Practice 1

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Across
  1. 2. – Whip‑like bacterial tail used for motility
  2. 8. – Branching vagal nerves supplying the stomach
  3. 10. – Hypothalamic hormone triggering LH/FSH release
  4. 11. – Multiple ribosomes translating one mRNA simultaneously
  5. 13. – Interior space of gut where food and microbes sit
  6. 14. – Surgery cutting a major parasympathetic nerve to reduce stomach acid
  7. 15. – Selenium‑dependent amino acid read from a stop codon
  8. 19. – Lower stomach region for mixing; holds G, D, ECL cells
  9. 20. – Bone‑forming cell; overstimulated in certain metastases
  10. 21. – Pain from normally non‑painful stimuli (sensitized TRPV1)
Down
  1. 1. – Sperm ion channel needed for hyperactivated motility
  2. 3. – Showing identical physical properties in every direction
  3. 4. – Gastric ulcer groove or pit
  4. 5. – Showing baseline receptor activity without agonist
  5. 6. – Researcher known for cholera intestinal loop experiments
  6. 7. – Tiny cellular channel or duct (e.g., in parietal cells)
  7. 9. – Arrow poison blocking neuromuscular ACh receptors
  8. 12. – Vesicle in mast cells storing histamine
  9. 16. – Molecule that binds a receptor to cause an effect
  10. 17. – Pump that returns Ca²⁺ to the sarcoplasmic reticulum
  11. 18. – Oral progesterone medication