Biology
- #94 Structure And Function Of The Mitochondrion
The mitochondrion is a power plant and industrial park of the cell where energy stored in the bonds of carbohydrates is converted to a form more useful to the cell (ATP) and certain essential biochemical conversions of amino acids and fatty acids occur....
- Amniotes Or Amniota (sing Ular Amniote)
Term: amniotes, amniotaLiterally meaning: ?that having amnion?Origin: Anc Greek??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gatherCoined/HistoryThe author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer (8th cen BC), used...
- Amnion
Term: amnionLiterally meaning: ?that surrounds contents?Origin: Anc Greek??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gatherCoined/HistoryThe author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer (8th cen BC), used to the...
- Placenta
Term: placenta Origin: Anc Greek ??????????/placundas(flat cake ) > ????/plax(=flat) Coined: by Italian surgeon and anatomist Realdo Colombo in 16th cen Definition:It is an vascular fetomaternal organ that joins the developing fetus to the...
- Membrane
Term: membrane Origin: a) Latin from membrum (=limb, member of the body) and membrane means that which covers the members of the body or b) Anc Greek ???????/membras(=thin layer of leather, hide) Coined: 1601 Definition: thin layer of tissue that...
Biology
chorion
Term: chorion
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/chorion(=outer membrane of the fetus , leather)
Definition
1. outer membrane of the fetus in reptiles, birds, and mammals
2. the true skin, or cutis
- #94 Structure And Function Of The Mitochondrion
The mitochondrion is a power plant and industrial park of the cell where energy stored in the bonds of carbohydrates is converted to a form more useful to the cell (ATP) and certain essential biochemical conversions of amino acids and fatty acids occur....
- Amniotes Or Amniota (sing Ular Amniote)
Term: amniotes, amniotaLiterally meaning: ?that having amnion?Origin: Anc Greek??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gatherCoined/HistoryThe author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer (8th cen BC), used...
- Amnion
Term: amnionLiterally meaning: ?that surrounds contents?Origin: Anc Greek??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gatherCoined/HistoryThe author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer (8th cen BC), used to the...
- Placenta
Term: placenta Origin: Anc Greek ??????????/placundas(flat cake ) > ????/plax(=flat) Coined: by Italian surgeon and anatomist Realdo Colombo in 16th cen Definition:It is an vascular fetomaternal organ that joins the developing fetus to the...
- Membrane
Term: membrane Origin: a) Latin from membrum (=limb, member of the body) and membrane means that which covers the members of the body or b) Anc Greek ???????/membras(=thin layer of leather, hide) Coined: 1601 Definition: thin layer of tissue that...