae division (flowering plants with seeds protected in vessels).,
EggThe female sexual cell or gamete; an ovum.,
Flagellum(plural, flagella) Is a whip-like organelle that many unicellular organisms, and some multicellular ones, use to move about.,
HemoglobinThe oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxy hemoglobin) in arterial blood.,
IrisThe ring of colored muscle around the pupil of the eye.,
MeniscusA disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint,
NearsightednessCondition that causes a person to see distant objects as blurry.,
OrganismA living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently,
Prokaryotic cellCell that lacks a membrane-bonded nucleus, does not undergo meiosis, and lacks the structurally complex chromosomes found in eukaryotes,
Root CapThe loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.,
TaxonomyThe science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms.,
VascularOf or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids,


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