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Chapter 4 Cell FUNCTION Flashcards

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encloses CELL CONTENTS; REGULATES what enters and leaves the cell.

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PLASMA MEMBRANE

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ABSORB materials INTO the cell

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MICROVILLI

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Contains CHROMOSOMES, DIRECTS all cellular activitiy

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NUCLEUS

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MAKES RIBOSOMES

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NUCLEOLUS

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site of CELLULAR activities. Consists of CYTOLSOL and ORGANELLES

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CYTOPLASM

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surrounds the organelles

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CYTOSOL

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plasma membrane

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ENCLOSES the cell contents; REGULATES what ENTERS and LEAVES the cell

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microvilli

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ABSORB materials INTO the cell

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9
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nucleus

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CONTAINS the CHROMOSOMES, DIRECTS all cellular ACTIVITIES

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10
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nucleolus

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makes RIBOSOMES

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11
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cystoplasm

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SITE of many cellular activivites

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ENDO-PLASMIC RETICULUM (ER)

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rough ER SORTS proteins and FORMS them into COMPOUNDS.

smooth ER is involved with LIPID SYNTHESIS.

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RIBOSOMES

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MANUFACTURE proteins.

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MITOCHONDRIA

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CONVERT energy FROM nutrients into ATP

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GOLGI APPARTATUS

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makes COMPOUNDS containing PROTEINS, SORTS and PREPARES these COMPOUNDS for TRANSPORT to other parts of the cell and OUT of the cell.

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LYSOSOME

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DIGEST substances within the cell.

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PEROXISOMES

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BREAK DOWN harmful substances.

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VESICLES

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STORE materials and MOVE materials into or OUT of the cell in BULK.

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CENTRIOLES

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help SEPARATE the CHROMOSOMES during cell DIVISION.

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CILIA

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MOVE fluid AROUND the cell.

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FLAGELLUM

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MOVES the cell.

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MOVES the cell.

23
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MOVE the fluids AROUND the cell.

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LONG, WHIP-LIKE extension from the cell.

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SHORT, HAIR-LIKE projections from the cell.

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STRUCTURES that EXTEND from the cell.

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SURFACE PROJECTIONS.

27
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ROD-SHAPED bodies

(usually two) NEAR the nucleus.

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CENTRIOLES.

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small MEMBRANE-BOUND sacs in the cytoplasm.

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MEMBRANE-ENCLOSED organelles containing ENZYMES.

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PEROXISOMES.

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SMALL SACS of DIGESTIVE ENZYMES.

31
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LAYERS of MEMBRANES.

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GOLGI APPARATUS

32
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large ORGANELLES with FOLDED membranes inside.

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MITOCHONDRIA

33
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small BODIES free in the cytoplasm or ATTACHED to the ER, composed of RNA and protein.

34
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NETWORK of membranes within the cytoplasm. one has ribosomes attached to it; the other does not.

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ER

ENDO-PLASMIC RETICULUM

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SURROUNDS the organelles

36
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the FLUID portion of the CYTOPLASM

37
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SMALL body in the nucleus; COMPOSED of RNA, DNA and PROTEIN

38
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LARGE, dark-STAINED organelle near the CENTRE of the cell, composed of DNA and proteins

39
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SHORT EXTENSIONS of the cell MEMBRANE

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MICROVILLI

40
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outer LAYER of the cell, COMPOSED mainly of LIPIDS and PROTEINS.

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PLASMA MEMBRANE.

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