Biology Questions

All enzymes are proteins but all proteins are not enzymes since, enzymes are subset of proteins.

Thyroxin or Thyroxine is the thyroid hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism in the human body.

Allows for expansion or contraction of the trachea. Hence, so large masses of food can pass through the esophagus during swallowing.

Plants grow in size both in height and in grith. Enlargement  of cells already present cannot contribute much to the growth. Only addition of more and more cells could increase the size of the plant considerably.

Dysfunctional behaviors are maladaptive which means that they interfere with everyday life.

The purines are bases in the DNA. The two purines in DNA are Adenine and Guanine. These two purines forms hydrogen bonds with their complimentary pyrimidines such as Thymine and Cytosine to keep the two rails of the DNA molecule together.

At the synapse between two neurons, electrical signals are converted into chemical signals. A synapse is the gap between the two neurons.