Ch 3: Online 2 Flashcards
Cells
Made of DNA and protein
Chromosomes
Recycles old proteins into amino acids
Proteasome
Cellular transport along a pressure gradient
Filtration
Diffusion takes place along a ___ gradient
Concentration
Chromosome count in a gamete
Haploid Number
DNA makes a copy of itself
Replication
Increase the outer surface area of the cell membrane
Microvilli
An mRNA molecule copies a gene from DNA
Transcription
A protein is put together by tRNA molecules
Translation
To put out of a cell
Exocytosis
A solution with a lesser salt concentration than in cells
Hypotonic
Cancerous
Malignant
A change in a gene
Mutation
Programmed cell death
Apoptosis
A protein for facilitated diffusion
Transporter
Provides for shape and movement of a cell
Cytoskeleton
The control center of a cell
Nucleus
Engulfing of something by a cell
Phagocytosis
The use of chemicals to treat disease
Chemotherapy
The formation of ova by meiosis
Oogenesis
A solution with a greater salt concentration than in cells
Hypertonic
To take into a cell
Endocytosis
Division of cytoplasm at the end of mitosis
Cytokinesis
Blood plasma and RBCs have the same salt concentration
Isotonic