Homeostasis, Cell Struc. & Function Flashcards

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Homeostasis

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homeostasis is the state of steady internal physical and chemical conditions

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What are some examples of Homeostasis

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Body heat temp

The volume of body water

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Organization

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To keep organized

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Cell

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Is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things.

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Cell theory

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All organisms are composed of one of more cells.
Cells make up all organisms
You cant make cells

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Describe how cell diversity began

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Eukaryotic cells evolved from prokarytic cells. Since eukaryotic cells are more complex they develop specific functions; from those functions came cell diversity.

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Define selective permeability in a plasma membrane sense .

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Can control what goes in and out of the cell.

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Describe a phospholipid bi layer

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is a thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules

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What devolves a polar substance

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Any polar substance.

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10
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Define cell Theory

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3 parts
cell comes from a cell
cells are the basic structure of all living things
all living things are made of cells

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What is the function of the plasma membrane

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The plasma membrane controls what goes in and out.

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What are two basic types of cells

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Prokaryotic and eukaryotic

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Difine organelles

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Specialized structures that perform specific cell functions

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What is the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells

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prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles

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What is the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells

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prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles

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What does endosymbiotic theory propose

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the symbiotic relationship between two prokaryotic cells when one lives inside the other

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What is a cytoplasm

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Fluidity material

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Cytoskeleton

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Supports organelles

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Micro tubules

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protein cylinders that form a skeleton

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What dose the nucleus do

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stores DNA that makes proteins that determine cell growth

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Ribosomes

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organelles that manufacture proteins, not membrane-bound

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Golgi apparatus

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flattened stack of membranes that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins

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vacuole

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sac used for temporary storage

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Lysosomes

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vesicles that contain substances that digest

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Centrioles

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are organelles made of groups of microtubules

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Mitochondria

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Power house of the cell

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major factor of homeostasis

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Regulating the flow and amount of water into and out of a cell is an
important factor

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Osmosis

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The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable

membrane

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dynamic equilibrium

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a state of balance between continuing processes

30
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who first used the term “cell”

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Robert Hooke

31
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anton van leeuwenhoek

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first to observe bacteria

32
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Things that all cells have

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DNA, plasma membrane, Mitochandria

33
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Phospholipid bilayer is made of the

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fluid region and poler heads