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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #105 on: June 06, 2008, 12:21:51 am »
white blood cells
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« Reply #106 on: June 06, 2008, 02:13:44 am »
xylem - transports water up a plant
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« Reply #107 on: June 09, 2008, 10:17:20 am »
Y-chromosome

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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #108 on: June 09, 2008, 01:31:31 pm »
Zero population growth- a period of stability in population size when the per capita birth rates and death rates are equal.
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« Reply #109 on: June 09, 2008, 02:02:03 pm »
Allergen - a harmless substance against which the immune system develops antibodies, causing the person to become sensitised and the immune system to overreact (allergic response) upon re-encounter with that substance.
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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #110 on: June 09, 2008, 03:35:36 pm »
Bacteria - prokaryotic, single-celled organisms.
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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #111 on: June 10, 2008, 06:20:09 pm »
Cytotoxic T cell - cell invovled in specific immunity that kills virus infected cells by inducing lysis
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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #112 on: June 10, 2008, 09:32:04 pm »
Drosophila - A small fruit fly which is inexpensive and easily replaceable. Do to its small size, we see no ethical challenges in subjecting it to biological experiments. :)
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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #113 on: June 10, 2008, 09:55:14 pm »
Quote from: DivideBy0 on June 10, 2008, 09:32:04 pm
Drosophila - A small fruit fly which is inexpensive and easily replaceable. Do to its small size, we see no ethical challenges in subjecting it to biological experiments. :)

...LOL :D

Eosinophil: non-specific, second level of defence granulocytic leucocytes which can lyse the cell walls of pathogens with powerful enzymes released from their secretory vesicles.
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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #114 on: June 10, 2008, 10:02:55 pm »
E for EXAM!
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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #115 on: June 10, 2008, 10:11:39 pm »
Quote from: Matt The Rat on June 10, 2008, 10:02:55 pm
E for EXAM!

haha yeah...E for Exam: torturous paper booklet with confusing questions printed on it, specifically designed by VCAA to bully Victorian biology students :)

anyway, my next contribution to the alphabet game:

F for fever: the setting of the body's temperature to a higher point, induced by macrophage-secreted interleukins as part of the inflammatory response. Fever limits the functioning of pathogens, allowing the immune cells to act more effectively. 
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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #116 on: June 11, 2008, 12:10:25 pm »
Quote from: DivideBy0 on June 10, 2008, 09:32:04 pm
Drosophila - A small fruit fly which is inexpensive and easily replaceable. Do to its small size, we see no ethical challenges in subjecting it to biological experiments. :)

...

I swear that was on the last question of today's biology exam. LOL
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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #117 on: June 11, 2008, 12:15:08 pm »
It was! Copper concentrations in the cells of drosophila flies. I nearly cracked up because I remembered what DivideBy0 said here. :)
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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #118 on: June 11, 2008, 12:26:07 pm »
Quote from: JL_91 on June 11, 2008, 12:15:08 pm
It was! Copper concentrations in the cells of drosophila flies. I nearly cracked up because I remembered what DivideBy0 said here. :)

Hahaha, yeah I immediately thought of his post too! I scribbled a "lol" next to the question. :P
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Re: Alphabet game (biology)
« Reply #119 on: June 11, 2008, 02:04:19 pm »
Lol serious? That's maaddddd  :D

Hope it didn't distract you too much though
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