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Mendel's First Law of Inheritance - the Law of Segregation | |
Mendel's Second Law of Inheritance - the Law of Independent Assortmenteach pair of genes is inherited without being influenced by the presence of other genes | |
Metabolic acidosis | |
Metabolic alkalosisless acidic plasma pH due to a metabolic process. A common example of this is acute vomiting resulting in a loss of hydrogen ions from the stomach. Chronic vomiting will result in metabolic acidosis due to a loss of bicarbonate from intestinal contents. | |
Metabolismthe sum of the physical and chemical changes that take place in living organisms. These changes include both synthesis (anabolism) and breakdown (catabolism) of substances in the body. | |
Micro-organisman organism too small to be seen by the naked eye; a microscopic organism | |
Microtubules | |
Micturitionthe act of expelling urine from the bladder | |
Milk teethsee deciduous teeth | |
Milliamperes (mA)combination of the mA and exposure time which dictates the number of X-rays produced during an exposure | |