Function of endocrine system: specific chemical control at cell, tissue, and organ level
A hormone is a chemical released by a cell or a gland in one part…
Shubhi Khandelwal
Initiation, termination co-factors
Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes use additional protein factors, called initiation and termination factors, to help…
Pulmonary and systemic circulation
The pulmonary circulation takes place from the heart to the lungs and then back to…
Role in thermoregulation
The circulatory system helps in thermoregulation by vasoconstriction and vasodilation of blood vessels. Thermoregulation is…
Functions: circulation of oxygen, nutrients, hormones, ions and fluids, removal of metabolic waste
The cardiovascular system includes the heart, blood vessels and blood. All these are involved in…
Composition of blood
The components of blood include plasma (the liquid portion, which contains water, proteins, salts, lipids,…
Net molecular and energetic results of respiration processes
The net molecular and energetic results of the glycolysis, the conversion of pyruvate, and the…
Systolic and diastolic pressure
Blood pressure is the pressure of the fluid (blood) against the walls of the blood…
Four-chambered heart: structure and function
The heart is a complex muscular organ that pumps blood through the three divisions of…
Alveolar gas exchange
Gas exchange occurs in the alveoli where oxygen is exchanged with carbon dioxide between the…