Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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Adolescents often feel clumsy during puberty because during this time of development, their hands and feet grow faster than their arms and legs do. The body is therefore out of proportion. One out of five adolescents actually experiences growing pains during this period.
A double bond between two oxygen atoms
Directionality of the hydrogen bond
Formation of a peptide bond by a condensation reaction.