Sentences with phrase «cells in your tongue»

The cells in your tongue let you taste food.

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In the cell where my colleague lies with his dried - up tongue thick with morphine, we break the silence with singing.

Before we established in - house human taste cell (HTC) technologies, it was not possible to use human tongue - derived cells as a model, due to the lack of homogenous, proliferating cell lines with defined properties, which is a prerequisite to establish comprehensive research and screening programs.

Much like our webbed fingers and toes, as your fetus matures the cells between the tongue and the lower jaw mature and some die off, leaving the tongue as a separate muscle in the mouth.

«Sour taste cells detect water: Sour - sensing taste pathway also mediates water detection in mammalian tongue.»

Taste cells are located in clusters called taste buds, which in turn are found in papillae, the raised bumps visible on the tongue's surface.

a) The Eye in your Thigh: a patch of skin cells on the leg that can distinguish between bright and dark conditions, perhaps to help regulate the body clock b) The Ear in your Rear: nerves in the buttocks attuned to infrasound vibrations of between 10 and 25 hertz, perhaps to warn of approaching predators or thunderstorms c) The Nose in your Toes: scent - detecting sebaceous glands on the feet whose purpose is unclear d) The Tongue in your Lung: taste - bud - like receptors that detect bitter substances and dilate or restrict the airways accordingly

In an attempt to settle the debate, Yuki Oka, a neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and colleagues searched for water - sensing taste receptor cells (TRCs) in the mouse tonguIn an attempt to settle the debate, Yuki Oka, a neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and colleagues searched for water - sensing taste receptor cells (TRCs) in the mouse tonguin Pasadena, and colleagues searched for water - sensing taste receptor cells (TRCs) in the mouse tonguin the mouse tongue.

A rare cancer is reported in a new case report in ecancermedicalscience — an unusual case of spindle cell carcinoma in the tongue.

They hooked a potential receptor, serotonin 3, to green fluorescent protein and showed that the nerve terminals in the mouse tongue have serotonin 3 receptors, and these receptors are made by the nerve cells located in the geniculate ganglion.

Barry Schonwetter and colleagues at the Magainin Research Institute, a private laboratory run by the drugs company Magainin Pharmaceuticals in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, took cells from the surface of cows» tongues and used organic solvents to extract several chemicals.

In the peripheral nervous system, myelin forms when «membrane tongues» extend from Schwann cells to spirally wrap around an adjacent axon.

A condition called leukoplakia can produce white patches on your tongue caused by uncontrolled growth of cells in your mouth.

In this study, the researchers were able to demonstrate that fructose activates the same proteins in your pancreatic cells that your tongue uses to taste sweetIn this study, the researchers were able to demonstrate that fructose activates the same proteins in your pancreatic cells that your tongue uses to taste sweetin your pancreatic cells that your tongue uses to taste sweets.

Another form of squamous cell carcinoma in cats occurs at the base of the tongue called feline oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Because melanoma is a cancer of the pigment - producing cells of the body (melanocytes), canine oral melanoma is more common in dogs with darkly pigmented gums, cheeks and tongues.

Granular cell tumors (myoblastomas) are most commonly found in the tongue of dogs.

The spots found on dogs tongues are the result of heavy pigmentation, or the coloration found in animal cells.

Cushions (from top), In the Sky, Tongues, Cells, Memory and Penta, all 50 cm sq, # 64 each, Nathalie Du Pasquier at Wrong for Hay.