Chapter 4 Flashcards
Microscopy
Microscopes- instruments to magnify objects
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Invented microscopes in 1590 called cells “animacules”
Robert Hooke
Called cells “cells”
Types of microscopy
Light microscopy- visible light/ lenses/ refraction
Electron microscopy- Electrons/scanning/transmission
Prokaryotes
“before kernel”
no nucleus and no membrane bound organelles
cell wall made of peptidoglycan
Eukaryotes
“the kernel”
has nucleus and many organelles
cell walls vary
Both Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Plasma membrane
Cytoplasm (jelly)
ribosomes
DNA
Pilli
Short hair like structures on surface of prokaryotes
Flagellum
Slender thread like tail that allows prokaryotes to “swim”
Nucleoid region
Area of prokaryotic cell that contains dna and other genetic material
Cocci
Spherical bacteria
Bacilli
Rod shaped bacteria
Spirillum
Spiral shaped bacteria
Eukaryotic cell basic structure
Cell wall, plasma membrane, phospholipid bilayer, Cytoplasm (contains organelles and cytosol)
Chemical composition of cell walls
Protists -> silica, CaCO3 [calcium carbonate], pro-glycans
Fungi -> Chitin
Plants -> Cellulose
Nucleus
Houses chromosomes, nuclear envelope, nuclear pores, nuclear lamina (protein network structural support) and matric, nucleolus
Nuclear pores
transport proteins and RNA
Connected to endoplasmic reticulum
Nuclear lamina and matrix
proteinaceous support to nucleus
Nucleolus
Produce and assemble RNA
Chromosomes
condensed; chromatin
dividing; sister chromatids (identical copies joined together at centromere)
Sections of DNA -> gene
Ribosomes
Protein and r RNA subunits
smaller and less complex in prokaryotes
larger and more complex in eukaryotes
site of translation (synthesis of protein)
not membrane bound
read mRNA and translate into AA that form proteins
Free Ribosomes
Floating in cytosol
Enzymatic proteins
Bound Ribosomes
on Endoplasmic Reticulum
membrane proteins
Double membrane
Energy related organelles
mitochondria, chloroplast
Mitochondria
All eukaryotic cells
inner membrane
cellular respiration (ATP production)
matrix (inner space of mitochondrion)
Cristae (folds in inner membrane to increase SA for reactions)