BIOLOGY Flashcards
Cell Theory
- All living things are made up of one or more cells and the products of those cells
- Cells are the basic unit of life
- All cells come from existing ones
life processes of the cell
- intaking nutrients
- movement
- growth
- reproduction
- response to stimuli
- gas exchange
- waste removal
Types of cells
w/o a nucleus: prokaryotic cells
w/ a nucleus: eukaryote
Cell membrane
-outer covering, protective layer around all cells
- allows food, oxygen, and water into the cell + waste products
cytoplasm
- gelatin-like substances inside the cell membrane
- contains nutrients required for the cell to live
- organelles are suspended within the cytoplasm
nucleus
- directs all cell activities
- contains instructions (in DNA) for everything the cell does
- surrounded by a nuclear membrane
nucleolus
- makes components of ribosomes
- in nucleus
endoplasmic reticulum
- network of tubes of membranes
- carries materials through the cell
can be:
1. smooth (no ribosomes on the surface)
2. rough (ribosomes on the surface)
cytoskeleton
- helps the cell maintain or change its shape
- made of proteins
ribosomes
- small bodies free or attacked to E.R.
- produce proteins (protein synthesis)
mitochondria
- place where sugar molecules are broken down into energy
- cellular respiration
- glucose into energy
centriole
- found in animal cells
- helps with cell division
golgi bodies
- compartment in which proteins are sorted and modified
- stack of membrane-bound vesicles
- package substances to be transported around the cell
- sometimes called Golgi apparatus
lysosomes
-small, round structures w/ a membrane
- break down larger food molecules into smaller molecules (digestion)
- attack foreign bodies (protection)
- digest old cell parts
vacuoles
- store food, water and waste
chloroplasts
- contain a green pigment chlorophyll
- where energy from the sun is utilized to make food for the plant
- photosynthesis
- made up of “solar collector” thylakoids, a stack if called granum
cell wall
- protects the cell
- gives shape
- made up of cellular fibre
- found in plants, algae, fungi + most bacteria
diff between plant and animal cells
- CELL WALL: only in plants, not animals
- CHLOROPLASTS: only in plants, not animals
- PLANT CELLS: large vacuoles (mainly for water shortage)
- CENTRIOLES: only in animals, not plants
- ENERGY: plants store energy in the form of starch and oils, animals store energy as glycogen or fats
active transport
energy is required for the movement of molecules (ie. against the concentration gradient)
- Endocytosis: the process by which cells bring in materials
- Exocytosis: large molecules are released from the cell
passive transport
energy is not required energy for the movement of molecules (ie. diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion(with the concentration gradient)
Diffusion
the movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
Cell Division
separation of genetic material and cytoplasm into two equal parts to create 2 new ‘daughter cells’
a) Mitosis - splitting of the DNA
b) Cytokinesis - separation of the cytoplasm into two equal portions
Osmosis
the movement of water particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
DNA
genetic info, organized into chromosomes
Chromosomes
- a long piece of coiled DNA and proteins
- humans have 46 chromosomes, horses 64, dogs 78,
- seen only when cell divides
- when copied, consists of 2 identical copies (sister chromatids)
Chromotin
- form of DNA when cell is not dividing
- long and stringy substance spread throughout the cell
- condenses into chromatids
Purpose of cell cycle
- healing and tissue repair and regeneration
- growth of an organism
- to keep a small/suitable cell size
Interphase
- cell is growing and preparing for division
- 90% is inter phase
a) Growth 1 Phase (organelle replication)
b) Synthesis Phase (DNA replication)
c) Growth 2 Phase (growth and preparation for division)
Summary of Mitosis
PROPHASE - nuclear membrane and nuclei disintegrate, chromosomes shorten and thicken, two chromatids are connected at the centromere, spindle forms
METAPHASE - Chromatids line up at the centre of the spindle, centromere split, free chromatids are now called chromosomes
ANAPHASE - chromosomes, move to opposite ends of the spindle
TELOPHASE - spindle dissolves, nuclear membrane and nucleoli form
Cytokinesis
- occurs during telophase
- cell membrane cleaves
- cell plate, forms cell wall, divides two new cells
Cancer
- when cells divide uncontrollably
- disrupt other cells functions and take in other cell’s nutrients + food
- mutations occur in the genes that control cell division
properties of cancer cells
- reproduce in defiance of the normal restraints
- don’t stop at the checkpoints in the cell cycle
- lack cell to cell adhesion sinal
- resist apoptosis - grow and form a lump; sometimes called a tumour (neoplasm)
- invade and colonize territories normally reserved for other cells
- quickly alternate shape between round and elongated
causes of cancer mutation
- viruses - some interfere with cell division by inserting their own DNA
- Radiation - high energy radiation like ultra-violent light and x-rays have been linked to skin cancer
- Chemicals - cigarette smoke and smog have been linked to lung cancer
Types of cancers
carcinomas, sarcomas, leukemias/Lymphomas, other forms