Genetics | Stopping Super Bugs | Glucose Homeostasis | Taste Perception | The Heart |
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What is sickle cell disease?
An inherited disorder that causes your red blood cells to have sickle shape.
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What are antibiotics?
These drugs specifically are used to treat bacterial infections.
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What is homeostasis?
A system that maintains internal stability.
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What is tongue?
This organ in your mouth allows you to taste your food.
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What is heart?
An important organ that pumps and circulate blood throughout your body.
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What is phenotype?
A set of observable characteristics and traits of an organism.
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What is antibiotic resistance?
This is a public health threat that makes bacteria become resistant to antibiotics.
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What is glucose?
A simple sugar that you get from digesting food. It fuels your cells.
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What are taste buds?
These parts of your tongue contain taste receptors.
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What is heart attack?
This is a serious condition where the flow of blood to your heart is blocked.
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What is dominant allele?
An allele that masks the contribution of a second allele.
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What is flu virus?
This microbe causes the common cold.
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What is diabetes?
This disease occurs when your blood sugar level is too high.
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What is umami?
A savory taste that is not sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness.
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What is Stethoscope?
Doctors use this medical device to listen to the sounds inside your body, including your heart sounds.
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What is genotype?
The genetic makeup of an organism.
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What is penicillin?
This is the first modern antibiotic that helped its discoverer win the Nobel Prize.
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What is glycogen?
A long chain of glucose that is stored in the liver.
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What are papillae?
The small bumps on your tongue.
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What are heart valves?
These structures in your heart make sure there is only one way flow of blood.
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What is carrier?
These people have one dominant allele and one recessive allele.
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What is phage?
This is a virus that infects and replicates inside a bacteria.
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What is insulin?
A hormone released by the pancreas that tell your cells to take in glucose from the blood stream.
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What is miraculin?
This chemical alters your taste perception. It make sour food taste sweet.
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What is artery?
This blood vessel takes blood away from the heart and to the rest of the body.
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