Vocab 1
What is a nerve that sends signals from the face to the brain to sense taste?
Facial Nerve
What are cells in the eye that helps us to see black and white?
Rods
Tiny bumps on our tongue help make the tongue "_____".
Grippy
The protein-making organelles combine ________ together piece by piece into a long chain.
Amino Acids
How many chromosomes does a human have?
What are the structures on the tongue that contain the receptor cells for taste?
Taste Buds
What are cones?
Cells in the eye that helps us see color.
True or False.
If you stick your tongue out the saliva carries/moves flavor molecules.
False
KRT5 helps with what?
It helps make up your hair and nails.
How many pairs of chromosomes does a human have?
What is a nerve that carries signals from the rods and cones in the eyes to the brain?
Optic Nerve
What are light sensitive receptor proteins found in cone cells that send signals to the brain to translate?
Opsins
Put these in order.
Facial Nerve, Taste papillae, Taste, Tongue.
Tongue, Taste papillae, Facial Nerve, Taste
What is full form of AMY1?
Amylase
How many chromosomes do each parent pass down to their offspring?
What is a Gene?
A chemical code that contains the instructions to build proteins.
What is a set of instructions that describes what amino acids to string together in a specific order to make a given protein?
Genetic Code
How many taste buds to humans have?
2,000-10,000
What does CYT C help with?
Helps with Harnessing the energy released by cellular respiration.
How many chromosomes does a chicken have?
78 chromosomes
What is a stimulus?
A detectable change in the environment.
What are Proteins?
A special type of molecule in our bodies that can do things in our cells.
How much more papillae do super tasters have than normal tasters?
25%
What does EGF stand for?
Epidermal Growth Factor
What forms the genome?
Genetic material in chromosomes