Question

Briefly explain the following terms :
(i) monohybrid cross (ii) Biomedical waste (iii) Innate immunity.
(iv) Diapedesis (v) Hormones.

Answer 1

(i) Monohybrid cross refers to cross about inheritance of contrasting traits of a single character by two parents at a time.

(ii) Biomedical waste refers to the waste from medical services such as dressings, amputated body parts, used surgical instruments.

(iii) Innate immunity is non specific immune responses inherited from parents.

(iv) A process wherein leucocytes, drawn by an ancestral cell, leave the venule through invisible holes is known as diapedesis.

(v) Hormones are the long range chemical messengers that are released into blood by endocrine gland in response to some signal.