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Lipids are broken down by lipases into glycerol and fatty acids.
Bile, made in the liver and stored in the gall bladder, facilitates this process by emulsifying fats into smaller droplets. This incr...

The lung can be divided into different sections regarding its function. The tube that connects the airway to the lungs is called the trachea, which is made of cartilage rings. These are flexible, and allo...

Eutrophication is where a surplus of nutrients in a lake or pond leads to an overgrowth of plant life, causing a shift in the biodiversity. There are 5 steps to this process:

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Define mitosis: a process of cell division where a single cell splits into two identical daughter cellsWhen does it occur? When the body requires more cells for growth.The overall process has 5 steps.Inte...

Running demands a lot of energy in our leg muscles in order for them to contract and relax. Energy is released in the process of respiration which breaks down glucose into ATP. The equation for respiratio...