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- The Chipko movement – In the 1970s, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as the Chipko movement.
- The name of the movement comes from the word ’embrace’, as the villagers hugged the trees, and prevented the contractors’ from felling them.
- Local women showed enormous bravery in protecting trees from the axe of contractors by hugging them.
The tree mattered much more to them than their own life.
- The body manufactures insulin in the pancreas, and the hormone is secreted by its beta cells, primarily in response to glucose.
- The beta cells of the pancreas are perfectly designed “fuel sensors” stimulated by glucose.
- Insulin deficiency resulting in hperglycemia- Diabetes Mellitus.
Smallpox is caused by infection with the variola virus. The virus can be transmitted: Directly from person to person.
- The fat-soluble vitamins are A, D, E, and K. So the answer is B. Vitamin A, D, E, K.
- Fat-soluble vitamins are absorbed into the body with the help of dietary fat. They are stored in the body’s fat cells and liver, and can be released into the bloodstream when needed.
- Water-soluble vitamins, on the other hand, are dissolved in water and absorbed into the bloodstream directly from the digestive tract.
- They are not stored in the body and any excess amounts are excreted in urine.
- Amyloplasts are non-pigmented organelles found in some plant cells.
- They are responsible for the synthesis and storage of starch granules, through the polymerization of glucose.
- Amyloplasts and chloroplasts are closely related, and amyloplasts can turn into chloroplasts.
The CyberKnife System is a radiation therapy device manufactured by Accuray Incorporated. The system is used for treating benign tumors, malignant tumors and other medical conditions.
Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up.
Convective heat transfer, often referred to simply as convection, is the transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of fluids.
Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena.The term biophysics was originally introduced by Karl Pearson in 1892.
The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length standardized to 4 inches (101.6 mm). It is used to measure the height of horses.
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