Cell and Tissue Structure and Organization

Question 1

Cell

Answer 1

Most basic and simple form of human life

Question 2

Extracellular Matrix

Answer 2

Produced by cells but resides outside the boundaries of cell membranes

Question 3

Plasma Membrane

Answer 3

Protects the cell’s interior from the environment

Question 4

Cytoskeletal Proteins

Answer 4

Organize the cytoplasm, provide a structural framework for the cell, function in the intracellular movement of chromatin and organelles

Question 5

DNA and RNA synthesis

Answer 5

Nucleus

Question 6

Micromolecule digestion

Answer 6

Lysosomes

Question 7

Energy Extraction

Answer 7

Mitochondria

Question 8

Organelles

Answer 8

Specialized centers within each cell that carry out functional processes

Question 9

Stem Cells

Answer 9

Have capacity to give rise to whole organisms

Question 10

Hematopoietic Stem Cells ( HSC)

Answer 10

Example of a stem cell that exists in adults that gives rise to all the types of blood cells

Question 11

Myoblast

Answer 11

Muscle Cell precursor

Question 12

Myocyte

Answer 12

Muscle cell

Question 13

Hepatoblast

Answer 13

Liver Cell precursor

Question 14

Hepatocyte

Answer 14

Liver Cell

Question 15

Osteoblasts

Answer 15

Bone cells

Question 16

chondrocytes

Answer 16

cartilage cells

Question 17

Adipoctes

Answer 17

Fat cells

Question 18

Transcription Factors

Answer 18

Specific proteins that are able to both activate the genes necessary for a specific pathway and shut down the expression of genes necessary for development along a different pathway