Final Exam Flashcards
Hierarchal levels of organization
- atoms
- molecules
- macromolecules
- organelles
- cells
- tissues
- organs and organ system
- organism
- population and species
- communities- multiple interacting species
- ecosystems- community and physical environment
- landscape- interacting ecosystem
- biomes- all tropical rainforest communities
- biosphere- the earth
enzymes
not an organelle, but found in all eukaryotic forms of life
stable sodium
has one more proton than it has electrons
beta and alpha linkages
alpha linkages: starch and glycogen (potato and liver)
-easier to break down
beta linkages: cellulose and chitin (algae and tick)
proteins from the golgi get transported to their correct location due to..
signal molecules in or on the membranes of transport vesicles
secondary lysosome
lysosome that has fused with a phagosome
Red blood cells vs solution
hyperosmotic- shrivel
isosomotic- normal
hypoosmotic- cells swell and eventually burst
membrane proteins
- such as pores and channels
- have hydrophobic amino acids on much of their intramembrane surface
disaccharides
lactose= glucose and galactose sucrose= glucose and fructose maltose= glucose and glucose
Where are glycoproteins associated with the cell membrane found?
on the outer surface of the cell
macromolecules
carbohydrates- starch, polysacchiride, glucose
nucleic acid- nucleotides (make DNA and chromosomes)
protein- amino acid
lipids- structurally diverse
Elk in winter
have more unsaturated fatty acids (phospholipids) in the winter because they are liquid at room temperature
-so are polyunsaturated fats
chaperone proteins
proteins that help other proteins achieve their correct folding
What are formed in condensation reactions of their subunit components?
polysaccharides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and neutral lipids
Where are gap junctions found?
neural tissue
polysaccharides
do not serve in the role of an intercellular signal molecule
-proteins, prostaglandins, sterols, and polypeptides do
cholesterol
- steroid compound
- composed of four interconnected planar rings
receptors for protein hormones
-embedded in the cell membrane of target cells
microtubules
a cytoskeletal structure that is directly associated with cell movement via the cilia or flagellar motion eukaryotes
tissues
epithelium- covers and lines organs and cavities (secretory)
connective- cartilage, bone, blood, tendons, fat (adipose)
muscle- smooth (internal organs and uterus), skeletal (muscle), cardiac
nervous- brain and spinal cord
determination
- involves an interaction between nuclear genes and cytoplasmic determinants
- commitment of a cell to a specific pathway
- strictly under the control of cytoplasmic determinants
- result of the activation of stored maternal DNA
stem cells
pluripotent- any cell type in an organism
multipotent
totipotent
gradients of morphogens
help with pattern formation, which is cells determining their position in the embryo
mesoderm
- responsible for the production of the notochord
- move inside the embryo during involution at an amphibians dorsal lip
- gives rise to blood vessels, gonads, heart, and skeleton
development of sperm
the cytoplasmic changes that bring about the character size and shape of gametes take place AFTER the completion of meiosis and cytokinesis
-in humans
zygote
a point where humans begin forming a multicellular diploid organism
embryonic stem cell therapies in humans
- nine years
- demonstrated stem cell therapies can restore some neural function in damaged spinal cords
- demonstrated these therapies can restore function in cardiac tissue
tinman and GATA
- transcription factors
- lead to formation of heart
- produced in response to signals from the endoderm
embryonic induction
- one tissue influences an adjacent tissue to develop a certain way
- it triggers a sequence of gene expression in target cells
- instructive or permissive
- the chemical identification of specific inducers has been difficult
fibroblast growth factors
a group of proteins containing a protein thought to be involved in the limb bud apical ectodermal ridge’s inhibiting of differentiation in the progressive sone
BMP4
stimulates the production of ventral mesoderm in amphibian eggs
inhibited by:
-the translated proteins specified by the material in the grey crescent
-spemann’s organizer factors
-noggin and chordin
redox reactions
- enzyme that gains an electron becomes reduced and has a higher energy level
- enzyme that loses an electron has been oxidized and now has a lower energy level