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1. A group of primates - to which modern humans belong - characterised by upright posture and a very large brain in relation to body size.

2. The basic structural unit of all organisms; there are many different kinds in multicellular organisms. In mammals - including humans - they are usually composed of a nucleus containing genetic material - surrounded by the watery cytosol containing va

3. A constantly repeating variation of some quantity that transfers energy from one position in a medium to another.

4. Persistent inflammation over long periods of time that occurs when the tissues are unable to overcome the effects of an injurious agent.

5. The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a body - or a quantity of liquid - by 1 A

6. Microbes that cause disease.

7. The total amount of air that can be forcefully expired from fully inflated lungs - abbreviated to FVC.

8. Structures in the kidney that filter the blood and produce the urine.

9. Over time - a need for an increasing amount of drug to obtain the same level of effect - e.g. the amount of alcohol required to produce intoxication.

10. The value of a characteristic in terms of its contribution to the survival and reproductive chances of an animal.

11. Recognisable assemblages of plants and animals - such as woodland - grassland - rivers - etc. - in which a distinct set of plants and animals live together and interact with one another.

12. The material outside the cells in a tissue in which the cells are embedded. It is mainly made from proteins made by and arranged by the cells.

13. Visual acuity worse than 6/60.

14. Vital to many chemical reactions in the body. Crystals containing these form an important part of the structure of bones.

15. Optimal corrected visual acuity worse than 6/18 - i.e. wearing optimal correcting lenses - the individual can distinguish letters on a test chart at 6 metres that a person with normal vision could read at 18 metres

16. Abbreviation of a eye-surgery technique where a flap is cut in the cornea and laser treatment applied beneath.

17. Pain of relatively short duration and associated with actual damage to tissues.

18. A muscular wall separating the chest (thoracic) cavity from the abdominal cavity in mammals.

19. Characteristic signs that follow the termination of taking a drug - most usually associated with a negative mood. There can also be characteristic physiological signs associated with particular drugs - e.g. sweating and shivering.

20. The study of toxins and their effects on living organisms.

21. An electrically charged atom or molecule. May be positively or negatively charged; e.g. Na+ (the positively charged sodium ion) and Cl- (the negatively charged chloride ion).

22. The ability of the brain to take information and perform informed calculations (e.g. calculating the width of a space in which to park a car).

23. Cells that can divide to produce daughter cells - which can then differentiate to become any of a range of different cell types.

24. One of the two main branches of the windpipe or trachea - leading to the lungs.

25. The electrical forces holding two atoms together.

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