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Cell Flashcards

1
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Strong enough to hold the cell together and thin enough to allow substances in and out

A

Plasma membrane

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Plays a role in organizing microtubules(they help determine the location of the nucleons and organelles within the cell)

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Centrioles

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3
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Hairlike extensions on the surface of those cells capable of movement 

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Cillia

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4
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Membrane net, work of “roads” and “channels” that wind through cytoplasm 

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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5
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A sperm cell’s “tail”

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Flagella

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6
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The cell’s digestive system

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Lysosome

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7
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Power plants that burn food in the presence of oxygen to make cell energy 

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Mitochondria

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8
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 Protein factories 

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Ribosome

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9
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The building metabolic phase; grows, maintains and repairs body structures 

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Anabolism

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10
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The breaking down metabolic phase; producing energy from food and oxygen 

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Catabolism

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11
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Short tightly coiled rods that contain genes

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Chromosome

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12
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A cell

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CYT/O-

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13
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A substance between the plasma membrane and nucleus of all cells 

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Cytoplasm

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14
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The nucleus

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KARY/O

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15
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The substance of the nucleus

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Karyoplasm

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16
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A picture of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell 

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Karyotype

17
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The spheroid body within a cell that dictates protein production; controls
transport, metabolism, growth, heredity 

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Nucleus

18
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Structures within cytoplasm 

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Organelles

19
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Formative, formed material

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-PLASM

20
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The outside boundary of the cell

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Plasma membrane

21
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Need it for production of proteins within cells

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RNA (ribonucleic acid)

22
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Movement of substances through the plasma membrane

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Diffusion

23
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The diffusion of water across cell membranes 

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Osmosis

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