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Destructive metabolism
The breakdown or decomposition of substances into their simple constituents.
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Constructive metabolism
The building-up processes by which complex substances are synthesized from simple carbohydrates, amino acids, fats, and other nutrients.
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Carbohydrate metabolism
The sum of the physical and chemical changes involved in the breakdown and synthesis of carbohydrates in the body. Carbohydrates are digested to hexose monosaccharides which are absorbed by the small intestine; the liver converts fructose and galactose to glucose. In the liver and muscles, glucose may be converted to glycogen. In all cells, glucose…
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Metabolic gradient
A gradient in metabolic activity that exists in certain structures, such as the small intestine from duodenum to ileum or in embryos from animal to vegetal poles, in which metabolic activity is highest in one region and becomes progressively lower away from this region.
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Metabolic body size
Body weight in kilograms to the three-fourths power (kg0.75), representative of the active tissue mass or metabolic mass of an individual.
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Metabiosis
Dependence of an organism for its existence on another.
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Mesouranic
Having a palatal index between 110 and 114.9.
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Mesotendineum
The part of the synovial sheath of a tendon that connects the lining of the tendon sheath to the fibrous sheath covering the tendon.
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Mesosternum
The middle (second) section of the sternum.
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Mesosigmoidopexy
Surgical fixation of the mesosigmoid to treat prolapse of the rectum.
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