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| are the most elementary building blocks for cells and makeup 15% of the content of the cell |
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| defined as substances such as fats and fatty acids, oil, or wax that dissolve in alcohol but not in water |
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| DNA that makes up every chromosome is divided into many hundreds of segments or subunits |
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| compounds that do not contain carbon |
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| is any chemical reaction in which atoms lose electrons |
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| s the multiplication process whereby one cell divides to form two or more cells |
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| a parent cell divides to form two daughter cells identical to the parent cell |
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| is a special type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in each daughter cell to half the number of chromosomes in the parent cell |
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| The average energy deposited per unit length of track |
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| relative biologic effectiveness |
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| describes the relative capabilities of radiation with differing LETs to produce a particular biologic reaction |
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| the loss or change of a base in the DNA chain |
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| radiation damage resulting from discrete and random events |
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| cell death that occurs when cells die without attempting division during the interphase portion of the cell life cycle |
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| method of displaying the sensitivity of a particular type of cell to radiation |
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| two centrioles come together with some other special proteins |
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| very small, spherical organelles that attach to the endoplasmic reticulum |
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| irregular network of tubules and vesicles spreading and interconnecting in all directions throughout the cytoplasm |
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| frail, semipermeable, flexible structure encasing and surrounding the human cell |
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| The total amount of genetic material contained within the chromosomes of a human |
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