Across
- 3. what lactose intolerant people lack
- 8. signaling molecule secreted by a neuron to affect another cell across a synapse
- 10. acids that are the building blocks of proteins
- 12. largest organ of the body
- 13. the study of cancer
- 16. insulating layer, or sheath that forms around nerves
- 17. affective state characterized by feelings of intense pleasure and happiness
- 18. process your lungs do 24/7 without asking
- 19. blueprint of life
- 20. germ layer that covers the "outside" of the embryo
Down
- 1. gland responsible for the release of cortisol
- 2. process by which a cell engulfs a particle and digests it
- 4. refers to all of the animal life within a specified region, time period, or both
- 5. the removal of tissue or cell samples for the purpose of examination
- 6. he gave us a theory about the “survival of the fittest”
- 7. glucose + fructose
- 9. animal having no backbone
- 11. organism that can feed on both plant and animal sources
- 14. any molecule or atom that binds reversibly to a protein
- 15. coding region of a gene that contains the information required to encode a protein