Essays Tagged: "cilia"
Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis; Outline
RNA -Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis7-1 DNACells 'know' how to how to produce ATP, how to build cilia and centrioles, howto produce membranes and enzymes.A program, or code, in living cells must b ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects
Biology notes on the "Phyla of Protists." This Phyla includes algea, protists, sponges, etc.
shells made of silica*Photosynthetic protists; can be multicellular*Move using flagella*Move using cilia*Fungus like protists*Form resistant sporesAn interesting group of protists consists of amoebas ... the size of their chloroplasts and become heterotrophic if they are kept in a dark environment.All ciliates contain large numbers of cilia, usually arranged in long rows down the body or in spirals a ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
This is all about the immune system, how it works, and what it does.
fever may develop. A fever can help to fight the pathogen. Second, the respiratory system contains cilia and mucus to trap pathogens. In the digestive system, enzymes in the stomach, pancreas, and li ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Respiratory Function / Dysfunction
warmed and moistened. The walls of the nasal cavity have a carpet of tiny hair-like bristles called Cilia, that sweep debris and mucus upward, so that it is swallowed or coughed out. Other cells, call ... ays and secrete sticky mucus to trap dust or other particles. The consistent sweeping motion of the cilia filter out debris so when oxygen finally reaches the tiny alveoli, in the lungs, it is clean. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Music related to the Mozart Theory
s the original language of humans. Researchers have found that about two-thirds of the inner ear's cilia resonate only at the higher frequencies that are commonly found in music (3,000 - 20,000 Hz). ... on the basilar membrane. The basilar membrane holds the auditory receptors, tiny hair cells called cilia. Waves in the fluid of the ear stimulate the hair cells to send signals to through the thalam ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Smoking, Alcohol, and Heroin
ses and stroke. Smoking hurts young people fitness. You die earlier if you smoke. Smoking stops the cilia from working properly. Smoking at early age cause the risk of lung cancer. The resting heart r ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Enfermedades y Malfromaciones Congénitas en el Oido
al se ha diferenciado y es conocido como la ampoya. De la ampoya salen unos pequeños pelos o cilia que se han insertados en un medio gelatinoso. El vestíbulo es una cámara ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Skeletal and muscular system
-celled protozoan ancestors of animals had their weight supported by water and were able to move by cilia or other simple organelles. The evolution of large and more complex organisms (animals) necess ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Flatworms
ort their body wall, which actually makes their bodies more flexible. Aquatic flatworms usually use cilia to for movement, whereas most land-based flatworms use muscular contractions for movement. Mos ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Viruses in general: Infectious Mononucleosis
ained within a host cells (wiki#1). Often times the protein coat contains small receptors much like cilia but these receptors act in the opposite, they help the virus bind into the cell so that infect ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Basic Structure of the Respiratory System
incoming bacteria and debris by producing sticky mucus when the air is moistened. Once trapped, the Cilia take over and move the mucus towards the Pharynx or the throat. There it is swallowed and dige ... rds the Pharynx or the throat. There it is swallowed and digested by the stomach. On a cold day the cilia is less effective and a build up is caused. This is why we get runny noses. Smoking inhibits t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness
Lung cancer 3
ore DNA then normal cells do.Lung Cancer What usually happens with lung cancer is that the cilia in your throat that usually help keep chemicals and other harmful particles out are destroyed ... severe it is often one of the signs that Doctors look for when diagnosing a patient. Often when the cilia are dead the mucus in your throat will thicken. Their are two different types of lung cancer: ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Describe, compare, and contrast the pathway of air in amphibians, Birds, Fish, and Humans.
ass the larynx (voice box). After this air makes its way into the trachea which cleans the air with cilia. The cilia move in the trachea and remove viruses, dust, or other unwanted material by trappin ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Biology Notes
vesicle towards the positive end (periforate)e.Associated with locomotion appendagesf.Help form the cilia and flagellai.9 on outside, 2 on insideg.Important for forming centriolesi.Centriole: Center o ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology