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From the Ted Talk by Jonathan J. O'Sullivan: The science of milk

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So how is milk made? In the uniquely mlaamiamn peosrcs of lataotcin, a special class of milk-secreting cells known as mammocytes line up in a single layer around pear-shaped aloelvi. Those cells absorb all of the bluinidg bcolks of milk, then synthesize tiny droplets of fat on structures called smooth endoplasmic reticula. The droplets combine with each other and other molecules and are then expelled and stored in spaces between cells. Mammary glands eventually secrete the milk through the breasts, udrdes, or, in the rare case of the platypus, through ducts in the abdomen.

Although this process is typically reserved for females, in some species, like dyaak fruit bats, goats, and even cats, males can also lattcae.

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So how is milk made? In the uniquely _________ _______ of _________, a special class of milk-secreting cells known as mammocytes line up in a single layer around pear-shaped _______. Those cells absorb all of the ________ ______ of milk, then synthesize tiny droplets of fat on structures called smooth endoplasmic reticula. The droplets combine with each other and other molecules and are then expelled and stored in spaces between cells. Mammary glands eventually secrete the milk through the breasts, ______, or, in the rare case of the platypus, through ducts in the abdomen.

Although this process is typically reserved for females, in some species, like _____ fruit bats, goats, and even cats, males can also _______.

Solution


  1. udders
  2. blocks
  3. lactate
  4. mammalian
  5. building
  6. alveoli
  7. dayak
  8. process
  9. lactation

Original Text


So how is milk made? In the uniquely mammalian process of lactation, a special class of milk-secreting cells known as mammocytes line up in a single layer around pear-shaped alveoli. Those cells absorb all of the building blocks of milk, then synthesize tiny droplets of fat on structures called smooth endoplasmic reticula. The droplets combine with each other and other molecules and are then expelled and stored in spaces between cells. Mammary glands eventually secrete the milk through the breasts, udders, or, in the rare case of the platypus, through ducts in the abdomen.

Although this process is typically reserved for females, in some species, like dayak fruit bats, goats, and even cats, males can also lactate.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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raw milk 2
higher temperatures 2


Important Words


  1. abdomen
  2. absorb
  3. alveoli
  4. bats
  5. blocks
  6. breasts
  7. building
  8. called
  9. case
  10. cats
  11. cells
  12. class
  13. combine
  14. dayak
  15. droplets
  16. ducts
  17. endoplasmic
  18. eventually
  19. expelled
  20. fat
  21. females
  22. fruit
  23. glands
  24. goats
  25. lactate
  26. lactation
  27. layer
  28. line
  29. males
  30. mammalian
  31. mammary
  32. mammocytes
  33. milk
  34. molecules
  35. platypus
  36. process
  37. rare
  38. reserved
  39. reticula
  40. secrete
  41. single
  42. smooth
  43. spaces
  44. special
  45. species
  46. stored
  47. structures
  48. synthesize
  49. tiny
  50. typically
  51. udders
  52. uniquely