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Chapter 4 vocab Flashcards

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transfers energy from organic compounds to ATP

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mitochondrion

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organizes the synthesis of proteins.

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Ribosome

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prepares proteins for export (rough ER); synthesizes steroids, regulates calcium levels, breaks down toxic substances (smooth ER).

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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processes and packages substances produced by the cell

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Golgi apparatus

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digests molecules, old organelles ,and foreign substances

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lsosome

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contributes to the support, movement, and division of cell.s

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micro filaments and microtubules

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propel cells through the environment; move materials over the cell surface

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cilia and flagella

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stores hereditary information in DNA; synthesizes RNA and ribosomes

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nucleus

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supports and protects the cell

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cell wall

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stores enzymes and waste products

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vacuole

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stores food or pigments; one type (chloroplast) transfers energy from light to organic compounds.

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plastid

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proteins attached to the surface of the cell membrane

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peripheral proteins

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proteins embedded in the bilayer

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integral proteins

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14
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scientists use the ___________ to describe the cell membrane

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fluid mosaic model

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between the cell membrane and the nucleus. Contains various organelles of the cell.

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cytoplasm

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the organelles in the cytoplasm are bathed in a gelatin like aqueous fluid called the

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cytosol

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the inner membrane of the mitochondria

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cristae

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made up of proteins and RNA

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ribosomes

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a network of long protein strands located in the cytosol

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cytoskeleton

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two major components of the cytoskeleton

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microfilaments and microtubules

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Microfilaments are made of what protein

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actin

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bundles of microtubules

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spindle fibers

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double membrane of the nucleus

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nuclear envelope

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the site where ribosomes are synthesized and partially assembled before they pass through the nuclear pores to the cytosol.

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nucleolus

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