Cardiac output (CO) is the volume of flow of blood from the heart all through ventricles. It is gauged in litres per minute (L/min). It can be... View Article
The viscosity of blood is an estimate of the thickness of blood. It is affected by the existence of formed elements and plasma proteins in the... View Article
The volume of circulating blood is the amount of blood that moves through the body. The increased venous return tends to stretch the walls of the... View Article
Peripheral vascular resistance refers to compliance capable of any compartment to expand to adapt to increased content. For instance, a metal... View Article
The elasticity of vessel walls is the capability to restart its regular shape once it is compressed and stretched. Those vessels which are larger... View Article
The rate of transpiration is influenced by many factors including: Temperature - it increases with an increase in transpiration rate Light... View Article
As ammonium accumulates in the soil, it is converted increasingly to nitrate by the action of bacteria, wherein hydrogen ions and releases which... View Article
Impact of human domination of the nitrogen cycle includes - Global increase in concentrations of nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas, in the... View Article
Through the process of gaseous exchange, carbon dioxide and oxygen move between the lungs and the bloodstream. This is the main function of the... View Article
Peristalsis is a wave-like pattern of muscular contraction taking place to push liquids or solids along the tube-like structures of the urinary... View Article
Respiratory Exchange Ratio (RER) makes it possible to calculate which specific fuel (protein, fat or carbohydrate) is being oxidized. This RER is... View Article
It suggests a continuous change in the shape and conformation of an enzyme responding to substrate binding. This creates the enzyme catalytic... View Article
High blood pressure or hypertension is when blood travels through blood vessels with all the more force. When the pressure of blood is high, it... View Article
Casparian strips are bands of cell wall matter which are deposited in the transverse and radial walls of the endodermis. Their chemical... View Article
Blood coagulation or clotting is a vital process that prevents excessive bleeding in case a blood vessel gets injured. In this process, proteins... View Article
Meiocytes are the cells, which undergo meiosis to produce gametes. The number of chromosomes present in gametes is half the number of chromosomes... View Article
Organisms that are haploid, e.g. algae such as Volvox, Spirogyra, etc. show meiosis in the zygote. The haploid gametes fuse to produce a diploid... View Article
The viability of seeds varies from species to species. Some seeds remain viable only for a few months, whereas many seeds remain viable for... View Article
Ovules after fertilisation, mature into a seed and the ovary develops into a fruit. So if all the ovules present in an ovary are fertilised, the... View Article