CELL Flashcards

1
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are the basic structural and functional units, the smallest living parts of the body.

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cells

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2
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fluid containing a system of membranous organelles, non-membranous molecular assemblies, and a cytoskeleton.

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cytoplasm

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3
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The first zygotic cellular divisions produce cells called

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blastomeres

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4
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Explanted to tissue culture cells of the inner cell mass are called

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embryonic stem cells

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5
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Most cells of the fetus undergo a specialization process called ___ in which they predominantly express sets of genes that mediate specific cytoplasmic activities, becoming efficiently organized in tissues with specialized functions and usually changing their shape accordingly

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differentiation

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6
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Movement

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Muscles and other contractile cells

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7
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Form adhesive and tight junctions between cells

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Epithelial cells

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8
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Synthesize and secrete components of the extracellular matrix

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Fibroblasts, cells of bone and cartilage

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9
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Convert physical and chemical stimuli into action potentials

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Neurons and sensory cells

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10
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Synthesis and secretion of degradative enzymes

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Cells of digestive glands

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11
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Synthesis and secretion of glycoproteins

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Cells of mucous glands

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12
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Synthesis and secretion of steroids

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Certain cells of the adrenal gland, testis, and ovary

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13
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Ion transport

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Cells of the kidney and salivary gland ducts

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14
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Intracellular digestion

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Macrophages and neutrophils

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15
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Lipid storage

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Fat cells

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16
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metabolite absorption

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Cells lining in the intestine

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17
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consists of phospholipids, cholesterol and proteins, with oligosaccharide chains covalently linked to many of the phospholipids and proteins.

This limiting membrane functions as a selective barrier regulating the passage of materials into and out of the cell and facilitating the transport of specific molecules.

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Plasma membrane

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18
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Certain plasma membrane proteins, the ___ , are linked to both the cytoskeleton and ECM components and allow continuous exchange of influences, in both directions, between the cytoplasm and material in the ECM.

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integrins

19
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__ are major constituents of membranes

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Proteins

20
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__ are incorporated directly within the lipid bilayer. whereas peripheral proteins are bound to one of the two membrane surfaces, particularly on the cytoplasmic side.

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Integral proteins

21
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___ transports small, nonpolar molecules directly through the lipid bilayer. Lipophilic (fat-soluble) molecules diffuse through membranes readily. water very slowly.

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Diffusion

22
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__ are multipass proteins forming transmembrane pores through which ions or small molecules pass selectively.

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Channels

23
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Water molecules usually cross the plasma membrane through channel proteins called __ .

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aquaporins

24
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__ are transmembrane proteins that bind small molecules and translocate them across the membrane via conformational changes.

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Carriers

25
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are enzymes engaged in active transport, utilizing energy from the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to move ions and other solutes across membranes, against often steep concentration gradients.

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Membrane pumps

26
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Macromolecules normally enter cells by being enclosed within folds of plasma membrane (often after binding specific membrane receptors) which fuse and pinch off internally as spherical cytoplasmic vesicles (or vacuoles) in a general process known as

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endocytosis

27
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(“cell drinking”) involves smaller invaginations of the cell membrane which fuse and entrap extracellular fluid and its dissolved contents.

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Pinocytosis

28
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The latter process, called __ , accomplishes bulk transfer of dissolved substances across the cell.

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transcytosis

29
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Receptors for many substances, such as low-density lipoproteins and protein hormones, are integral membrane proteins at the cell surface
High-affinity binding of such ligands to their receptors causes these proteins to aggregate in special membrane regions that then invaginate and pinch off internally as vesicles.

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Receptor-mediated endocytosis

30
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are macromolecular machines, about 20 x 30 nm in size. which assemble polypeptides from amino acids

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Ribosomes

31
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The cytoplasm of most cells contains a convoluted membranous network called the __

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endoplasmic reticulum (ER).

32
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This network (reticulum) extends from the surface of the nucleus throughout most of the cytoplasm and encloses a series of intercommunicating channels called __ .

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cisternae

33
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is a major site for vital cellular activities, including biosynthesis of proteins and lipids.

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ER

34
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is prominent in cells specialized for protein secretion, such as pancreatic acinar cells (making digestive enzymes), fibroblasts (collagen), and plasma cells (immunoglobulins).

The presence of polyribosomes on the cytosolic surface of the RER confers basophilic staining properties on this organelle when viewed with the light microscope.

The major function is production of membrane-associated proteins, proteins of many membranous organelles, and proteins to be secreted by exocytosis.

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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

35
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Regions of ER that lack bound polyribosomes, which is continuous with RER but frequently less abundant.
Lacking polyribosomes, __ is not basophilic and is best seen with the TEM.

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

36
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completes posttranslational modifications of proteins produced in the RER and then packages and addresses these proteins to their proper destinations.

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Golgi Apparatus

37
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Golgi Apparatus, The organelle was named after histologist___ who discovered it in 1898

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Camillo Golgi

38
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sites of intracellular digestion and turnover of cellular components

are membrane-limited vesicles that contain about 40 different hydrolytic enzymes and are particularly abundant in cells with great phagocytic activity (eg, macrophages neutrophils).

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Lysosomes (Gr. lysis, solution + soma, body)

39
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are membrane- enclosed organelles with arrays of enzymes specialized for aerobic respiration and production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), with high- energy phosphate bonds, which supplies energy for most cellular activines

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Mitochondria

40
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converts glucose anaerobically to pyruvate in the cytoplasm releasing some energy.

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Glycolysis

41
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The cytoskeleton contains three types of polymers

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Microtubules
Microfilaments
Myosins

42
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are semirigid tubular structures with walls composed of polymerized tubulin heterodimers; their structure is often very dynamic, with steady addition and dissociation of tubulin

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Microtubules

43
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are short, flexible, highly dynamic filaments of actin subunits. in which changes in length and interactions with binding proteins regulate cytoplasmic viscosity and movement.

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Microfilaments

44
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are motor proteins that bind and move along actin filaments. carrying vesicles or producing cytoplasmic movement.

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Myosins