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1
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What is a light microscope (LM)?

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lenses bend light to magnify images of specimens

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What is an electron microscope (EM)?

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uses magnets to focus an electron beam on or through specimen

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How many times greater is the magnification of the EM compared to the LM?

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100 times greater

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4
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What is a TEM microscope used to study?

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the internal structure of thin section of cells

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5
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What is a SEM microscope used to study?

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fine details of cell surface

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6
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What is magnification?

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the ratio of an objects image size to its real size

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7
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What is resolution?

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the measure of the clarity of the image

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8
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What is contrast?

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the difference in brightness between light and dark areas

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9
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Staining is a method used to increase what?

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contrast

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10
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What is cell fractionation?

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taking apart a cell and diving it into it sub cellular parts (organelles)

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What device is used in cell fractionation?

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centrifuge

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12
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What are the two types of cells?

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Prokaryotic and eukaryotic

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13
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What are the 2 sub groups of prokaryotes?

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archea and bacteria

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14
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What are the 4 subgroups of eukaryotes?

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anamilia
plantae
fungi
protists

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15
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Where is DNA concentrated in prokaryotic cells?

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an area called the nucleiod

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16
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Where is DNA concentrated in eukaryotic cells?

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the nucleus

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17
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Do prokaryotic cells have cell membranes?

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yes

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18
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Do prokaryotic cells have cytosol?

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yes

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19
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Do prokaryotic cells have nuclear membranes?

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no

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20
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Do prokaryotic cells have chromosomes?

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yes

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21
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Do prokaryotic cells have organelles?

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no

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22
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Do prokaryotic cells have ribosomes?

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yes

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23
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T or F? Cellular metabolism sets the limit for the cells size

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T

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24
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What surrounds the different regions of a prokaryotic cell?

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proteins

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25
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Prokaryotic cells are usually smaller. T of F?

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T

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26
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What is a plasma membrane?

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selective barrier that allows passage of goods and waste in the cell

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27
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Cells that need more surface area will tend to have what cellular structure?

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microvilli

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28
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Where are most the genes in a eukaryotic cell found?

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in the nucleus

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29
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What encloses the nucleus?

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The nuclear envelope

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30
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Does the nuclear envelope have a double membrane?

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yes

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31
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What is a pore complex?

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proteins around the nuclear envelope pores that regulates what can come in an out

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32
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What is the nuclear lamina?

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a group of protein filaments that help maintain the shape of the nucleus

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33
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Nucleolus is found in dividing or non dividing cells?

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non dividing

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34
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What is the nucleolus made of?

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granules and fibers

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35
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Where is RNA produced?

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the nucleolus

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36
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What are the two subunits of ribosomes?

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RNA + proteins

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37
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what translates mRNAs message into primary structure of polypeptide?

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ribosome

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38
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Cells with higher rates of protein synthesis have high or low concentrations of ribosomes?

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high

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39
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What is the specific name for ribosomes found in the cytoplasm?

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free ribosomes

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40
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What is the specific name for ribosomes found attached to the ER and nuclear membrane?

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bound

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41
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Bound ribosomes always stay attached to either the ER or the nuclear membrane. T or F?

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F, bound ribosomes are interchangeable with free ribosomes

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42
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Starting with the nuclear membrane and ending with the plasma membrane what are the organelle steps of the end-membrane?

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  1. nuclear membrane
  2. ER
  3. Golgi apparatus
  4. Lysosome
  5. Vesicles and vacuoles
  6. Plasma membrane
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43
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What is the function of the endomembrane?

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to synthesis proteins, transport proteins, metabolize and move lipids, and detox poisons

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44
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What are vesicles?

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secs made of membrane that specialize in transport

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45
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What is the endoplasmic reticulum?

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large network of membranes

46
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What are the membrane tubules and sacs called of the ER?

47
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What is the internal compartment of the ER called?

48
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What are the functions of the smooth ER?

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  1. synthesis of lipids
  2. metabolism of carbs
  3. detox of drugs and poisons
  4. storage of calcium ions
49
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What functional group is added to drugs to make them easier to flush?

A

hydroxyl group

50
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What are glycoproteins?

A

proteins with carbs covalently bonded

51
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What is the specializes region that is responsible for vesicles budding from the ER?

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transitional ER

52
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What is the Golgi apparatus?

A

warehouse for receiving, sorting, and shipping

53
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What are the flat membrane sacs of the Golgi apparatus called?

54
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What is the shipping side of the Golgi apparatus called?

55
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What is the receiving side of the Golgi apparatus called?

56
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What are lysosomes?

A

membranous sacs that are often responsible for digestion

57
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Lysosomal enzymes work best in basic, acidic, or nuetral environments

58
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What is phagocytosis?

A

lysosomes digest materials

59
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What is autophagy?

A

lysosomes recycle intracellular materials

60
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What is a vacuole in general?

A

large vesicle

61
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What are mitochondria?

A

site of cellular respiration

62
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What are chloroplasts?

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organelles responsible for photosynthesis

63
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What is the Endosymbiotic Theory

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the theory that mitochondria and chloroplasts oriented from prokaryotic cells that happened to be engulfed

64
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Where is mitochondria DNA found?

A

the matrix

65
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What are the layers of a mitochondria starting from the outside?

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outermembrane, inner membrane space, the inner membrane, and the matrix

66
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What are the folds of the mitochandria called?

67
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Where are the enzymes for the citric acid cycle found?

A

in the matrix

68
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Where are the small holes on the outside of the mitochondria called?

69
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Where is ATP synthase found?

A

in the inner membrane

70
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Stacks of thylakoids are called what?

71
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What is the stroma?

A

Dense fluid within within the inner membrane

72
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What is a granum?

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A stack of membrane bounded thylakoids

73
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What are lamella?

A

connector between grana

74
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What are peroxisomes?

A

an organelle that carries enzymes to degrade material

75
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What is glyoxysome

A

specialized peroxisome found in fat storing tissue of plant that helps initiate fatty acids being turned into sugar

76
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What is the cytoskeleton?

A

A network of microtubules, microfilaments, intermediate filaments and proteins that extend throughout the cytoplasm

77
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What are microtubules?

A

hollow rod composed of tubular proteins

78
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What are flagella and cilia made of?

A

microtubules

79
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What are microfilaments?

A

a cable like structure made of actin filaments

80
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Which type of filament when acting with myosin causes cell contractions?

A

microfilaments

81
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What are intermediate filaments?

A

fibrous proteins coiled into cables made out of keratin

82
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Organize the different filaments by increasing size

A

micro, intermediate, microtubules

83
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What is the subunit of microtubules?

A

alpha and beta tubulin dimers

84
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What is the subunit of microfilaments?

85
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What type of filament do motor proteins “walk” on?

A

microtubules

86
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What is a centrosome?

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a pair of centrioles (made up of microtubules)

87
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What do flagella specialize in?

A

locomotion

88
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What do motile cilia specialize in?

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locomotion and moving fluid past the cell

89
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What do primary cilium specialize in?

A

sensory and signaling

90
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What is the microtubule arrangement of flagella?

91
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What is the microtubule arrangement of motile cilium?

92
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What is the microtubule arrangement of primary cilium?

93
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What are dyneins

A

the motor proteins of a microtubule

94
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In the 9 + 2 arrangement how many tubulin are there per group in the outer circumference?

95
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In the 9 + 0 arrangement how many tubulin are there per group in the outer circumference?

96
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What is the basal body?

A

where the flagella is attached

97
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What type of protein is actin?

98
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What is an actin filament?

A

twisted double chain of actin subunits

99
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What do you call the microfilaments inside the plasma membrane?

A

cortical membrane

100
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What is psuedopia?

A

a cellular extension involved in phagocytosis

101
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Is the cytoplasm held in place like jelly?

A

no, moves around helping contents also move

102
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What is the cell wall?

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a protective layer external to the plasma membrane

103
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What is the cell wall made of?

A

polysaccharides such as cellulose

104
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What is a plasmodesmata?

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an open channel through the cell wall that connects the cytoplasms of adjacent cells

105
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What is the extracellular matrix?

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the meshwork surrounding animal cells that consists of glycoproteins, polysaccharides, and proteoglycans

106
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What is a fibronectin?

A

attaches to ECM to intergrins embedded in the plasma membrane

107
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What are proteoglycan complexes?

A

hundreds of proteogycan molecules attached to single polysaccharide molecules

108
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What are tight junctions?

A

plasma membranes of neighboring cells tightly pressed against each other

109
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What are desmosomes?

A

rivets, hold cells together using anchors made of keratin protein and intermediate filaments

110
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What are gap junctions?

A

channels between cells that selectively allow

111
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What is a filopodium

A

the extension of microphage that engulfs the bacteria

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