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Chapter 1 - Cell Biology Flashcards

1
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Cell membrane can be described as?

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A lipid bilayer that contains protein channels, enzymes and receptors

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2
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Cholesterol does what for the membrane?

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Increases membrane fluidity

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3
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The inside of the cell is + or - to outside and based on what?

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Negative, Na/K ATPase (3Na+ out/2K+ in)

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4
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The Na+ gradient across a cell membrane is used for what?

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Cotransport of clugose proteins and other molecules

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5
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Extracellular fluid plasma cations: Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium?

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Na+ 140, K+ 4, Ca2+ 5, Mg+2

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Intracellular cations: Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium?

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Na+ 12, K+ 150, Ca2+ 10(-7), Mg+7

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Extracellular plasma anions: Chloride, bicarb, SO4 2-, HPO4 3-, Protein, Organic Ions?

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Cl- 103, HCO3 24, SO4 1, HPO4 2, Protein 16, Organic anions 5

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Intracellular fluid anions: Chloride, bicarb, SO4 2-, HPO4 3-, Protein, Organic Ions?

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Cl- 3, HCO3 10, SO4 -, HPO4 116, Protein 40, Organic anions -

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9
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What are desmosomes/Hemidesmosomes?

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Adhesion molecules (cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix), which anchor cells

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10
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What are tight junctions?

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cell-cell occluding junctions and form an impermeable barrier (ie epithelium)

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11
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What are Gap junctions?

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They allow communucation between cells (connexin subunits)

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12
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What are G-Proteins?

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Intramembrane proteins, transduce signal from receptor to response enzyme

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13
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What are ligand triggered protein kinases?

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receptor and response enzyme are a single transmembrane protein

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14
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ABO blood type antigens are what type of antigen?

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Glycolipids on cell membrane

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15
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HLA-type antigens are what type of antigen?

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Glycoproteins on cell membrane

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16
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This cell cycle type is the most variable and determines cell cycle length?

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G1

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17
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Growth factors affect the cell during what phase?

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G1

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18
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What happens during prophase?

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Centromere attachment, spindle formation, nucleus disappears

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19
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What happens during metaphase?

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chromosomes align

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20
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What happens during anaphase?

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chromosomes pull apart

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21
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What happens during telophase?

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A separate nucleus reforms around each set of chromosomes

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22
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What happens during cytokinesis?

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contractile ring forms and cells divide

23
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What type of membrane does the nucleus have?

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double membrane with the outer membrane contiguous with the RER

24
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What is the nucleolus?

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Area inside the nucleus, no membrane, where ribosomes are made

25
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What happens in transcription?

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DNA strand is used as a template by RNA polymerase for synthesis of an mRNA strand

26
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What are transcription factors?

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They bind to DNA and help the transcription of genes

27
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How do steroid hormones work?

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They bind to receptors in the cytoplasm, then enter nucleus, and acts as transcription factor

28
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Thyroid hormone works how?

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binds receptor in the nucleus and then acts as a transcription factor

29
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Other transcription factors include?

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AP-1, NF-KB, STAT, NFAT

30
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How do initiation factors work?

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They bind RNA polymerase and initiate transcription

31
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How does a DNA PCR work?

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Uses oligonucleotidesto amplify specific DNA sequences

32
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Purines include?

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Guanine, adenine

33
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Pyrimidines include?

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cytosine, thymidine, uracil

34
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how do the nucleic acids bind together?

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G-C with 1 H bond. A to T or U with 2 H bonds

35
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What is translation?

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Occurs when mRNA is used as a template by ribisomes for the synthesis of proteins

36
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In glycolysis, 1 glucose generates what?

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2 ATP and 2 Pyruvate molecules

37
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Where does the Krebs cycle occur?

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On the inner matrix of the mitochonria memranes. NADH/FADH2 is created

38
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What is Gluconeogenesis and when is it utilized?

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Mechanism by which lactic acid and amino acids are converted to glucose. Used in times of starvation or stress.

39
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Why can’t fat and lipids be used for gluconeogenesis?

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Because acetyl CoA (breakdown product of fat metabolism) cannot be converted back to pyruvate.

40
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What is the Cori cycle?

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An elegant mechanism for the hepatic conversion of muscle lactate into new glucose. Pyruvate plays a key role in this process.

41
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What happens in the RER and in what tissue is it increased?

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Synthesizes proteins that exported. Increased in pancreatic acinar cells

42
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What happens in the SER and in what tissue is it increased?

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Lipid/steroid synthesis, detoxification of drugs. Increased in the liver and adrenal cortex.

43
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What happens in the Golgi apparatus?

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modifies proteins with carbohydrates; proteins are then transported to the cellular membrane, are secreted, or are targted to lysosomes

44
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What are lysosomes?

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they have digestive enzymes that degrade engulfed particles and worn out organelles

45
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What are Phagosomes?

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They engulf large particles and fuse with lysosomes

46
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What are endosomes?

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They engulf small particles and fuse with lysosomes

47
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Protein kinase C is activated by what and does what?

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Activated by calcium and Diacylglycerol (DAG). It phosphorylates other enzymes and proteins.

48
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Protein kinase A is activated by what and does what?

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activated by cAMP . It phosphorylates other enzymes and proteins

49
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What is Myosin?

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Thick filament of muscle. Uses ATP to slide along actin to cause muscle contraction

50
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What is Actin?

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Thin filaments, interact with myosin

51
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What are intermediate filaments?

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Keratin (hair/nails), desmin (muscle), vimentin (fibroblasts)

52
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What do microtubules do?

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form specialized cellular structures- cilia, neuronal axons, mitotic spindles. Involved in the transport of organelles (latticework)

53
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What are centrioles?

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specialized microtubule involved in cell division (spindle fibers that pull chromosomes apart)

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