Cells, Organs & Tissues, YOL-ZYG
Even if you feel you have nothing in common with a stinkbug or a ficus, you're guaranteed to share one crucial aspect of life with these beings: you are all made up of cells, the fundamental molecules of life, of which all living things are composed. As an individual unit, the cell is capable of metabolizing its own nutrients, synthesizing many types of molecules, providing its own energy, and replicating itself. In a multicellular organism, cooperative assemblies of similar cells form tissues, and a cooperation between tissues in turn forms organs, which carry out the functions necessary to sustain the life of an organism.
Cells, Organs & Tissues Encyclopedia Articles By Title
yolk, the nutritive material of an egg, used as food by a developing, embryonic animal. Eggs with relatively little,......
Yt blood group system, classification of human blood based on the presence of molecules known as Yt antigens on......
zygomatic arch, bridge of bone extending from the temporal bone at the side of the head around to the maxilla (upper......
zygomatic bone, diamond-shaped bone below and lateral to the orbit, or eye socket, at the widest part of the cheek.......
zygote, fertilized egg cell that results from the union of a female gamete (egg, or ovum) with a male gamete (sperm).......