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Taste bud
One of the tiny, barrel-shaped endings of the gustatory nerve located around the base of the papillae (small bumps) on the tongue
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- Hormone, TSH Stands for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. Also known as thyrotropin
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- Egg Ovum (plural: ova).
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