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chemosensation — noun The sensing of chemical stimuli See Also: chemosensitive, chemosensory, chemotaxis … Wiktionary
Ciliopathy — Classification and external resources Eukaryotic cilium DiseasesDB 29887 … Wikipedia
Cell (biology) — Allium cells in different phases of the cell cycle … Wikipedia
Cilium — Not to be confused with Psyllium. Cilium SEM micrograph of the cilia projecting from respiratory epithelium in the lungs Code TH … Wikipedia
Taste — (or, more formally, gustation) is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food and poisons. In humans and many other vertebrate animals the… … Wikipedia
Animal testing — A white Wistar lab rat Description Around 50–100 million vertebrate animals are used in experiments annually. Subjects Animal testing, scien … Wikipedia
Epithelium — This article is about the epithelium as it relates to animal anatomy. For the fungal structure of the same name, see Pileipellis. Epithelium Code TH H2.00.02.0.00001 Epithelium is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with… … Wikipedia
Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel — Cyclic nucleotide gated (CNG) ion channels are ion channels that function in response to the binding of cyclic nucleotides. CNG channels are nonselective cation channels that are found in the membranes of various types of cells. Signal… … Wikipedia
Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… … Universalium
thermosensation — noun The sensory perception of thermal stimuli See Also: chemosensation, mechanosensation, thermosensory … Wiktionary
