1.3 : Cell Biology Flashcards
What did Robert Hooke do ?
he discovered cell cork
What did Anton Van Leeuwenhoek find?
saw the first living cell
What did Robert Brown figure out?
he discovered nucleus
Who proposed the hypothesis that the bodies of animals and plants are composed of cells and products of cell ?
T Schwann
What was the edit done to the cell theory by Robert Vrichow?
new cells arrived from older cells
What is the structural frame of the plasma memrbrane?
lipid
What is meant by the quasifluid nature of the membrane?
it enables the lateral movement of the protein
What is the composition of cell wall?
cellulose , galactans, mannans, and minerals like calcium carbonate
What is the composition of plant cell wall?
cellulose , hemicellulose , pectins and proteins
What is the composition of middle lamellae?
ca and Mg pectate
Ca is 90%
What forms the skeleton of the cell wall?
cellulose microfilament
What forms the matrix of the cell wall?
pectin , hemicellulose
Which of them are carbs and which of ther are lipids:
1) cellulose
2) suberin
3) hemicellulose
4) cutin
5) lignin
6) pectin
1,2,3,6 are carbohydrate
What is the function of plasmodesmata?
it leads to the continuity of the cytoplasm of adjacent of plant cells
What is the desmotubule made up of?
ER tubules (SER)
What are the two parts of cytoplasm? and what are they ?
1) cytosol : liquid part
2) trophoplasm : solid part
What is deutoplasm?
it is the part of the cytoplasm that is food
Which type of ER contains more tubules and cisternae one by one ?
SER: tubules
RER : cisternae
On which part of the ER are the ribosome attached to and what attached it to it?
cisternae
ribophorin 1 and ribophorin 2
What forms the visual pigments?
SER
What is the optimal pH for the enzyme of lysosomes to act?
pH 5
Why type of enzyme is present in the lysosome?
acidic hydrolase
What are the types of lysosome?
1) primary
2) secondary
3) residual
4) phagocytotic
Which organelle is polymorphic?
lysosomes
What is the differnece between autolysis and autophagy?
autolysis : destrying cells of the same organism
autophagy : eating its own organelle or itself
Is the dissolution of the tail of the tadpole autolysis or autophagy?
autolysis
What carries out the dissolution of the tail of the tadpole?
cathepsin
What is stored in the vacuole?
water , sap , excretory product