Friday, 29 March 2024, 10:54 AM
Site: Animal Class - E Learning and training for animal care
Course: Animal Class - E Learning and training for animal care (Animal Class)
Glossary: Glossary
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Chyle

a milky fluid containing fat droplets which drains from the lacteals of the small intestine into the lymphatic system during digestion.

Chyme

the pulpy acidic fluid which passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food.

Cilia

hairlike projections from certain cells

Ciliated epithelium

columnar epithelial cells with many cilia on the surface of each cell

Clavicle

collar bone

Codominance

a form of dominance that occurs when all the alleles within the genotype are expressed

Columnar cells

column-shaped epithelial cells with a nucleus at the base of the cell

Compact bone

makes up the outer, hard layers of the bones and the diaphysis (shafts) of long bones

Cones

cells in the eye that detect colour

Congenital

present from birth