Krillion Answers November 11 · Prompt 2 of 7
Name a bodily function or biological process (like breathing)
2,047 accepted answers for this prompt from Dive #119, sorted from rarest to most common.
One in a Krillion
100 pts
1First letter
It starts with N
2Letter pattern
2 words (5 + 5 letters)
Reveal answer
Nasal cycle
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- Nasal cycle100
- 2,3-Butanediol fermentation85
- 5' capping85
- Abdominal reflex85
- Abortive initiation85
- Absorptive state85
- Acclimatization85
- Acetyl-CoA synthesis85
- Acetylation85
- Acetylcholine breakdown85
- Acetylcholine synthesis85
- Acoustic reflex85
- Acrosome reaction85
- ACTH secretion85
- ACTH synthesis85
- Action potential85
- Active immunity85
- Activin secretion85
- Acute inflammation85
- Acute-phase reaction85
- Acylation85
- Adaptive immune response85
- Adenosine production85
- Adipocere formation85
- Adipogenesis85
- Adiponectin secretion85
- ADP production85
- ADP-ribosylation85
- Adrenarche85
- Adult neurogenesis85
- Aerophagia85
- Affective touch85
- Affinity maturation85
- Afterhyperpolarization85
- Afterpains85
- Agglutination85
- Aggrephagy85
- Agonal breathing85
- Airway remodeling85
- Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism85
- Alarm reaction85
- Alcohol metabolism85
- Aldosterone escape85
- Aldosterone secretion85
- Aldosterone synthesis85
- Aldosterone-regulated sodium reabsorption85
- Alertness85
- Algor mortis85
- Alkaline tide85
- Alkylation85
- Allometric growth85
- Allostasis85
- Allosteric regulation85
- Alpha oxidation85
- Alpha rhythm85
- Alpha-chain T-cell antigen receptor gene rearrangement85
- Alpha-linolenic acid metabolism85
- Alternative complement pathway85
- Alternative splicing85
- Amelogenesis85
- Amination85
- Amino acid metabolism85
- Amino acid synthesis85
- Amino acid transport85
- Amino sugar metabolism85
- Ammonia detoxification85
- Amniotic fluid production85
- Amodal perception85
- Amoeboid movement85
- Amylin secretion85
- Amylin synthesis85
- Anabolism85
- Anagen85
- Anal wink85
- Anaphase85
- Anaphase I85
- Anaphase II85
- Anaphase lag85
- Anaplerosis85
- Anastasis85
- Androgen backdoor pathway85
- Andropause85
- Angiogenesis85
- Angiotensin activation85
- Ankle jerk reflex85
- Anoikis85
- Anti-Müllerian hormone secretion85
- Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity85
- Antidiuretic hormone secretion85
- Antigen presentation85
- Antigen recognition85
- Antigen sampling85
- Antigen-antibody reaction85
- Antigenic modulation85
- Antimicrobial peptide production85
- Apocrine sweating85
- Apoptosis85
- Apoptotic body formation85
- Apoptotic signaling85
- Apperception85
- Appetite regulation85
- Appositional growth85
- Aqueous humor drainage85
- Aqueous humor production85
- Arachidonic acid metabolism85
- Arginine and proline metabolism85
- Arginine biosynthesis85
- Arnold's reflex85
- Aromatization85
- Arterial chemoreception85
- Arthrokinetic reflex85
- Ascorbate and aldarate metabolism85
- ASMR tingles85
- Assimilation85
- Associative learning85
- Astrocyte activation85
- Asymmetric cell division85
- Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex85
- Atg8ylation85
- ATP hydrolysis85
- ATP synthesis85
- ATP transport85
- Atrial function85
- Atrial natriuretic peptide release85
- Atrial natriuretic peptide synthesis85
- Atrial remodeling85
- Atrophy85
- Attentional blink85
- Attentional shift85
- Auditory fatigue85
- Auditory feedback85
- Auditory masking85
- Auditory scene analysis85
- Autobiographical memory85
- Autocrine signaling85
- Autoimmunity85
- Autolysis85
- Autonomic control of the heart85
- Autonomic regulation85
- Autophagic cell death85
- Autophagy85
- Autophosphorylation85
- Autoschizis85
- Avoidance learning85
- Axon ensheathment85
- Axon fasciculation85
- Axon guidance85
- Axon reflex85
- Axonal transport85
- Axonogenesis85
- B cell activation85
- B cell proliferation85
- B-cell heavy chain gene rearrangement85
- B-cell light chain gene rearrangement85
- B-type natriuretic peptide synthesis85
- Babinski reflex85
- Babkin reflex85
- Bacterial fermentation in the colon85
- Bainbridge reflex85
- Baroreception85
- Baroreflex85
- Barrier defenses85
- Basal electrical rhythm85
- Basal tear secretion85
- Base excision repair85
- Bekhterev–Jacobsohn reflex85
- Bekhterev–Mendel reflex85
- Bell's phenomenon85
- Beta rhythm85
- Beta-alanine metabolism85
- Beta-chain T-cell antigen receptor gene rearrangement85
- Beta-oxidation85
- Bezold–Jarisch reflex85
- Biceps reflex85
- Bile acid synthesis85
- Bile release85
- Bile storage85
- Bilirubin conjugation85
- Binaural fusion85
- Binocular rivalry85
- Binocular summation85
- Binocular vision85
- Biological motion perception85
- Biological transport85
- Biotin metabolism85
- Biotinylation85
- Bitter taste perception85
- Bladder filling85
- Bladder outlet relaxation85
- Blastulation85
- Blood bactericidal activity85
- Blood flow regulation85
- Blood pH regulation85
- Blood shift85
- Blood volume regulation85
- Blood-brain barrier formation85
- Blood-brain barrier transport85
- Body patterning85
- Bohr effect85
- Bolus formation85
- Bone conduction85
- Bone deposition85
- Bone growth85
- Bone loss85
- Bone maturation85
- Bone modeling85
- Bone regeneration85
- Bone remodeling85
- Bone resorption85
- Bowel control85
- Brachioradialis reflex85
- Brain aging85
- Brain development85
- Brain growth85
- Brain natriuretic peptide secretion85
- Brain renin-angiotensin signaling85
- Brain's reflex85
- Branch migration85
- Branched-chain amino acid catabolism85
- Braxton Hicks contractions85
- Breast crawl85
- Breast development85
- Brissaud's reflex85
- Bronchoconstriction85
- Bronchodilation85
- Brush border digestion85
- Bulbocavernosus reflex85
- Bulk endocytosis85
- Butanoate metabolism85
- Cadaveric spasm85
- Caffeine metabolism85
- Calcification85
- Calcitonin secretion85
- Calcitonin synthesis85
- Calcium homeostasis85
- Calcium oscillation85
- Calcium signaling85
- Calcium-induced calcium release85
- Caloric reflex85
- Calvin cycle85
- cAMP synthesis85
- Capillary exchange85
- Capillary refill85
- Carbamylation85
- Carbohydrate absorption85
- Carbohydrate catabolism85
- Carbohydrate digestion85
- Carbohydrate metabolism85
- Carbon dioxide production85
- Carbon dioxide transport85
- Carbon metabolism85
- Carbonylation85
- Cardiac action potential85
- Cardiac automaticity85
- Cardiac conduction85
- Cardiac cycle85
- Cardioception85
- Cardiovascular drift85
- Carnitine shuttle85
- Cartilage repair85
- Caseous necrosis85
- Catabolism85
- Catagen85
- Cataplerosis85
- Categorical perception85
- CDK7 pathway85
- Cell adhesion85
- Cell competition85
- Cell cycle arrest85
- Cell cycle checkpoints85
- Cell cycle phase transition85
- Cell death85
- Cell dedifferentiation85
- Cell differentiation85
- Cell division orientation85
- Cell fate determination85
- Cell fusion85
- Cell growth85
- Cell junction formation85
- Cell migration85
- Cell plasticity85
- Cell polarization85
- Cell proliferation85
- Cell signaling85
- Cell sorting85
- Cell spreading85
- Cell turnover85
- Cell-cell recognition85
- Cell-in-cell formation85
- Cell-mediated immunity85
- Cellular reprogramming85
- Cellular senescence85
- Cellular stress response85
- Cementogenesis85
- Central pattern generation85
- Central sensitization85
- Centrosome duplication85
- Cephalic phase85
- Cerebellum development85
- Cerebral autoregulation85
- Cerebral circulation85
- Cerebrospinal fluid circulation85
- Cerebrospinal fluid production85
- Cervical dilation85
- Cervical mucus production85
- Cervical ripening85
- Cervico-collic reflex85
- Cervico-ocular reflex85
- Cervico-spinal reflex85
- cGAS-STING signaling85
- Chaddock reflex85
- Chaperone-mediated autophagy85
- Chemesthesis85
- Chemical buffering85
- Chemiosmosis85
- Chemokinesis85
- Chemoreceptor reflex85
- Chemoreceptor trigger zone activation85
- Chemotaxis85
- Child development85
- Chloride shift85
- Cholecystokinin secretion85
- Cholecystokinin synthesis85
- Cholesterol metabolism85
- Cholesterol synthesis85
- Cholinergic transmission85
- Chondrocyte differentiation85
- Chondrogenesis85
- Chromatin remodeling85
- Chromosome condensation85
- Chromosome segregation85
- Chronic inflammation85
- Chunking85
- Churchill-Cope reflex85
- Chyle formation85
- Chylomicron formation85
- Chyme formation85
- Ciliary beating85
- Ciliospinal reflex85
- Cilium assembly85
- Circadian blood pressure rhythm85
- Circasemidian rhythm85
- Circaseptan rhythm85
- Citrullination85
- Clasp-knife response85
- Class switching85
- Classical complement pathway85
- Classical conditioning85
- Clathrin-independent endocytosis85
- Clitoral erection85
- Cloacal respiration85
- Clonal anergy85
- Clonal deletion85
- Clonal hematopoiesis85
- Clonal selection85
- Clonus85
- Clot retraction85
- Cluster feeding85
- Coagulative necrosis85
- Cofactor biosynthesis85
- Cognitive aging85
- Cognitive development85
- Cognitive flexibility85
- Cold sensation85
- Cold shock response85
- Collagen production85
- Collateral circulation85
- Collecting duct acid secretion85
- Collective-amoeboid transition85
- Colonic absorption85
- Colostrum production85
- Common coagulation pathway85
- Compensatory growth85
- Complement activation85
- Complement-mediated lysis85
- Comprehension85
- Concept formation85
- Conditioned emotional response85
- Conditioned reflex85
- Conditioned taste aversion85
- Consciousness85
- Consensual light reflex85
- Contact guidance85
- Contact inhibition85
- Convergence85
- Copper metabolism85
- Cori cycle85
- Corneal reflex85
- Corollary discharge85
- Coronary circulation85
- Corpus luteum maintenance85
- Cortical reaction85
- Cortical spreading depression85
- Cortisol synthesis85
- Costal breathing85
- Cotransport85
- Countercurrent heat exchange85
- Countercurrent multiplication85
- Crassulacean acid metabolism85
- Creatine synthesis85
- Creatinine formation85
- Cremasteric reflex85
- CRH secretion85
- Crinophagy85
- Cross-presentation85
- Cross-priming85
- Crossed extensor reflex85
- Crossing over85
- Cuproptosis85
- Cushing reflex85
- Cutaneous blood flow regulation85
- Cutaneous elimination85
- Cutaneous reflex85
- Cyclic alternating pattern85
- Cysteine and methionine metabolism85
- Cytokine release85
- Cytokinesis85
- Cytolysis85
- Cytophagocytosis85
- Cytoplasmic streaming85
- Cytoskeleton organization85
- Cytotoxicity85
- D-amino acid metabolism85
- Dazzle reflex85
- Dealkylation85
- Deamination85
- Decarboxylation85
- Decidualization85
- Default mode network activity85
- Defecation reflex85
- Degranulation85
- Dehydration synthesis85
- Delayed hypersensitivity85
- Delta waves85
- Delta-chain T-cell receptor gene rearrangement85
- Demineralization85
- Dendritic spike85
- Dentinogenesis85
- Dephosphorylation85
- Depolarization85
- Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition85
- Derepression85
- Desensitization85
- Determination of affect85
- Detrusor contraction85
- Detumescence85
- Detyrosination85
- Developmental gene expression regulation85
- Developmental plasticity85
- DHEA secretion85
- Diakinesis85
- Diapedesis85
- Diaphragm contraction85
- Diastole85
- Dihydrotestosterone secretion85
- Dihydrotestosterone synthesis85
- Dimerization85
- Diplotene85
- Discrimination learning85
- Dishabituation85
- Disulfide bond formation85
- Disulfidptosis85
- Diuresis85
- Diurnal cortisol rhythm85
- Diving reflex85
- DNA damage response85
- DNA demethylation85
- DNA end resection85
- DNA fragmentation85
- DNA methylation85
- DNA re-replication85
- DNA synthesis85
- DNA unwinding85
- Dopamine reuptake85
- Dopamine synthesis85
- Dopaminergic transmission85
- Dopaminylation85
- Double-strand break repair85
- Down-regulation85
- Ductus arteriosus closure85
- Durotaxis85
- Ear growth85
- Early induced immune response85
- Ears popping85
- Eccrine sweating85
- Ectopic recombination85
- Efferocytosis85
- Eicosanoid synthesis85
- Elastic recoil85
- Elastin production85
- Electrolyte balance85
- Electron transport chain85
- Electrotonic conduction85
- Embryo hatching85
- Embryonic cleavage85
- Embryonic folding85
- Embryonic hematopoiesis85
- Embryonic induction85
- Emotion perception85
- Emotion processing85