Cell biology

Cell biology

The study of cell structure, physiological properties, interactions with the environment and life cycle.

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special senses

Biology; Cell biology

These are senses for vision, hearing, taste, and smell.

Type of lymphocyte responsible for antibody-mediated immunity; mature in the bone marrow and circulate in the circulatory and lymph systems where they transform into antibody-producing plasma cells ...

sieve cells Conducting cells in the phloem of vasc

Biology; Cell biology

Tubular, thin-walled cells that form a system of tubes extending from the roots to the leaves in the phloem of plants; lose their nuclei and organelles at maturity, but retain a functional plasma ...

femur

Biology; Cell biology

Also called thigh bone, femur is the largest, longest, and strongest bone of the leg in humans and most land mammals. In vertebrates with four legs such as dogs and horses, the femur is found only in ...

T cells

Biology; Cell biology

The type of lymphocyte responsible for cell-mediated immunity; also protects against infection by parasites, fungi, and protozoans and can kill cancerous cells; circulate in the blood and become ...

protista

Biology; Cell biology

The taxonomicKingdom from which the other three eukaryotic kingdoms (Fungi, Animalia and Plantae) are thought to have evolved. The earliest eukaryotes were single-celled organisms that would today be ...