Cell Types and functions Flashcards

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Lysosomes

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Contains digestive enzymes to break down harmful substances

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Cytoskeleton

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Network of proteins found within the cytoplasm for support and structure

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Vesicle

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Transports proteins throughout the cell

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Prokaryote

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Cell with no nucleus or membrane-bound structures

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Cytoplasm

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Clear gel-like fluid in cells that holds the organelles

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Flagella

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Long hair-like projection used for movement in cells; uses a whip-like motion

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Nucleus

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Where DNA is stored in a eukaryotic cell

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Rough ER

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Organelle that hugs the nucleus and has ribosomes attached to it

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Cell wall

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Firm, fairly rigid structure found outside of plans for support

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Mitochondira

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Breaks down food into usable energy in a process called cellular respiration

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Vacuole

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Storage for the cell

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Eukaryote

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Cell with membrane-bound organelles and a nucleus

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Cilia

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Short numerous hair-like projections that move in wave patterns for movement

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Cell membrane

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Serves as a semi-permeable boundary between the cell and its enviroment

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Golgi apparatus

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Packages and modifies proteins

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16
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Choroplast

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Organelle in plants that uses light energy to make glucose in a process called photosynthesis

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Ribosomes

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Where proteins are made

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18
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Nucleolous

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Inside of nucleus and makes RNA

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Smooth ER

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No ribosomes, makes lipids, stores Ca^+2

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Binary fission

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Prokaryotic

21
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Mitosis

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Eukaryotic

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Hypotonic

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H2O goes into cell= cell swells

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Hypertonic

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H2O leaves cell= cell shirvles

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How is homeostasis maintained at the cellular level

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Through feedback mechanisms

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Stimulus

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Change in enviroment

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Response

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A change in the organism, as a result of a stimulus

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Much of homeostasis on the cellular level is maintained by the _____

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cell membrane

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What passes easily through Cell Membrane

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things that are small, nonpolar, hydrophobic and/or neutral, as well as water

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What doesn’t pass easily through Cell Membrane

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Polar and/or large molecules

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Passive Transport

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requires no extra energy; down the concentration gradient

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Active Transport

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Requires extra energy; against the concentration gradient

32
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Apoptosis

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Programmed cell death (ex: web fingers & toes during development)

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Mitosis

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The division phase of the cell (1 cell becomes 2 identical daughter cells)

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Mitosis Phases

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Prophase; Metaphase; Anaphase; Telophase’ Cytokinesis begins

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Prophase

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  1. Chromosomes condense & are visible as sister chromatids 2. Nuclear membrane disappears 3, spindle fibers show
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Metaphase

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Chromosomes line up in middle of the cell

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Anaphase

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Sister chromatids pull away from each other to opposite ends of the cel

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Telophase

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Nuclear membrane re-forms. Chromosomes decondense and start to look like chromatin (threadlike instead of rodlike). Cytokinesis begins

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Cytokinesis

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The division into 2 individual cells.
Plant cells: A cell plate forms midway and develops into a membrane
Animal cells: Forms a cleavage furrow that pinches the cell

40
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Cancer

A

Uncontrolled cell division

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Tumors

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Clumps of cells that divide uncontrollably

42
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Difference between cancer and healthy cells

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Cancer cells divide much more often than healthy cells do

43
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How many chromosomes cells will be at the end of mitosis

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