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Red blood cell
The blood cell that carries oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them to transport oxygen (and carbon dioxide). Hemoglobin, aside from being a transport molecule, is a pigment. It gives the cell its…
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- Polychlorocamphene See: Toxaphene
- Hepatitis, toxic Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) caused by an industrial chemical such as carbon tetrachloride or…
- Diaphragm (muscle) The muscle that separates the chest (thoracic) cavity from the abdomen. The diaphragm is the main muscle of…
- Munchhausen syndrome by proxy A parenting disorder in which the parent either fabricates an illness or induces an illness in their child…
- Eustachian tube The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Neural Having to do with nerve cells
- Shprintzen syndrome See: Velocardiofacial syndrome
- Mutilating keratoderma See: Vohwinkel syndrome
- Immunity, natural See: Innate immunity
- Central venous line A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…
- Neuroendocrinology Having to do with the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system. In the human body…