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C£OJSA2Yalleles. Parts of genes. One allelefrom each parent combines to determinea particular physical trait.The alleles that determine eye colorare usually designated as B forbrown and b for blue.alveoli.Tiny air sacs in the lungs.antibody. Substances in the bloodthat react with antigens to causethe blood to clot and to preventinfections.antigen. Bits of protein attached toblood cells.biorhythm. Theory that says a person I slife is explained in terms of threecycles: 1. physical (23 days) 2.emotional (28 days) and 3. intellec~tual (33 days).blood type.son has.The kind of blood a per­Can be 0, A, B or AB.calorie. 1. One calorie is theamount of heat needed to raise thetemperature of 1 gram of water byone Celsius degree (also calledsmall calorie). Symbol: cal2. (usually spelled with a capitalC) 1000 calories. (also calledlarge calorie). Symbol: kcal; Calcapillaries. Smallest part of thecirculatory system where the transferof oxygen from the blood to thebody and the transfer of waste productsfrom the body to the bloodtakes place.cubit. The length from the elbow tothe fingertip. About.5 metres.depth perception. Ability to judgethe distance between two objects.digit.middlethan 1As a measure the width of afinger, Usually a little morec.entimetre.dominant trait. When paired with arecessive trait, this is the traitthat will be seen in an offspring.In eye color brown (B) is dominantover blue (b). The combination Bbwill produce brown eyes.ESP. Extrasensory perception: transmissionor reception of stimuli thatoccurs without the use of the fivenormal senses of sight, hearing, smell,taste or touch.fathom. The distance from fingertip tofingertip when the arms are stretchedout in opposite directions. About 2metres.femur.genotype.nation.all haveintestines.digestingproducts.A bone in the upper leg.Fibonacci numbers. A sequence of numberswhere the next number is obtainedby adding the previous two numbers:1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ...genetics. The science of studying theinherited traits and variations oforganisms.Refers to the allele combi­In eye color BB, Bb and bbdifferent genotypes.handedness. A person that uses hisright hand most of the time has righthandedness.humerus. A bone in the upper arm.Often called the funny bone.hybrid trait. A trait where the allelesare different, such as Bb.inherited traits. The characteristicsreceived from parents.Tubes in the abdomen forfood and eliminating wasteLilliputians. Tiny people written aboutby Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels.all-HI 173