Chapter 3 - Cell Structure And Function Flashcards

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Aer-

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Air

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Ana-

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Apart

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Chondrion

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Granule

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Chroma

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Color

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Cyto

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Cell

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Endo-

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Inside

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Exo-

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Outside

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Hemo-

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Blood

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Hyper-

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Above

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Hypo-

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Below

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Inter-

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Between

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12
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Interstitium

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Something standing between

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13
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ISO-

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Equal

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14
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Kinesis

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Motion

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Meta-

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After

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16
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Micro-

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Small

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17
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Mitos

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Thread

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Osmos

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Thrust

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19
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Phago-

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To eat

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20
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Pinein

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To drink

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21
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Podon

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Foot

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22
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Pro-

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Before

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23
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Ptosis

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A falling way

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24
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Reticulum

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Network

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25
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Soma

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Body

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26
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Telos

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End

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27
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Tonos

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Tension

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28
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The four concepts of cell theory

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  1. Cells are the building blocks of life
  2. Cells are the smallest units of life
  3. Cell are produced from other cells
  4. Each cent maintains homeostasis
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29
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The study of the structure and function of cells is called

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Cytology

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30
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Separates the cell contents from its watery surrounding environment

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Cell/plasma membrane

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31
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Contents within a cell

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Cytoplasm

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32
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Essential for movement of chromosomes during cell division

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Centrioles

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33
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Provides strength and support to the cell

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Cytoskeleton

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34
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Lipid bilayer containing phospholipids, steroids, proteins, and carbs

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Plasma membrane

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35
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Membrane extensions containing microfilaments, increase surface area to aid absorption

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Microvilli

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36
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Long extensions containing mircrotubule doublets; movement of material over cell surface

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Cilia

37
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Breakdown and recycling of damaged or abnormal intracellular proteins

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Proteasomes

38
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Function: Protein Synthesis

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Ribosomes

39
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Vesicles containing digestive enzymes, removal of damages organelles or pathogens

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Lysosomes

40
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Stacks of flattened membranes containing chambers; functions to store, alter, and package secretary products

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Golgi apparatus

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Function: produces ATP

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Mitochondria

42
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Network of membranous channels extending throughout the cytoplasm; synthesis of secretory products; intracellular storage and transport.

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Endoplasmic reticulum

43
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Modifies and packages newly synthesized proteins

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Rough ER

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Synthesized lipids and carbs

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Smooth ER

45
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Water-loving

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Hydrophilic

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Water-fearing

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Hydrophobic

47
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Moving ions or molecules across the plasma membrane without any energy

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Passive transport

48
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Movement of ions or molecules that require the cell to use energy

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Active transport

49
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The movement of molecules from an area of relatively high concentration to an area of relatively low concentration

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Diffusion

50
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The difference between the high and low concentrations represents a

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Concentration gradient t

51
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The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane

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Osmosis

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Dissolved materials

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Solutes

53
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An indication of the force of water movement into that solution as a result of solute concentration

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Osmotic pressure

54
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Solution that does not cause a net movement of water into or out of the cell

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Isotonic solution

55
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When rbc’s enter a ____________ solution water will flow into the cell, causing it to swell up like a balloon

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Hypotonic

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Cell burst

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Hemolysis

57
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Rbc’s in a ________ solution will lose water and shrivel

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Hypertonic

58
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The shrinking of rbc’s is called

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Crenation

59
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Passive process where hydrostatic pressure forces water across a membrane

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Filtration

60
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Membrane proteins bind specific ions or organic substrates and carry them a cross the plasma membran

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Carrier-mediated transport

61
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Compounding passively transporting across the membrane by carrier proteins

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Facilitated diffusion

62
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The high-energy bond ATP provides the energy needed to move ions or molecules across the membrane

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Active transport

63
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Carrier proteins existent in all cells that actively transport the cations sodium potassium calcium and magnesium across the plasma membranes

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Ion pumps

64
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If ions move in opposite directions, it is called an

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Exchange pump

65
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Ejects sodium ions and recaptures lost portassium ions

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Sodium-potassium exchange pump

66
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Materials move into or out of the cell I vesicles

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Vesicular transport

67
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Packaging of extra cellular materials in a vesicle at the cell surface for import into the cell

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Endocytosis

68
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Produces vesicles containing high concentrations of a specific target molecule

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Receptor-mediated endocytosis

69
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“Cell drinking”, the formation of small vesicles filled with Extracellular fluid

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Pinocytosis

70
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“Cell eating” produces vesicles containing solid objects that many be as large as the cell itself

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Phagocytosis

71
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Cytoplasmic extensions

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Pseudopodia

72
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A vesicle is created inside the cell and fuses with the plasma membrane and discharges its contents into the extracellular environment

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Exocytosis

73
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Intracellular fluid, contains solved nutrients, ions, solvable and insoluble proteins, and waste products

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Cytosol

74
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Internal structures that perform specific functions essential to normal cell structure, maintenance, and metabolism

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Organelles

75
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Thinnest strands of the cytoskeleton, attach the plasma membrane to the underlying cytoplasm by forming connections with proteins of the plasma membrane

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Microfillaments

76
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Hollow tubes built from the globular protein tubulin

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Microtubules

77
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Small, finger shaped projections of the plasma membrane on the exposed surfaces of many cells

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Microvilli

78
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A cylindrical structure composed of triplets of microtubules

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Centriole

79
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Move cells through the surrounding fluid

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Flagella

80
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The process of mitochondrial energy production is known as

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Aerobic metabolism

81
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Largest most conspicuous structure in a cell

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Nucleus

82
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Consists of a double membrane surrounding the nucleus and separating its fluid contents

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Nuclear envelope

83
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Where chemical communication between the nucleus and the cytosol occurs

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Nuclear pores

84
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Organelles stoat synthesiZe rRNA and assemble the ribsosomal subunits into functional ribosomes

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Nucleoli

85
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The production of RNA from a single strand of DNA

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Transcription

86
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The assembly of a protein by ribosomes

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Translation

87
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Nuclear division

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Mitosis

88
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Production of sex cells

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Meiosis

89
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Programmed cell death

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Apoptosis