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Cell Death , Cell death
Like all living things, the various types of cells in plants, animals, and the many different cell types in humans eventually die. Cell de… Second Messenger , second messenger A chemical within a cell that is responsible for initiating the response to a signal from a chemical messenger (such as a hormone, n… Cytology , Cytology is the branch of biology that studies cells, the building blocks of life. The name for this science is translated from kytos, the Greek term… Schwann Cell , Schwann cell (neurilemma cell) A cell that forms the myelin sheath of a nerve fibre. Each cell is responsible for a single length of the fibre (calle… Haploid , hap·loid / ˈhapˌloid/ Genetics • adj. (of a cell or nucleus) having a single set of unpaired chromosomes. Compare with diploid. ∎ (of an organism or… Cytoplasm , The term cytoplasm refers to the contents of a cell, excluding its nucleus. More specifically, cytoplasm refers to the jelly-like or semisolid fluid…
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