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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- Mesopic vision85
- Metabolic activation85
- Metabolic reprogramming85
- Metacognition85
- Metaphase85
- Metaphase I85
- Metaphase II85
- Metaplasia85
- Metaplasticity85
- Micelle formation85
- Microarousal85
- Microautophagy85
- Microcirculation85
- Microglial activation85
- Microhomology-mediated end joining85
- Microprocessing of microRNA85
- Microsaccades85
- Microsleep85
- Microsomal ethanol oxidizing system85
- Microtubule-based movement85
- Micturition reflex85
- Midbrain development85
- Migrating motor complex85
- Milk let-down85
- Mineral absorption85
- Mineral storage85
- Miniature postsynaptic potentials85
- Mismatch negativity85
- Mismatch repair85
- Mitochondrial biogenesis85
- Mitochondrial DNA repair85
- Mitochondrial DNA replication85
- Mitochondrial dynamics85
- Mitochondrial fission85
- Mitochondrial fusion85
- Mitochondrial gene expression85
- Mitochondrial swelling85
- Mitochondrial uncoupling85
- Mitophagy85
- Mitotic catastrophe85
- Mitotic DNA synthesis85
- Mitotic exit85
- Mitotic recombination85
- Monoallelic expression85
- Monoaminylation85
- Monocular vision85
- Monocytopoiesis85
- Mood regulation85
- Moro reflex85
- Morphogenesis85
- Morula compaction85
- Morula formation85
- Motilin secretion85
- Motion perception85
- Motor control85
- Motor development85
- Motor learning85
- Motor planning85
- Motor unit recruitment85
- MSH secretion85
- mTOR signaling85
- Mu rhythm85
- Mucociliary clearance85
- Mucosal immunity85
- Müllerian regression85
- Multisensory integration85
- Muscle adaptation85
- Muscle atonia in sleep85
- Muscle atrophy85
- Muscle cell differentiation85
- Muscle coactivation85
- Muscle development85
- Muscle guarding85
- Muscle protein synthesis85
- Muscle relaxation85
- Muscle repair85
- Muscle tone85
- Musculoskeletal development85
- Mutation85
- Myelin maintenance85
- Myelination85
- Myelopoiesis85
- Myogenic mechanism85
- Myoglobin synthesis85
- Myokine secretion85
- Myotonia (sexual)85
- Myristoylation85
- N-glycan biosynthesis85
- NADH oxidation85
- NADH production85
- NADPH regeneration85
- Nasal air filtration85
- Natriuresis85
- Natural anticoagulation85
- Natural killer cell activity85
- Necroptosis85
- Necrosis85
- Necrotic DNA degradation85
- Negative feedback85
- Neonatal circulatory transition85
- Neonatal transition85
- Nerve regeneration85
- NETosis85
- Neural binding85
- Neural coding85
- Neural crest migration85
- Neural facilitation85
- Neural induction85
- Neural inhibition85
- Neural synchronization85
- Neuroangiogenesis85
- Neurogenesis85
- Neurogenic inflammation85
- Neuroimmunomodulation85
- Neuroinflammation85
- Neuromodulation85
- Neuromuscular transmission85
- Neuron differentiation85
- Neuronal migration85
- Neuronal outgrowth85
- Neuronal sprouting85
- Neurosecretion85
- Neurosteroidogenesis85
- Neurotransmitter reuptake85
- Neurotransmitter secretion85
- Neurotransmitter synthesis85
- Neurovascular coupling85
- Neurulation85
- Neutralization85
- Neutrophil activation85
- Neutrophil infiltration85
- NF-kB signaling85
- Nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism85
- Nipple erection85
- Nitric oxide release85
- Nitric oxide signaling85
- Nitrogen fixation85
- Nitrogen metabolism85
- Nocturnal clitoral tumescence85
- Non-exercise activity thermogenesis85
- Non-homologous end joining85
- Non-image-forming vision85
- Non-shivering thermogenesis85
- Non-stop decay85
- Nonassociative learning85
- Nondisjunction85
- Nonsense-mediated decay85
- Nonsynaptic plasticity85
- Noradrenaline secretion85
- Noradrenergic transmission85
- Norepinephrine reuptake85
- Norepinephrine synthesis85
- Nose blowing85
- Notch signaling85
- Novelty detection85
- Nuclear envelope breakdown85
- Nuclear transport85
- Nucleic acid digestion85
- Nucleic acid metabolism85
- Nucleophagy85
- Nucleosome assembly85
- Nucleotide excision repair85
- Nucleotide metabolism85
- Nucleotide sugar biosynthesis85
- Nucleotide synthesis85
- Numerical cognition85
- Nutrient sensing85
- Nystagmus85
- O-GlcNAcylation85
- O-glycan biosynthesis85
- Observational learning85
- Ocular absorption85
- Ocular tremor85
- Oculocardiac reflex85
- Oculocephalic reflex85
- Okazaki fragment synthesis85
- Olfactory learning85
- Olfactory memory85
- Olfactory transduction85
- Oligodendrocyte differentiation85
- Omega oxidation85
- One-carbon metabolism85
- Oocyte maturation85
- Oogenesis85
- Operant conditioning85
- Opponent processing85
- Opsonization85
- Optocollic reflex85
- Optokinetic reflex85
- Oral mucosal absorption85
- Oral phase of swallowing85
- Orexin secretion85
- Orexin synthesis85
- Organelle biogenesis85
- Organogenesis85
- Orienting response85
- Orthostatic response85
- Osmoreception85
- Osmoregulation85
- Ossification85
- Osteoblast differentiation85
- Osteocalcin secretion85
- Osteoclastogenesis85
- Otoacoustic emissions85
- Ovarian cycle85
- Ovum transport85
- Oxidative phosphorylation85
- Oxidative stress response85
- Oxygen consumption85
- Oxygen debt85
- Oxygen sensing85
- Oxygen transport85
- Oxygen-hemoglobin binding85
- Oxygenation85
- Oxytocin release85
- Oxytocin synthesis85
- Pachytene85
- Pain inhibition85
- Pain modulation85
- Paligenosis85
- Pallor mortis85
- Palmitate mediated localization85
- Palmitoylation85
- Palmomental reflex85
- Pancreatic secretion85
- Pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis85
- Parachute reflex85
- Paracrine signaling85
- Paraptosis85
- Parathyroid hormone secretion85
- Parathyroid hormone synthesis85
- Pareidolia85
- Parthanatos85
- Passive immunity85
- Pattern completion85
- Pattern recognition85
- Pattern separation85
- Pee shivers85
- Pelvic ligament loosening85
- Pendelluft85
- Pentose and glucuronate interconversions85
- Pentose phosphate pathway85
- Pepsinogen activation85
- Perception85
- Perceptual closure85
- Perceptual constancy85
- Perceptual learning85
- Perfusion85
- Perimenopause85
- Periodic breathing85
- Perioral reflex85
- Peripolesis85
- Peristaltic rush85
- Peritoneal absorption85
- Peroxisomal oxidation85
- Persistence of vision85
- Persulfidation85
- Pexophagy85
- PGO waves85
- Phagocytosis85
- Phagoptosis85
- Phagosome maturation85
- Pharyngeal phase of swallowing85
- Phenylalanine metabolism85
- Phonation85
- Phosphocreatine system85
- Phosphorylation85
- Photic sneeze reflex85
- Photophosphorylation85
- Photopic vision85
- Photoprotection85
- Photoreception85
- Phototransduction85
- Physiological feedback85
- Pinocytosis85
- Pitch perception85
- Placental circulation85
- Placentation85
- Placing reflex85
- Planar cell polarity85
- Plasma cell differentiation85
- Plasma membrane repair85
- Plasma protein synthesis85
- Plastron respiration85
- Plateau phase85
- Platelet activation85
- Platelet adhesion85
- Platelet aggregation85
- Platelet plug formation85
- Polar body formation85
- Polyadenylation85
- Polyclonal B cell response85
- Polyglutamylation85
- Polyglycylation85
- Polyol pathway85
- Polysynaptic reflex85
- Porphyrin metabolism85
- Positive feedback85
- Post-transcriptional regulation85
- Post-translational modification85
- Postpartum chills85
- Postpartum recovery85
- Postreplication repair85
- Postsynaptic potential summation85
- Posture control85
- Potassium spatial buffering85
- Potocytosis85
- Pre-attentive processing85
- Pre-ejaculation85
- Pre-labor85
- Preflexes85
- Pregnancy maintenance85
- Pregnancy-induced hypervolemia85
- Premovement neuronal activity85
- Prenylation85
- Prepulse inhibition85
- Pressure natriuresis85
- Pressure sense85
- Primary immune response85
- Priming85
- Primitive reflexes85
- Prism adaptation85
- Procedural memory85
- Producing lymph85
- Progesterone production85
- Progesterone secretion85
- Prolactin secretion85
- Prolactin synthesis85
- Prolactin-releasing hormone secretion85
- Proliferative phase85
- Proline isomerization85
- Prometaphase85
- Proofreading85
- Propanoate metabolism85
- Prophase85
- Prophase II85
- Propionylation85
- Proprioception85
- Propulsion85
- Prospective memory85
- Prostaglandin synthesis85
- Prostatic secretion85
- Protein absorption85
- Protein aggregation85
- Protein complex assembly85
- Protein degradation85
- Protein denaturation85
- Protein digestion85
- Protein disaggregation85
- Protein folding85
- Protein maturation85
- Protein metabolism85
- Protein methylation85
- Protein secretion85
- Protein sparing85
- Protein sulfation85
- Protein targeting85
- Protein translocation85
- Proteostasis85
- Proton pumping85
- Proximal tubule bicarbonate reclamation85
- Pruney fingers85
- Pubarche85
- Puckering at sour food85
- Pulmonary circulation85
- Pulmonary elimination85
- Pulmonary irritant reflex85
- Pulsatile flow85
- Pulsatile hormone release85
- Pupil dilation85
- Pupillary escape85
- Pupillary light reflex85
- Purine metabolism85
- Purine nucleotide cycle85
- Purine salvage85
- Purinergic signaling85
- Purkinje effect85
- Pus formation85
- Putrefaction85
- Pyknosis85
- Pyrimidine metabolism85
- Pyroptosis85
- Pyruvate cycling85
- Pyruvate metabolism85
- Pyruvate oxidation85
- Q cycle85
- Quantal neurotransmitter release85
- Quickening85
- Racemization85
- Ram ventilation85
- Randle cycle85
- Re-epithelialization85
- Reabsorption85
- Reactive hyperemia85
- Receptive relaxation85
- Receptor aggregation85
- Receptor binding85
- Receptor cross-talk85
- Receptor internalization85
- Receptor-mediated endocytosis85
- Reciprocal inhibition85
- Recognition85
- Recombination85
- Reconstructive memory85
- Recruitment of phagocytes85
- Rectal absorption85
- Rectoanal inhibitory reflex85
- Reflex anal dilation85
- Reflex bradycardia85
- Refractory period85
- Regeneration85
- Regulated cell death85
- Regulation of breathing85
- Regurgitation85
- Relaxin secretion85
- REM rebound85
- Remyelination85
- Renal amino acid reabsorption85
- Renal autoregulation85
- Renal calcium reabsorption85
- Renal chloride reabsorption85
- Renal circulation85
- Renal clearance85
- Renal compensation85
- Renal elimination85
- Renal glucose reabsorption85
- Renal oligopeptide reabsorption85
- Renal phosphate excretion85
- Renal phosphate reabsorption85
- Renal potassium reabsorption85
- Renal protein reabsorption85
- Renal sodium reabsorption85
- Renal urea handling85
- Renal water reabsorption85
- Renal zinc excretion85
- Renin secretion85
- Renin synthesis85
- Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system85
- Repolarization85
- Resolution of inflammation85
- Resolution phase85
- Respiratory burst85
- Respiratory compensation85
- Respiratory mechanics85
- Respiratory pump85
- Respiratory sinus arrhythmia85
- Respiratory tract absorption85
- Rest and digest85
- Retching85
- Reticular activation85
- Retinol metabolism85
- Retrograde signaling85
- Retronasal smell85
- Reversal learning85
- Reverse peristalsis85
- Reverse transcription85
- Reward processing85
- Riboflavin metabolism85
- Ribophagy85
- Ribosomal frameshifting85
- Ribosomal pausing85
- Ribosome biogenesis85
- Ribosome shunting85
- Right atrial function85
- Right ventricular function85
- RNA 3' end processing85
- RNA activation85
- RNA editing85
- RNA folding85
- RNA interference85
- RNA methylation85
- RNA processing85
- RNA splicing85
- RNA transport85
- Rod-cone interaction85
- Rooting reflex85
- Rossolimo's sign85
- rRNA processing85
- S phase85
- S-glutathionylation85
- S-nitrosylation85
- Saccades85
- Saccadic masking85
- Salience detection85
- Saltatory conduction85
- Salty taste perception85
- Satellite cell activation85
- Schaeffer's sign85
- Scrotal thermoregulation85
- Sebum production85
- Second messenger signaling85
- Second stage of labor85
- Second wind85
- Second-order conditioning85
- Secretin secretion85
- Secretion of digestive enzymes85
- Seeing stars85
- Segmentation85
- Selective attention85
- Selenocompound metabolism85