Terms M

Question 1

Meiosis

Answer 1

The type of nuclear division in which the number of CHROMOSOMES is halved.

See also mitosis

Question 2

Mesophyll

Answer 2

Tissue found between the two layers of epidermis in a plant leaf comprising an upper layer of PALISADE cells and lower layer of spongy cells

Question 3

Metabolism

Answer 3

All the chemical processes that take place in living organisms

Question 4

Microvilli

Answer 4

Tiny finger-like projections from the the cell- surface membrane of small animal cells

Question 5

Middle lamella

Answer 5

Layer made up of pectins and other substances found between the walls of adjacent plant cells

Question 6

Mitosis

Answer 6

The type of nuclear division in which the daughter cells have the same number of CHROMOSOMES as the parent cell

See also meiosis

Question 7

Monoclonal antibody

Answer 7

An antibody produced by a single clone of CELLS

Question 8

Monomer

Answer 8

One of many small molecules that combine to form a larger one known as a POLYMER

Question 9

Mono-unsaturated fatty acids

Answer 9

Fatty acids that possessed a carbon chain with a single double bond.

See POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID

Question 10

Mutation

Answer 10

A sudden change in the amount or the arrangement of the genetic material in the cell

Question 11

Myocardial infarction

Answer 11

Otherwise know as a heart attack
Results from interruption of the blood supply to the heart muscle causing damage to an area of the heart with consequent disruption to its function