Glossary

All glossary words are highlighted BOLD in the blog entries.

Ancillary Organs --- Organs of salivary glands, liver and pancreas.

Hormones --- Hormones are chemicals released by cells that affect cells in other parts of the body.

Molecules --- Defined as a sufficiently stable, electrically neutral group of at least two atoms in a definite arrangement held together by very strong chemical bonds.

Serrated --- To make serrations.

Buoyancy --- The upward force that keeps things afloat.

Protrude --- Tojut out from the surrounding surface or context.

Atrophied --- The partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body.

Honeycomb --- A mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.

Protozoa --- Protozoas are microorganisms classified as unicellular eukaryotes.