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Biology Freshman Year > Cells, Plasma Membrane, and Mitosis Exam > Flashcards

Cells, Plasma Membrane, and Mitosis Exam Flashcards

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Exocytosis

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  • Active Transport

* Materials are expelled or secreted by the cell

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Endocytosis

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  • Active Transport

* Large particulates enter the cell

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Hypertonic Solution

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  • Releases water

* Cell shrinkage

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Isotonic Solution

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*Water flowing in and out

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Hypotonic Solution

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  • Water diffusing in

* Cell becoming “hippo”

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Cancer

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Uncontrolled cell division and death caused by the interaction between environmental factors and changes in the production of enzymes involved in the cell cycle

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Tumor

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A mass that forms within otherwise normal tissue, caused by the controlled growth of a transformed cell

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Angiogenesis

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Formation of blood vessels which grow toward a tumor

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Metastases

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The spread of cancer beyond its original site

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Benign

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A tumor that is not able to spread

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Malignant

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A tumor with the ability to spread

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Glycerol Base

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The backbone of a phospholipid

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Polar Head

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attracted to water

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Unsaturated vs. saturated fatty acids

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Saturated-straight

Unsaturated-bent, double bond, more fluid

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Phospholipids

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*Glycerol, 2 fatty acids, phosphate group

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Osmosis

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The diffusion of water

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Dynamic Equilibrium

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  • Continuous movement, no overall change in concentration

* Required to maintain homeostasis

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Turgor Pressure

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  • Internal cell pressure
  • Gives shape and support to plants
  • Plant will wilt when it loses turgor pressure
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19
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Plasmolysis

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  • Causes plant to wilt

* Plasma membrane shrinks away from cell wall

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Selective permeability

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  • Only certain substances can pass through the plasma membrane
  • Required to maintain homeostasis
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Concentration Gradient

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Difference in concentration of a substance across space

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22
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3 Microscopes

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SEM and TEM Microscopes are electron microscopes
SEM
3D, up to 60000x zoom, pass over the surface
TEM
2D, hundreds of thousands of times zoom, pass through an object
Compound-Light
Can be used on living organisms, series of lenses, light passed through object through lenses

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Active and Passive Transport

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Active-Requires energy, goes agains concentration gradient

Passive-no energy required

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Schleiden

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All organisms are composed of one or more cells. Plants-Schleiden down the hill

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Schwann

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The cell is the basic unit of organization of organisms. Schwann-swan <–animals

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Hooke

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Examined the cork.
Compound-light microscope
Named “cells”

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Virchow

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All cells come from pre-existing cells. Maggots in meat

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Leeuwenhoek

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Scraped teeth

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The Cell Theory (Three Parts)

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1) All organisms are composed of one or more cells. -Shleiden
2) The cell is the basic unit of organization of organisms. -Schwann
3) All cells come from pre-existing cells. -Virchow

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Prokaryotic Cells

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Cells that lack a nucleus or membrane-bound internal organelles

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Eukaryotic Cells

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1) Cells containing a nucleus & membrane bound internal organelles
2) Structure allows for cell specialization.

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Interphase

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  • Cell growth period
  • Centrioles replicate
  • Chromosomes copies
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Prophase

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  • Longest phase
  • Chromatin–>chromosomes
  • Chromosomes made of sister chromatids<–held together by a centromere
  • Nuclear fizzilage
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Metaphase

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Metaphase-middle

Chromosomes attach to spindle

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Anaphase

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Centromeres split
Sister Chromatids split<—now individual chromosomes
Anaphase-apart

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Telophase

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Final phase
Two daughter cells formed
Cleavage then new cells for animals
Cell plate which divide for plants

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The Fluid Mosaic Model

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Made of phospholipids, which can move
Bilayer is like a fluid
Phosphate group is hydrophylic

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Contractile Vacuoles

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Collects excess sater then expels it through the plasma membrane
prevents cells from bursting

39
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Vacuoles

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Sack of fluid surrounded by a membrane

TEMPORARILY stores food, enzymes, and wastes

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Chloroplasts

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Organelle that contains chlorophyll
Found in plants
Used for photosynthesis

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Centrioles

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Replicate in early interphase
Small, dark cylindrical structures
Made of microtubules, which help separate chromosomes during mitosis

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Ribosomes

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Found in pro- and eu-
Not membrane-bound
Involved in protein synthesis
Enzymes are assembled at the ribosomes

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Rough ER

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Studded with ribosomes

Contains enzymes for lipid synthesis

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Smooth ER

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Have no ribosomes

Contain enzymes for lipid synthesis

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Mitochondria

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Food is broken down to release energy

Have cristae<–see flashcard

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Cristae

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In mitochondria
Have large surface area
Produce energy-storing molecules

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Lysosomes

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Membrane-bound
Contain enzymes
Enzymes digest food particulates, viruses, bacteria, worn out cell parts, and sometimes the cell itself
AKA suicide sacs

48
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Golgi Bodies

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UPS of cell
receive, modify, and repackage proteins into forms the cell can use, expel, or store
Proteins are brought in and repackaged in new vesicles

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Cytoplasm

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Fluid, clear

Surrounding organelles and nucleus

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Nucleus

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control center of the cell
Has a nuclear membrane
Contains DNA<–guides all cell functions

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Nucleolus

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Produces ribosomes
Inside nucleus
RNA?

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Cytoskeleton

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Thin, fibrous elements
Provide support for organelles
Important for movement

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Cell Wall

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Plants only!
Firm, but flexible
Support + protection

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Cilia

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Short, numerous hair-like projections from the cell membrane

Movement

55
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Flagella

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Made of microtubules
Long, threadlike
Whip-like motion propels
Only one or two
Located on prokaryotes

Biology Freshman Year (4 decks)

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