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Haversian canal

channel in the center of a Haversian system containing nerves, blood vessels and lymph vessels


Haversian system

a unit of bone structure in which the bone cells are arranged in concentric circles


Healthy carriers

animals that have not shown clinical signs of disease

Hepatic

pertaining to the liver


Herbivore

plant-eating animal


Hering Breuer reflex

reflex pathway between pulmonary stretch receptors and the brain that prevents overinflation of the lungs


Heterozygous

having two different alleles of a gene


High voltage transformer

increases the incoming mains voltage (240 V) to thousands of volts (kV)

Histology

the study of normal healthy tissues using a microscope


Histones

proteins that bind to DNA in eukaryotic cells



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