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How do large cells increase surface area?

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By folds in the membrane. Most folds and wrinkles are intended to increase surface area.

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Why are cells tiny?

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To maintain a good surface area:Volume ratio.

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What does volume determine?

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Metabolic activity per time

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What does surface area determine?

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Amt of substances that can enter or leave the cell.

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Function and structure of the cell membrane.

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Semi-permeable barrier that allows homeostasis, as well as aiding in communication, receiving signals, and uses proteins to bind adjacent cells.

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Difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells

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Eukaryotes are large, and have membrane enclosed compartments.

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Eukaryotic cells include a

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cell membrane, cytoplasm, cytoskeleton ribosomes, golgi complex, nucleus, lysosomes and peroxisomes, vacuoles, chloroplasts, mitochondria, SER and RER, and (in plants) a cell wall.

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Ribosomes are…

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NOT MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANELLES

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what are the two types of ribosomes?

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Free ribosomes and bound ribosomes

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How are free ribosomes and bound ribosomes used

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Free ribosomes are used by the cell, bound ribosomes are used for export of proteins in cell membrane or lysosomes

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What is usually the largest organelle

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The nucleus

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Where is DNA and DNA replication located?

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The nucleus

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Where do assembly of ribosomes from RNA and proteins begin

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The nucleolus

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Where does DNA combine with proteins? What does it form

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The nucleus, chromatin in threads called chromosomes.

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The nucleus is surrounded by…

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2 membranes that form the nuclear envelope

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Nuclear pores in the envelope control what

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movement of molecules between nucleus and cytoplasm

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What does the endomembrane system include?

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The endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and lysosomes.

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What are vessicles

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Membrane containers that shuttle substances to various components including the cell membrane

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What does the RER have that the SER does not?

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Ribosomes attacthed to the outer surface

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What is the endoplasmic reticulum?

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Network of interconnected membranes in the cytoplasm. Folds increase surface area.

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All secreted and membrane proteins must pass though where?

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RER

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Where do newly made proteins enter

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RER lumen where they are chemically modified and tagged for delivery.

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What are polypeptides linked to after being folded in the lumen?

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carbohydrate groups forming glycoproteins. Important for recognition and interactions between cells.

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Structure difference of SER from RER?

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More tubular, no ribosomes.

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What does the SER do?

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chemically modifies small molecules, degrades glycogen, synthesizes lipids, stores calcium.

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Golgi apparatus function?

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receives proteins from RER, Concentrates, packages and sorts proteins, adds carbs to proteins, and synthesizes polysaccharides for cell walls.

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what are the three regions of the golgi apparatus

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cis, tans, and medial regions

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trans region?

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Where vesicles bud off and travel to the cell membrane or lysosomes

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What receives vesicles containing proteins from the ER

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cis region of the golgi apparatus.

30
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Where do primary lysosomes originate from?

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Golgi apparatus

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What do lysosomes contain?

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Hydrolytic enzymes

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How do macromolecules enter the cell?

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Through phagocytosis, which is where part of the cell membrane encloses material forming a phagosome.

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How are secondary lysosomes formed?

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Phagosomes fuse with primary lysosomes.

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Enzymes in the second lysosome…

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hydrolyze food molecules.

35
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Cells that require a lot of energy often have..?

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More mitochondria.

36
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Plants and algae contain

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plastids that differentiate into organelles.

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What do chloroplasts contain?

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chlorophyll.

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What type of process is photosynthesis?

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Anabolic.

39
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Function of peroxisomes

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collect and break down toxic by-products of metabolism (H2O2)

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Function of Glyoxysomes

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Found in only plants, they convert carbs for growth.

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Vacuole function

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Mainly found in plants and fungi, store and release water and toxic compounds. Deter herbivores. Necessary for turgor pressure.

42
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What gets rid of excess water in protists? How?

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Contractile vacuoles due to solute imbalance. Enlarge as water enters then quickly contracts to force water out through special pores.

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Function of cytoskeleton.

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Supports/maintains cell shapes, holds organelles in position, moves organelles, involved in cytoplasmic streaming.

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ECM

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tissue formation, connects cells together.

45
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Function of flagella and cilia.

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Flagella (one or two present) push/pull cell through water. Cilia (shorter than flagella, many present) propel cell or move fluid over stationary cell.

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what is compartmentalization

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for eukaryotic cells, cells have a plasma membrane, cellular components allow for several metabolic processes, increases efficiency while specifying enzymatic reactions. MEmbranes minimize interactions.

47
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Why do we want a high surface area?

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To have more points of entry.

48
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Why do we want a small volume?

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For molecules to have a shorter distance to travel.

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