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Intro to Cells Flashcards

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looked upon slices of cork

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Robert Hooke

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animalcules

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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2 tenents of the cell theory

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Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann

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3rd tenet of the cell theory

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Rudolf Virchow

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passed on from one cell to another

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Hereditary Information (DNA)

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What is LUCA?

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Last Universal Common Ancestor

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species that live in extremely inhospitable environments

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Domain Archaea

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other term for Domain Archaea

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Extremophiles

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prokaryotes capable of converting CO2 and H2 gases

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Methanogens

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species that lacks cell walls and an antibiotic resistant. they are present in every conceivable habitat on Earth.

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Domain Bacteria

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responsible for dozens of human diseases

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Viruses

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the virus exists as a particle outside of a living cell.

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Virion

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an infectious agent consisting of small circular RNA molecule

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Viroids

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who coined the term “viroid.”

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Theodor Otto Diener

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stem cells in the bone marrow are an example of an adult stem cell.

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Hematopoietic stem cells

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defined as undifferentiated cells

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Stem Cells

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a type of stem cell isolated from very young mammalian embryos

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Embryonic stem cells

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a type of stem cell that does not require the use of embryo.

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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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a type of germ cell tumor

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Teratoma

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An organic compound such as sugar or starch and used to store energy

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Carbohydrates

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Act as an energy source, help control blood glucose and insulin metabolism, participate in cholesterol and triglyceride metabolism, and help with fermentation

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Carbohydrates

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A simple sugar such as fructose or galactose

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Monosaccharide

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Two monosaccharide bond together to form a carbohydrate

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Disaccharide

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Other name for monosaccharides and dissacharides

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Simple sugars

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A complex carbohydrate that forms when simple sugars bind together in a chain

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Polysaccharide

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Are biomolecules comprised of amjno acid residues joined together by peptide bonds.

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Proteins

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It refers to a sequence of nucleotides that functions as a storage medium for genetic information in living organisms.

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Nucleic acids

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A fatty, waxy, oily compunds that are soluble in organic solvents and insoluble in polar solvents such as water.

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Lipids

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