Deck 3

Question 0

Impermeable junctions that bind cells together into leakproof sheets that prevent substances from passing through the extracellular space between cells

Answer 0

Tight junctions

Question 1

“Little shaggy hairs” or tiny finger like projections that greatly increase the cell’s surface area for absorption

Answer 1

Microvilli

Question 2

Anchoring junctions that prevent cells that have mechanical stress from being pulled apart

Answer 2

Desmosomes

Question 3

Commonly seen in the heart and between embryonic cells and function mainly to allow communication

Answer 3

Gap junctions

Question 4

In gap junctions, the neighboring cells are connected by what

Answer 4

Connexons

Question 5

What is the cellular material outside the nucleus and inside the plasma membrane; “factory area” of the cell

Answer 5

Cytoplasm

Question 6

The 3 major elements of the cytoplasm

Answer 6

Cytosol, organelles, and inclusions

Question 7

The semitransparent fluid that suspends the other elements

Answer 7

Cytosol

Question 8

Metabolic machinery of the cell

Answer 8

Organelles

Question 9

Chemical substances that may or may not be present, depending on the specific cell type

Answer 9

Inclusions