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Cells Flashcards

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1
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Fundamental units of life

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Cells

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2
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selectively permeable membrane around the cell

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plasma membrame

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3
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Store transmit and process information

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Nucleic acids

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4
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Preform cell functions

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proteins

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5
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Provide energy to the cell

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Carbohydrates

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6
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Unicellular organisms with no a nucleus or membrane bound organelles

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Prokaryotes

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7
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Cells with membrane bound organelles

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Eukaryotes

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8
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How to see small bacteria or small cells

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Light microscopy

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9
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The material inside a cell that is not the nucleous

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Cytoplasm

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10
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Small rRNA units that translate DNA

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Ribosomes

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11
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Intracellular fluid of proteins, ions and membranes

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cytosol

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12
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Contains the DNA and makes the RNA for ribosomes

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Nucleus

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13
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A sac-like organelle that is an extention of the nuclear envelop that makes proteins and lipids

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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14
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Macromolecular RNA that is the site of protein synthesis

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Ribosomes

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15
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Stack of flat sacs that is the site of protein modification

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Golgi Apparatus

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16
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Double membrane energy producers

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Mitochondira

17
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The main source of energy in the body

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ATP

18
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Plant cell characteristics

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cell walls, no lysosomes, chloroplasts

19
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Cell division in the body

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mitoses

20
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Reproductive cell production

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meiosis

21
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Vacuoles function

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Nutrients for germination, colourful pigments, toxic defence

22
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Long bound strand of DNA

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Chromosome

23
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DNA histome complex

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nucleosome

24
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Steps of Mitosis

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  1. Prophase
  2. Prometaphase
  3. Anaphase
  4. Telophase
  5. Cytokinesis
25
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Microtubules

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grows in metaphase and separates the chromosomes

26
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Holds sister chromatids together

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Cohesins

27
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Compact DNA

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condensins

28
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prokaryote

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A single cell organism with no membrane-bound organelles

29
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eukaryote

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A cell with membrane-bound organelles

30
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A spieces of single cell organisms that continue to reproduce as long as they have nutrients

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bacteria

31
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Eukaryotic characteristics

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Number of cells remain constant

32
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What is special about nerve cells

A

do not divide

33
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Cell cycle control

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check points

34
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Location of check points

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End of g1, end of g2, two metaphase check points

35
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Apoptosis

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killing a cell

36
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rapidly replicating damaged cells

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cancer

BISC 101: Midterm (6 decks)

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