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Saturday, 20 April 2024, 12:58 PM
Site: VetLogic - E Learning and training for Vet Nurses
Course: VetLogic - E Learning and training for Vet Nurses (VetLogic)
Glossary: Glossary with audio assistance
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Carrion

decaying flesh

Cassette

a light-proof container which holds X-ray film and intensifying screens in close contact

Catabolic reaction

a reaction in which chemical substances are broken down and energy is released

Cathode

negatively charged electrode which produces electrons

Cation

a positively charged particle

Caudal fermenter

herbivorous animal whose main microbial fermentation takes place in the large intestine

Cell

a structure bound by a plasma membrane, containing cytoplasm and organelles; the basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms.

Central Nervous System

the part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and the spinal cord

Centriole

an organelle composed of microtubules, that is involved in the formation of the spindle during mitosis

Centromere

the part of the chromosome to which spindle fibres attach during cell division