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| 8757370028 | Microglia | Glial cells that originate in the blood, aid in cell repair and scavenge debris in the nervous system | 0 | |
| 8757370029 | Myelin | Glial coating that surrounds axons in the central and peripheral nervous systems; preventing adjacent neurons from short circuiting | 1 | |
| 8757370030 | Oligodendroglia | Glial cells in the CNS that myelinate axons | 2 | |
| 8757370031 | Schwann cell | Glial cell in the PNS that myelinates sensory and motor axons | 3 | |
| 8757370032 | Paralysis | Loss of sensation and movement due to nervous system injury | 4 | |
| 8757455016 | Gene | DNA segment that encodes the synthesis of a particular protein | 5 | |
| 8757455017 | Protein | Folded up polypeptide chain that serves a particular function in the body | 6 | |
| 8797094958 | chanel | opening in a protein embedded in the cell membrane that allows the passage of ions | 7 | |
| 8797103038 | gate | protein embedded in a cell membrane that allows substances to pass through the membrane on some occasions but not on others | 8 | |
| 8797111957 | pump | protein in the cell membrane that actively transports a substance across the membrane | 9 | |
| 8797134072 | allele | alternative form of a gene; a gene pair contains two alleles | 10 | |
| 8797139173 | homozygous | having two identical alleles for a trait | 11 | |
| 8797145886 | heterozygous | having two different alleles for the same trait | 12 | |
| 8797156180 | mutation | alteration of an allele that yields a different version of its protein | 13 | |
| 8797163176 | tay-sachs disease | inherited birth defect caused by the loss of genes that encode the enzyme necessary for breaking down certain fatty substances; appears 4 to 6 months after birth and results in intellectual disability, physical changes, and death by about age 5 | 14 | |
| 8797185671 | wild type | typical allele (most common in a population) | 15 | |
| 8797193193 | huntington disease | hereditary disease characterized by chorea (ceaseless involuntary jerky movements) and progressive dementia, ending in death | 16 | |
| 8797208491 | down syndrome | chromosomal abnormally resulting in intellectual impairment and other abnormalities, usually caused by an extra chromosome 21 | 17 | |
| 8797223071 | transgenic animal | product of technology in which one or more genes from one species is introduced into the genome of another species to be passed along and expressed in subsequent generations | 18 | |
| 8797242659 | gene (DNA) methylation | epigenetic process in which a methyl group attaches to the DNA sequence, suppressing or enabling gene expression | 19 |
