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Life Science Vocab 3

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AdaptationA characteristic that helps an organism survive its habitat.,
ArteriesBlood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.,
CellA usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane and, in plants, a cell wall; the basic structural unit of all organisms.,
ClassificationUsed to describe, and categorize all living things.,
DisinfectionThe destruction of all or most of the harmful microorganisms in an area by using chemicals called germicides,
EndodermIs the innermost layer of the embryo.,
Food WebA series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions,
HerbivoreAn animal that feeds mainly or only on plants. In a food chain, herbivores are primary consumers.,
JointA place where one bone is connected to another bone.,
MetaphaseIs a stage of mitosis in the eukaryotic cell cycle in which condensed & highly coiled chromosomes, carrying genetic information, align in the middle of the cell before being separated into each of the two daughter cells. …,
NeuronsCells that make up the nervous system, which receive and transmit information in the form of impulse.,
OviductsFallopian tube: either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus,
Protein SynthesisThe creation of proteins by cells that uses DNA, RNA and various enzymes.,
ScavengersAn animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter,
TendonA band of connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone.,
VentralToward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal); "the ventral aspect of the human body,


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