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Anatomy Ch. 2 Vocab
32 vocabulary words
Question | Answer |
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Anticodon | Three nitrogenous bases on a tRNA molecule that interact with an appropriate codon on a strand of mRNA |
Cancer | An illness caused by mutations leading to the uncontrolled growth and replication of the affected cells |
Centrioles | A cylindrical intracellular organelle composed of nine groups of microtubules, three in each group: functions in mitosis or meiosis by organizing the micro-tubules of the spindle apparatus. |
Chromatin | a histological term referring to the grainy material visible in cell nuclei during inter-phase the appearance of the DNA content of the nucleus when the chromosomes are uncoiled |
Centrosome | a region of cytoplasm that contains a pair of centrioles oriented at right angles to one another |