Ch.3 Parts of a Cell Flashcards
This is the cell forming material between the plasma membrane and nucleus.
Cytoplasm
This is viscous fluid with properties of colloid and solution that suspends organelles.
Cytosol
This is the metabolic machinery of a cell, includes ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus, lysosomes and cytoskeleton.
Cytoplasmic organelles
Chemical substances like stored nutrients ( glycogen and lipid droplets), pigments (melanin), and crystals (crystalline waste products).
Inclusions
This it the sausage shaped powerhouse of the cell. It makes most of the ATP for the cell. It has its own DNA and RNA but still needs nuclear DNA for most proteins.
Mitochondria
What are the two membranes of the mitochondria?
- Smooth outer membrane
2. Inner folded to form Cristae
Where does ATP synthesis occur within the mitochondria?
Cristae (inner folded membrane)
This is the factory of the cell. It is comprised of ribosomal RNA and makes the proteins for the cell. It is free floating or attached to rough endoplasmic reticulum.
Ribosomes
Free floating ribosomes make protein for?
Cytoplasm
Membrane bound ribosomes make proteins that?
Make proteins that can be exported to ECF or plasma membrane.
This is an extensive system of interconnected tubes and parallel membranes enclosing fluid filled cavities called cisterns. It also accounts for half of the cell membrane.
Endoplasmic Reticulum
What are the two types of Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)?
- Rough ER
2. Smooth ER
This is studded with ribosomes and is a protein and membrane factory.
Rough ER
These enzymes catalyze reactions involved in the following tasks:
- Metabolizing lipids
- synthesize steroid based hormones such as sex hormones.
- Absorbs, synthesize, and transport fats.
- Detoxify drugs, certain pesticides, and cancer causing chemicals.
- Break down stored glycogen to form free glucose.
Smooth ER
This consists of stacked and flattened membranous sacs shaped like hollow dinner plates. It is the “traffic director” for cellular proteins.
Golgi Apparatus
What is the major function of the Golgi Apparatus?
To modify, concentrate, and package proteins and lipids made at the rough ER and destined for export from the cell.
Golgi apparatus are sometimes called ____ because they are dark and packed.
granules
Transport vesicles from the ER fuse to ___ face of golgi and shipped on ___ face.
Cis
Trans
What is Cis face?
receive side, come from ER and face it.
What is Trans Face?
Shipping side, faces plasma membrane.
What are the 3 sequences of events from protein synthesis on the rough ER to the final distribution of those protein in the golgi apparatus?
- Protein containing vesicles pinch off rough ER and migrate to fuse with membranes of golgi apparatus.
- Proteins are modified within the golgi compartments.
- Proteins are then packaged within different vesicle types, depending on their ultimate destination.
What 3 things can happen to a protein vesicle once it leaves the golgi apparatus?
- To to exocytosis
- Secretion
- Incorporated into plasma membrane as lysosomes.
These are spherical membranous organelles containing activated digestive enzymes. They are large and abundant in phagocytes, the cells that dispose of invading bacteria and cell debris. Also called the “demolition crew”
Lysosomes
In what 4 ways do lysosomes provide sites where digestion can proceed safely within a cell?
- Digesting particles taken in by endocytosis, particularly ingested bacteria, viruses, and toxins.
- Degrading stressed or dead cells and worn out or non functioning organelles, a process more specifically called autophagy (“self-eating”)
- Performing metabolic functions such as glycogen breakdown and release.
- Breaking down bone to release calcium ions into the blood .
This is a system of organelles that work together to produce, degrade, store, and export biological molecules and degrade potentially harmful substances.
Endomembrane System
What organelles are part of the endomembrane system?
Endoplasmic Reticulum Golgi Apparatus Secretory Vesicles Lysosomes Nuclear Membrane
This is the “cell skeleton”. It is a network of rods running through cytosol and hundreds of accessory proteins that link these rods to other cell structures.
Cytoskeleton
What are the 3 parts of the cytoskeleton?
- Microfilament
- Intermediate Filament
- Microtubule
This is the thinnest element of the cytoskeleton. They are strands made of spherical protein subunits called actin.It is the most changeable
Microfilament
What do microfilament attach to?
Cytoplasmic side of plasma membrane to give it strength.
Actin are round proteins, together they are called_____ by themselves they are called____.
Fibrous actin
Globular actin
These are tough insoluble protein fibers that resemble woven ropes composed of tetramer (4) fibers. They are the most stable of the cytoskeleton.
Intermediate filaments.