F

Question 1

Free Radicals

Answer 1

Unstable oxygen molecules that have lost an electron.

Question 2

Fibril

Answer 2

Fibre/filament

Filament - Slender thread like fibre

Question 3

Filament

Answer 3

Slender thread like fibre

Question 4

Fibro

Answer 4

Fibrous tissue

Question 5

Fibrosis

Answer 5

Scarring

Question 6

Foramen

Answer 6

Hole

Foramen ovale - hole in the heart

Foreman magnum – large oval shaped opening in the skull, which the spinal cord passes through as it exits the cranial cavity

Vertebral Foramina - holes in the vertebrae through which a spinal nerve exits, the vertebral column

Question 7

Fossa

Answer 7

Shallow depression

Question 8

Functional

Answer 8

Changing

E.g.: Stratum functionalis in the uterus is constantly building and then shedding and then building and then chilling

Question 9

Fimbrae

Answer 9

Projections resembling a fringe

Fimbrae are finger like projections surrounding the ovary that sweep the ova into the Fallopian tube

Question 10

FSH

Answer 10

Follicle stimulating hormone

Question 11

Ferrous / FE

Answer 11

Iron

Transferrins = across iron.

There are iron binding proteins in the blood that prevent iron being used by bacteria for mitosis