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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Centrioles

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Structures that function in cell reproduction

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cilia

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Hairlike extensions on the surface of those cells capable of movement

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Membrane network of “roads” and “channels” that wind through cytoplasm

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flagella

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A sperm cell’s “tail”

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Lysosomes

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The cell’s “digestive system”

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Mitochondria

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

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ribosomes

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“Protein factories” that make proteins

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anabolism

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

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biology

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The study of life and life processes

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catabolism

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

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chromosomes

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Short, tightly coiled rods that contain genes

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CYT/O-

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A cell

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cytoplasm

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A substance between the plasma membrane and nucleus of all cells

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DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic acid, the chemical genes are made o

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genes

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Regions of DNA organized into the body’s “blueprint”

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KARY/O-

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The nucleus

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karyoplasm

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The substance of the nucleus

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karyotype

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A picture of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell

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metabolism

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The chemical processes by which cells obtain and use energy

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nucleus

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

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Organelles

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Structures within cytoplasm

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-PLASM

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Formative, formed material

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plasma membrane

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The outside boundary of the cell

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RNA

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Ribonucleic acid, needed for production of protein within cells

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Tissue fluids

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A saltwater solution that bathes every cell in the body

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