Neuroscience
This neurotransmitter is associated with forming addictions
What is dopamine?
This blood type is the least common out of the main blood types
What is AB-negative?
This is a process known as programmed cell death to remove cells that are damaged or non-functional
what is apoptosis?
This type of white blood cell destroys infected cells as part of the immune response
What are T cells?
This is the strongest muscle in the human body (pound-for-pound)
What is the masseter (jaw) muscle?
This neurodegenerative disease is linked to loss of memory and reasoning
What is Alzheimer's disease?
A tool used to alter the genetic sequences of DNA in scientific research
What is CRISPR-Cas9?
This scientist was the 1st to provide visual evidence of DNA's double helix structure
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This tissue in your body has 70-80% of your immune cells
What are gut tissue?
This is the only internal organ able to do complete cell regeneration (up to 70% of the organ)
What is the liver?
This person was crucial in discovering personality was linked to specific parts of the brain after a head injury when a metal rod when through their skull
Who is Phineas Gage?
This type of mutation occurs in non-reproductive cells after conception and cannot be passed on to offspring
What is somatic mutation?
Using this group of 4 genes, scientists can change mature adult cells back to unspecialized stem cells
What are Yamanaka factors?
This chemical produced by the body is released and induces symptoms of an allergy (itching, swelling, mucus production)
What is histamine?
More than a quarter of your bones are located in this part of the body
What are the feet?
When a bunch of synaptic connections aren't pruned during childhood this condition causes a person to experience their senses crossing over (ex. "seeing" music)
What is synethesia?
Only __% of your DNA codes for actual proteins
What is 1.5-2%?
This is an epigenetic process where certain genes are expressed based only on if it was inherited from the mother or father (while other copy is silenced)
What is genetic imprinting?
This group of genes codes for cell-surface proteins essential for the immune system to recognize any foreign molecules
What is the MHC (major histocompatibility complex)?
This muscle creates the phenomenon of goosebumps when contracted
What is the arrector pili muscle?
This protein found mainly in the hippocampus is known to "fertilize" the brain by promoting the growth of new neurons and synapses
What is BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor)?
This genetic disorder causes mucus buildup in the lungs and pancreas
What is cystic fibrosis?
What is the largest single cell on earth
What is an ostrich egg cell?
An autoimmune disease where your immune system attacks the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
What is multiple sclerosis?
This is the only living tissue in the body with no blood supply
What is the cornea?