Reticular Connective Tissue - is made up of reticular fibers (type III collagen) to form a mesh-like, supportive framework for soft organs such as lymphatic tissue, the spleen, and the liver.9This connective tissue is also found in the bone marrow. ...
What is the name of the molecule that is the primary (starting) substrate for glycolysis? What is the entry mechanism of only enveloped viruses into host cells called? Which of the following is activated by the binding of proteins to sugars on the s...
cardiovascular disease may coexist [5]. As can be deduced from the above, it is common for the majority of studies to focus either on the cardiotoxicity of administered chemotherapy regimens or on the incidence of CVD in the group of cancer patients. Thus, a new field termed cardio-oncology...
The Anatomy of One Career in Science– 26 May, 2014: On success, while dealing with health problems. Little did I know… Shouldering the Burden of Uncertainty– 9 November, 2014: I feel that this is my finest moment in blogging and being up-front with my problems. And vulnerable. It wa...
The mechanism of memory remains one of the great unsolved problems of biology. Grappling with the question more than a hundred years ago, the German zoologist Richard Semon formulated the concept of the engram, lasting connections in the brain that resul
A very good, big skeleton of this common dinosaur, rearing up. Rear view of same. Real bones of same; vertebrae and pelvic (this is the “Frick specimen”). Metaxytherium (current name), an ancient and large fossil dugong/seacow. Skull is in left side view. (that may help, as ...
What is adhesive in biology? Definition. (cell biology)The binding of a cell to another cell, or a cell to a surface, via specific cell adhesion molecules. (anatomy) A fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate bodily structures. ...
Associations between renal function, atrial substrate properties and outcome of catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Renal dysfunction was reported to be associated with a higher recurrence rate after electric cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this stu.....
inHydraindicate its nerve net is likely playing many other non-canonical roles. While most studies were performed decades ago with outmoded methods, they still have much to teach us about what kind of animal exists both with and without a nervous system. That is, what kind of body, ...
What I know now that I didn’t realize as a kid, is that amammoth is an elephant in all but name. Mammoths are more closely related to Asian elephants than either is to African elephants, and all of these elephants are members of the group Elephantidae. If we saw a smallish Columbia...