Gen/Oral Pathology 1 Flashcards
What’s the smallest living unit in the body?
Cell
What’re the structural and functional units of all living organisms?
Cells
Example of unicellular and multicellular organisms
Unicellular- bacteria
Multicellular- humans
What’re the body components
Cell
Tissue
Organ
System
How many daughters cells reproduce after cellular division
Two
Difference between exocytosis and endocytosis
Exocytosis- active transport of material from a vesicle within cell OUT into extra cellular
Endocytosis - opposite
Endocytosis can also take the form of…explain
Phagocytosis. Engulfing and digesting of solid waste foreign material
Name the structure that surrounds the cell
Cell membrane (plasma membrane)
What does the cell membrane consist of
Complex bilayer, consisting of phospholipids and proteins
Phospholipids serve largely as a…
Diffusion regulator
What does the proteins of the cell membrane serve as?
Receptors
Neurotransmitter
Immunoglobulins
Which part of the cell is made up of cytosol and has vacuoles
Cytoplasm
Which cell of the body doesn’t have a nucleus
Mature red blood cell
Which cell has more than one nucleus
Osteoclasts
Skeletal muscle
Why is the nucleus called the “data bank “
Stores genetic code
