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Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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Explain the term “Regulation of life processes”

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Every cell performs a function that contributes to our life and survival

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2
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What is the component of survival of species

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Reproduction of individual cells

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3
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What is different about heart muscles?

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They contain many mitochondria to supply the great amount of energy that the heart requires

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4
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What is special about sperm cells

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They have flagellum for motility

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5
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What controls the movement or transportation of substances in and out of the cell

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Cell membrane

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6
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Examples of molecules that would pass in and out of the cell

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Water, oxygen, nutrients gasses and waste

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7
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What are the two methods of transportation

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Passive and active transportation

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8
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What 2 characteristics define passive transport

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It does not require any energy expenditure and run by movement down a concentration gradient

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9
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Name the 5 types of passive transport

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  1. Simple diffusion
  2. Osmosis
  3. Dialysis
  4. Facilitated diffusion
  5. Filtration
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10
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Define how molecules spread out with diffusion

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Spread out evenly throughout available space

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11
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DIffusion has movement of area of ______ concentration to _______ concentration

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High, Low

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12
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What is a solute?

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A dissolved substance

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13
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Where does simple diffusion occur?

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Through a permeable phospholipid bilayer

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14
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What does permeant molecule mean

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Can diffusion through membrane

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15
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What does impermeant molecule mean?

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Can’t diffuse through a membrane

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16
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Osmosis is a special type of ________

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DIffusion

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17
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What defines osmosis

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When water can diffuse through a membrane while other solutes can not

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18
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What allows water to be permeable?

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Aquaporins

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19
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What happens when water is added in a closed space?

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Increase in pressure

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20
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Water pressure that develops in a solution as a result of osmosis is called________

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Osmotic pressure

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21
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Where does osmotic pressure develop?

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In the solution that originally had the highest concentration of impermeant solutes

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22
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What is hypotonic

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Higher concentration of water outside the cell, resulting in water moving into the cell

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23
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What occurs when too much water moves into a cell

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cytolysis also known as hemolysis for blood cell

24
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What is isotonic

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Same concentration of water inside the cell as outside

25
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What is hypertonic

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Higher concentration of water inside the cell resulting in water moving out

26
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What happens when too much water diffuses out of a cell

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Crenation (abnormal notching of cell due to contraction/shrinking)

27
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What is dialysis

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Special kind of diffusion where smaller molecules are separated from larger ones across a permeable membrane

28
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Where is dialysis used?

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Used in hemodialysis to clean blood of patients with kidney failure

29
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What’s the difference between osmosis and dialysis

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Diffusion of water vs solutes

30
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What is facilitated diffusion

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A special kind of diffusion in which movement of molecules is made more efficient by helps embedded within the cell membrane

31
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How does facilitated diffusion transport substances ?

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Down concentration gradient

32
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What are the 2 types of facilitated diffusion

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Channel mediated and carrier mediated

33
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3 characteristics of channel mediated passive transport channels

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  1. They are specific (only let certain solutes through)
  2. Allow membrane to be selectively permeable
  3. Channels can be closest and are activated by a variety of stimuli
34
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Describe carrier mediated passive transport

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Carriers attract the solute and bind to them. The carrier than changes its shape within the membrane and release the solute on the other side

35
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Membrane carriers are usually _________ depending on _________

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Reversible

The direction of the concentration gradient

36
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What is the process of filtration

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The forcing of water and permeable solutes through a membrane from high pressure to low pressure

37
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What is the force pushing on the membrane in filtration called?

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Hydrostatic pressure

38
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What is an example of filtration in the body

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Formation of urine by the kidneys

39
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Active transport occurs only in ______ through ________

A

Living cells

Living membranes

40
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Movement of the substances in active transport is

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Low to high, against concentration gradient

41
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Active transport requires what?

A

ATP

42
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Types of active transport include

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Membranes pumps and transport by vesicles

43
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Two types of transport by vesicles are

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Endocytosis and exocytosis

44
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What is a membrane pump?

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A protein complex in the cell membrane called a carrier

45
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How do membrane pumps work

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They use ATP to move substances across cell membranes against their concentration gradient

46
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Many membrane pumps are specific to _____

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Ions

47
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What is endocytosis

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Plasma membrane traps extra cellular material and brings it into the cell

48
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What are the two types of endocytosis

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Pianocytosis and phagocytosis

49
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What is phagocytosis

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“Cellular eating”

Large particles are engulfed by plasma membrane and enter the cell in vesicles

50
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Vesicles from phagocytosis fuse with _____ which _____

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lysosomes

Digest the particles

51
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What is pinocytosis

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“Cellular drinking”. Fluids enter the cell

52
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What is receptor mediated endocytosis

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membrane receptor molecules recognize substances to be brought into the cell

53
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What is exocytosis

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Intracellular material (usually proteins) are enclose in membraneous vesicles and released outside the cell

54
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Which organelle is most associated with exocytosis

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Golgi aparaus

55
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What happens in exocytosis as the vesicles reaches the membrane?

A

The membranes fuse and the contents is released outside cell

56
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What 2 other uses are there for endocytosis

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Glandular secretions and building/repairing the plasma membrane

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