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Symbols in life science

Å= angstrom= 0.1 m?
ACTH= adreno cortico tropic hormone
ADH= anti diuretic hormome
ADP= adenosine diphosphate
AHF= anti hemophilic factor
AHG= anti hemophilic glubulin
AIDS= acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AMP= adenosine monophosphate
ANS= autonomic nervous system
ATP= adenosine triphosphate
AVN= atrio ventricular node
BGC= Bacillus Calamette Gurein Vaccine for tuberculosis
BCOP= blood colloidal osmotic pressure
BMR= basis metabolic rate
BOD= biochemical oxygen demand
CHP= capsular hydrostatic pressure
CNS= central nervous system
COD= [...]

Maximum span of life of animals

Man= 100 years
Horse= 65 years
Parrot= 150 years
Whale= 40 years
Dog= 25 years
Elephant= 90 years
Turtle= 200 years
Cat= 40 years
Monkey= 25 years

Malarial Parasite Plasmodium

Malaria is caused by a protozoan parasite, Plasmodium, and is carried and spread to various persons and places by the female mosquito, Anopheles.
History of Discovery: In older times it was supposed that malaria disease was caused by poisonous gases. The plasmodium germ as the causative agent of malaria was discovered in 1880 by Charles Laveran. [...]

Trypanosoma

It is a parasitic flagellate inhabiting the blood and other fluids of all groups of vertebrates from fishes to mammals. It is transmitted to them by blood sucking invertebrates like insects and leeches.
The adult trypanosoma consists of a fusiform body pointed at both ends. A single oral nucleus is present in the center.
There is a [...]

Coral Reef formation and its importance

1. What are corals?
Ans. Corals are the anthozoan polyps of Phylum Cnidaria, which are capable of secreting calcareous materials or a horny organic material that form a hard external or internal skeleton.
2. What is Corralite and Corralum?
Ans. The skeleton formed by a solitary polyp is called Corralite, while the skeleton of entire colony is called [...]

Blood group and Rh factor

1. What is blood Grouping? Why the determination of blood group is important?
Ans.  Agglutination of blood cells depends on the reaction of Agglutinogen and Agglutinin present in the blood. Grouping of human blood can on the basis of the Agglutinogen and Agglutinin into different of categories is known as blood group. It is important in: [...]

Nerve Impulse Propagation

1. What is meant by nerve impulse?
Ans. it may be defined as potential change where nerve cell is excited by adequate stimulus resulting rapid changes in trans membrane potential lasting for a few milliseconds. It is a brief period of negativity occurs at a point of surface of the axon.
2. What are the three successive [...]


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