3b Flashcards
Cell
Smallest units of an organism that carry out all the basic functions of life, nothing smaller considered alive
Organelle
Microscopic structures within cells that carry out individual functions
Inclusion
Any visible object in the cytoplasm of cell, other than organelles or cytoskeleton elements, usually foreign bodies, stored cell product (viruses, dust, lipid, glycogen or pigment)
Plasma membrane
The membrane that encloses a cell and controls the traffic of molecules coming in and out
Microvilli
Outgrowth of the plasma membrane that increase the surface area of the cell and functions in the absorption and sensory processes
Cilia
A hairlike process w/axoneme, projecting from the apical surface of an epithelial cell; moves stuff across epithelium, mobile and non mobile, sensory
Nucleus
A cell organelle containing DNA, surrounded by a double membrane
Nuclear envelope
Double membrane around nucleus
Nuclear pores
Ring of proteins that perforate the nuclear complex
Rough ER
Extensive system of cytoplasmic tubules and channels, has ribosomes
Smooth ER
Extensive system of cytoplasmic tubules or channels, no ribosomes present
Ribosome
Granule found free or in rough ER or nuclear envelope, composed of rRNA and enzymes that read nucleotide sequence of mRNA and assemble amino acids to make a protein
Golgi complex or apparatus
Composed of several parallel cisterns, like a stack of saucers,
Modifies and packages newly synthesized proteins and synthesized carbohydrates
Lysosomes
Destroys bacteria by digestion their cell walls
Peroxisomes
Use molecular oxygen to oxidize organic molecules
Mitochondria
Organelle specialized to synthesize ATP enclosed in a double unit membrane with infoldings of the inner membrane called cristae
Centrioles
An organelle composed of a short cylinder of 9 triplets of micro tubules, usually paired with another centriole perpendicular to it, origin of mitosis spindle, identical to basal body of a cilium or flagellum
Cytosol
A clear, featureless, gelatinous, colloid where the organelles and other internal structures of a cell are embedded
Cytoplasm
Consisting of cytosol, organelles, inclusions, and the cytoskeleton
Chromatin
Filamentous material in the interphase nucleus, composed of DNA and associated proteins
Chromosome
A complex of DNA and protein carrying the genetic material of a cells nucleus, normally 46 chromosomes in nucleus
23 pairs, 46 unpaired
What happens during interphase
G1 Cell synthesizes proteins, grows and carries out preordained tasks for the body
S cell makes duplicate copy of its centrioles and nuclear DNA
G2 cell grows more, makes more organelles, finishes centriole replication, synthesizes enzymes that control cell division , checks copied DNA and repairs errors
Mitosis
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
Interphase
Normal cell, no dark dna in nucleus
Prophase
Dark strands in nucleus, spaghetti
Metaphase
Chromatin lined up in center of cell
Anaphase
Chromatin being pulled apart by centrioles
Telophase
Further apart than anaphase
Cytokinesis
Cleavage furrow present, cell splits