Cell Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Endosome

A

Transporting and sorting organelles

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Cytoskeleton

A

Microfilaments, microtubules, intermediate filaments

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Microfilament

A

Solid polymerized rods of actin, play role in cytokinesis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Microfilament role in mitosis

A

Cleavage furrow is formed between microfilaments

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Actin filaments can use ATP to

A

Generate force for movement by interacting with myosin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Microtubules

A

Hollow polymers of tubulin, provide pathways for motor proteins

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Microtubule types

A

Centriole, flagella, cilia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Centrioles are found in

A

Centrosome

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Centriole role in mitosis

A

Migrate to opposite poles of the dividing cell and organize mitotic spindle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Intermediate filaments

A

Involved in cell-cell adhesion or maintenance of cytoskeleton

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Epithelial tissue

A

Cover the body and line its cavities

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Simple epithelia

A

One layer of cells

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Stratified epithelia

A

Multiple layers of cells

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Pseudostratified epithelia

A

Appear to have multiple layers but have one layer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Connective tissue

A

Support structure, form extracellular matrix; bone, muscle, ligaments

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

All bacteria have

A

Cell membrane and cytoplasm

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Spherical bacteria

A

Cocci

18
Q

Rod-shaped bacteria

A

Bacilli

19
Q

Gram positive cell wall color

A

Deep purple

20
Q

Gram negative cell wall color

A

Pink-red

21
Q

Gram-positive cell

A

Thick, consist of peptidoglycan

22
Q

Gram-negative cell wall

A

Very thin, have outer membranes containing lipopolysaccharides

23
Q

Plasmid

A

Small DNA molecule that is separate from chromosomal DNA

24
Q

Bacterial genetic recombination

A

Transformation, conjugation, transduction

25
Q

Transformation

A

Integration of foreign genetic material into genome

26
Q

Conjugation

A

Sexual reproduction in bacteria

27
Q

Transduction

A

Transfer of genetic material via a bacteriophage vector

28
Q

Transposon

A

Genetic elements that can insert or remove themselves from the genome

29
Q

Bacterial growth phases

A

Lag, exponential, stationary, death

30
Q

Capsid

A

Virus protein coat

31
Q

Bacteriophage

A

Viruses that infect bacteria, contain tail sheath and tail fibers

32
Q

Positive sense RNA virus

A

Genome can be directly translated by host cell

33
Q

Negative sense RNA

A

Requires complementary strand to be synthesized by RNA replicase

34
Q

Prion

A

Infectious proteins that trigger misfolding of proteins

35
Q

Viral progeny are released through

A

Lysis or extrusion

36
Q

Extrusion

A

Virus leaves cell by fusing with plasma membrane

37
Q

Lytic cycle

A

Bacteriophage produces massive amounts of virions until the cell lyses

38
Q

Lysogenic cycle

A

Virus integrates into host genome as a provirus/prophage and reproduces along with the cell

39
Q

Viroids

A

Small circular RNA pathogens that can turn off genes

40
Q

Cells create organelles and increase in size during

A

G1 stage

41
Q

Interphase includes

A

G1, S, G2

42
Q

Cell checks to ensure correct DNA replication during

A

G2 stage