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Cells Flashcards

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Living Structural and functional unit that is enclosed by a membrane

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Cell

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2
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3 main parts of a cell

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  • Plasma membrane
  • cytoplasm
  • nucleus
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Forms a cell’s flexible outer surface, separating the cell’s internal environment from its external environment

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Plasma membrane

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4
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Regulates the flow of materials into and out of a cell to maintain the appropriate environment for normal cellular activities

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Plasma membrane

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5
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Plays a key role in communication among cells and between cells and their external environment

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Plasma membrane

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6
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Basic framework of plasma membrane?

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  • Lipid bilayer
  • proteins
  • Selectively permeable
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7
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What is the Lipid bilayer made up of?

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Two tail to tail layers made up of phospholipids, cholesterol, and glycolipids

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Two types of (membrane) proteins

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Integral
peripheral

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9
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Protein that…
- extend through the lipid bilayer
- allow small and medium sized water-soluble materials to cross the membrane

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Integral

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10
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Protein that…
- loosely attached to the exterior or interior surface of the membrane

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Peripheral

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11
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Framework of plasma membrane that….
- allows some substances to move into and out of the cell but restricts the passage of other substances

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Selectively permeable

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12
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Framework of plasma membrane that….
- not permeable to ions and large, uncharged polar molecules such as glucose and amino acids

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Selectively permeable

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13
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[type of body fluid] fluid in body cells

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intracellular fluid (ICF)

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14
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[type of body fluid] Fluid outside cells

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Extracellular fluid (ECF)

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[type of body fluid] ECF between cells in tissues

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Interstitial fluid

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[type of body fluid] ECF in blood vessels

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Blood plasma

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15
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[type of body fluid] ECF in lymphatic vessels

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Lymph

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15
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[type of body fluid] Surrounds the brain and spinal cord

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Cerebrospinal fluid

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16
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[type of body fluid] Any material dissolved in a fluid

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Solute

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17
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[type of body fluid] Fluid that dissolves materials

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Solvent

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18
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Two methods for substances to move across the plasma membrane

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Passive processes
Active processes

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19
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In this process, substance moves down its concentration gradient through the membrane, using only its own energy of motion (kinetic energy)

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Passive processes

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20
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In this process, cellular energy, usually in the form of ATP, is used to “push” the substance through the membrane “uphill” against its concentration gradient

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Active processes

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21
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movement of substances down a concentration gradient until equilibrium is reached; do not require cellular energy in the form of ATP

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Passive process

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22
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Passive movement of a substance through the Lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane

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Simple diffusion

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22
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Movement of substance by kinetic energy down a concentration graduate until equilibrium is reached

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Diffusion

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23
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Passive movement of a substance down its concentration gradient aided by ion channels and carriers

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Facilitated diffusion

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24
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Movement of water molecules across a Selectively permeable membrane from an area of higher water concentration to an area of lower water concentration

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Osmosis

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25
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Movement of substances against a concentration gradient; requires cellular energy in the form of ATP

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Active processes

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26
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Transport in which cells expends energy to move a substance across the membrane against in concentration gradient aided by membrane proteins that act as pumps; these integral membrane proteins use energy supplied by ATP

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Active transport

27
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Movement of substances into or out of a cell in vesicles that bud from the plasma membrane; requires energy supplied by ATP

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Transport in vesicles

28
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Movement of substances into a cell in vesicles

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Endocytosis

29
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“cell eating”; movement of a solid particle into a cell after pseudopods engulf it

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Phagocytosis

30
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“cell drinking ; movement of extracellular fluid into a cell by infolding of plasma membrane

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Bulk-phase endocytosis

31
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Movement of substances out of a cell in secretory vesicles that fuse with the plasma membrane and release their contents into the extracellular fluid

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Exocytosis

32
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Composed of a Lipid bilayer consisting of phospholipids, cholesterol, and glycolipids with various proteins inserted; surrounds cytoplasm

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Plasma membrane

33
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Protects cellular contents; make contact with other cells; contains channels, transporters, receptors, enzymes, and cell identity makes; mediates the entry and exit of substances

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Plasma membrane

34
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Cellular contents between plasma membrane and nucleus, including cytosol and organelles

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Cytoplasm

35
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Site of all intracellular activities except those occurring in the nucleus

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Cytoplasm

36
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Composed of water, solutes, suspended particles, Lipid droplets, and glycogen granules

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Cytosol

37
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Liquid in which many of the cell’s chemical reactions occur

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Cytosol

38
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A network in the cytoplasm composed of three protein filaments: microfilaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules

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Cytoskeleton

39
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Maintains shape and general organization of cellular contents; responsible for cell movements

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Cytoskeleton

40
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Specialized cellular structures with characteristic shapes and specific functions

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Organelles

41
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Paired centrioles plus pericentriolar material

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Centrosome

42
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Motile cell surface projections with inner core of microtubules

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Cillia and flagella

43
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Protein synthesis

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Ribosome

44
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Site of synthesis of glycoproteins and phospholipids

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum

45
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Site of fatty acid and steroid synthesis

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Smooth ER

46
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Accepts proteins from rough ER

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Golgi complex

47
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Vesicle formed from golgi complex

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Lysosome

48
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Vesicle containing oxidative enzymes

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Peroxisome

49
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Tiny barrel-shaped structure that contains proteases, enzymes that cut proteins

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Proteasome

50
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Consists of outer and inner membranes, cristae, and matrix. Site of reactions that produce most of a cell’s ATP

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Mitochondrion

51
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Consists of nuclear envelope with pores, nucleoli, and chomatin (or chromosomes)

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Nucleus

52
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Contains genes, which control cellular structure, and direct most cellular activities

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Nucleus

53
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Within _______, chemical reactions of aerobic cellular respiration general ATP

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Mitochondria

54
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________ determine the physical and chemical characteristics of cells

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Protein

55
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Two steps in protein synthesis

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Transcription, translation

56
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  • occurs in the nucleus
  • generic information in the DNA base is copied into a complementary sequence of codons in a strand of DNA
  • catalyzed by RNA polymerase
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Transcription

57
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Three kinds of RNA

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Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Transfer RNA (tRNA)
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

58
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Process in which mRNA associates with robisomes

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Translation

59
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Directs synthesis of a protein by converting the sequence of nucleotides in mRNA into a specific sequence of amino acid

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Translation

60
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Process whereby cells reproduce themselves

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Cell division

61
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As body cells become damages, diseased, or worn out, they are replaced by ______

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Cell division

62
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Two types of cell division

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Meiosis, somatic cell division

63
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Process that produces gametes - sperm and oocytes

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Meiosis

64
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Process where cells divides into two identical cells

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Somatic cell division

65
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Sequence of changes that a cell undergoes from the time it forms until it duplicates its contents and divides into two cells

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Cell cycle

66
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Two major periods of cell cycle

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Interphase, mitotic phase

67
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  • when a cell is not dividing
  • cell replicates its DNA
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Interphase

68
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  • when a cell is dividing
  • division of the nucleus and cytoplasm into two cells
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Mitotic phase

69
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Mitotic process is divided into 4 stages which are?

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Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

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