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3. Cells, Organelles, & Transport Flashcards

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Which component of the phospholipid bilayer is hydrophilic?

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Phosphate Head

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Which component of the phospholipid bilayer is hydrophobic?

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Fatty Acid Tails

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What type of molecules most easily diffuses through the phospholipid bilayer?

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Hydrophobic Molecules

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What is the function of cholesterol in the animal cell membrane?

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Structural Support

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The glycocalyx is made up of which macromolecule?

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Carbohydrates

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Adhesive capabilities, barrier to infections, and markers for cell-cell recognition are all functions of what structure?

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Glycocalyx

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What is the glycocalyx made up of?

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Glycolipids and Glycoproteins

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Common cell surface markers used regularly for cell-cell recognition

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Glycoproteins

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What are three main components that make up an animal cell membrane?

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  1. Phospholipid Membrane
  2. Cholesterol
  3. Glycocalyx
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Functional analogues of cholesterol

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Sterols

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What is used as structural support in the membrane of plants?

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Sterols

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What type of cells possess centrioles?

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Animal Cells

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Structures that include centrosomes and basal bodies and are found at the base of each flagellum and cilium; Organize development

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Microtubule Organizing Centers (MTOCs)

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What are microtubules made up of?

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Tubulin

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What are microfilaments made up of?

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Actin

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Subclass of integral membrane proteins that are embedded from one side to the other side of the cellular membrane

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Transmembrane Protein

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What does the cell use to distinguish between self and foreign pathogens?

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Recognition Proteins

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What are polypeptides that have an attached carbohydrate called?

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Glycoproteins

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Which type of protein changes physical shape after binding to a specific molecule?

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Carrier Protein

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Which membrane protein is used to transport water quickly across a cell membrane?

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Porin (Aquaporin)

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Which type of protein attaches cells to neighboring cells and provides stability with internal filaments and tubules?

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Adhesion Protein

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Which class of cell surface molecules bind to hormones and other chemical trigger molecules?

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Receptor Proteins

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The term transporter protein is synonymous with _____

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Carrier Protein

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How many classes of transporter/carrier proteins are there?

What are they?

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2 Classes

  1. Active Transport
  2. Passive Transport
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Movement of molecules against their concentration gradient, with an input of energy
Active Transport
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Movement of molecules down their concentration gradient, without the input of energy
Passive Transport
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Channel proteins create a passage for which kind of substances?
Polar Substances
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Proteins that are loosely associated with the polar heads of phospholipids on the extracellular leaflet of the phospholipid bilayer
Peripheral Membrane Proteins
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Proteins that are embedded in the cellular membrane
Integral Membrane Proteins
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Protein that provides structural support for a chromosome, organizes, and regulates DNA
Histones
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Term used to define a histone/coiled-DNA complex
Nucleosome
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Site of ribosome synthesis, contained in the nucleus
Nucleolus
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Form of RNA in which ribosomes translate into proteins
mRNA
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Form of RNA which is used to construct the large and small subunits of a ribosome
rRNA
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What is the double membrane which encloses the eukaryotic nucleus called?
Nuclear Membrane
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Structure containing intermediate filaments called lamins, which closely associated to the nuclear membrane's inner leaflet via the anchoring protein emerin
Nuclear Lamina
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Structures found in the nuclear envelope and allow for the transport of proteins into and out of the nucleus
Nuclear Pores
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Region present in prokaryotes which do not have a proper nucleus
Nucleoid
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The complex of DNA and proteins (histones, which organize DNA) Multiple nucleosomes coiled together
Chromatin
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Structure that supports the eukaryotic nucleus and regulate DNA replication
Nuclear Lamina
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Positively charged proteins found in eukaryotes and archaea that form a complex with DNA called chromatin
Histones
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A region contained within the cell membrane The liquid in which everything in the cell is suspended
Cytoplasm
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Important cellular functions occur in this region, including metabolism and vesicular transport
Cytoplasm
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What are the subunits that make up ribosomes for eukaryotic cells?
60S + 40S = 80S
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What are the subunits that make up ribosomes for prokaryotic cells?
50S + 30S = 70S
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What organelle assembles glycoproteins?
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
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What organelle is the location of lipid and steroid synthesis?
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
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Where is the sarcoplasmic reticulum located?
Striated and Smooth Muscle
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What is released by the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
Calcium Ions
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Structure that forms when vesicles filled with proteins bud off from the Trans Golgi Network of the Golgi Apparatus
Lysosome
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Organelle that prepares proteins for export from the cell, which involves packaging them into vesicles
Golgi Apparatus
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The enclosed, flattened sacs of the Golgi Apparatus
Cisternae
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Which face (cis/trans) of the Golgi Apparatus is for secretory vesicles?
Trans
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Membrane-bound organelle whose primary role is the oxidation of molecules, including fatty acids and amino acids
Peroxisomes
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What facilitates oxidation reactions in peroxisomes?
Peroxides EX: Hydrogen Peroxide
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Microtubule Organization Centers are found everywhere besides where?
Bacterial Cells
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Very large, fluid-filled vesicles found in most plant and fungal cells
Vacuoles
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Vacuoles are related to which organelle that is found in animal cells?
Lysosome
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Vacuoles that transport materials between organelles, or between organelles and the plasma membrane
Transport Vacuoles
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Vacuoles that serve as a temporary place of storage for nutrients as the vacuole breaks down the food with the hydrolytic enzyme
Food Vacuoles
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Name of the vacuole whose role is to specifically occupy most of the plant cell's interior, and exert turgor when fully filled
Central Vacuole
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Name of the vacuole that functions to collect and pump excess water out of the cell
Contractile Vacuoles
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What array is the characteristic organization of the microtubules which make up the MTOCs?
9 x 3
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Hypothesis which attempts to describe early life on earth and the evolution of eukaryotes
Endosymbiotic Theory
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Organelles unique to plants, and the site of photosynthesis
Plastids
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Organelle in which beta oxidation occurs, which is fatty acid catabolism
Mitochondria
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What organelles are NOT part of the endomembrane system?
Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
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What is NOT a membrane-bound organelle?
Ribosome
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What is used to bind adjacent cells to each other?
Extracellular Matrix
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What is the most common protein that binds adjacent animal cells together?
Collagen
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What are similar to focal adhesions in that they connect the extracellular matrix with cytoskeletal filaments within the cell?
Hemidesmosomes
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Is diffusion an example of intra/extracellular circulation?
Extracellular Circulation
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What are cell junctions that help anchor cells to either the ECM or other cells called?
Anchoring Junctions
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Which cell junction produces a seal to prevent the movement of molecules between cells?
Tight Junctions
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Which animal cell junction provides tunnels that allow the movement of small molecules or ions?
Gap Junctions
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Cardiac tissue is an example of which animal cell junction?
Gap Junctions
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What are the proteins that make up gap junctions called?
Connexins
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What component is present in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Plasma Membrane
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What organelle appears in all prokaryotes?
Ribosomes
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What does the cell walls of most bacteria contain?
Peptidoglycan
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If a solution has a lower concentration of solute than the cell, will water flow into/out of the cell? Hypertonic/Hypotonic?
Into the cell - Hypotonic - Less obstruction of solutes on the outside of the cell, H2O easily flows in
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If a solution has a higher concentration of solute than the cell, will water flow into/out of the cell? Hypertonic/Hypotonic?
Out - Hypertonic
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Swelling and lysing is representative of a hypertonic/hypotonic solution
Hypotonic
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Shriveling of cells is representative of a hypertonic/hypotonic solution
Hypertonic
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What does plasmolyzed refer to?
Cell Shrinkage
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Central component of both innate and adaptive immunity
Phagocytosis
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What kind of active transport (primary/secondary) is dependent on the energy from hydrolyzing ATP in order to move solute across a membrane (Na+/K+ pump)?
Primary Active Transport
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What kind of active transport (primary/secondary) depends on the energy coming from an ionic concentration gradient across the membrane?
Secondary Active Transport
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What kind of active transport (primary/secondary) reflects the use of indirect energy to move particles against concentration gradients?
Secondary Active Transport
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Diffusion is a form of active/passive transport
Passive Transport
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The movement of a solute from high to low concentration across a permeable membrane and occurs via the random movement of particles
Diffusion
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The invagination of the plasma membrane around liquid or dissolved material
Pinocytosis
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Process by which hormones and cholesterol are transported into the cell
Receptor-mediated endocytosis
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What is receptor-mediated endocytosis is a form of?
Pinocytosis

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