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constriction of the pupil

membrane-bound organelle that is the site of aerobic respiration in the cell

the division of the nucleus that results in two diploid cells with exactly the same number and type of chromosomes as the parent cell

contains both sensory and motor fibres

transudate with a high protein and cell content, as in inflammation. Eventually, modified transudate may become exudate. 

type of agranular white blood cell

stomach with only one compartment

a reflex that only involves a single set of synapses

nerve fibres that carry impulses away from the central nervous system

Organisms that consist of more than one cell