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Introduction to Cell Structure II Flashcards

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Forms the interface between the cell and its environment and also functions as a permeability barrier

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Plasma Membrane

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Consists of a lipid bi-layer with embedded proteins

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Plasma Membrane

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Have very highly defined RERs and show many features characteristic of cells

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Plasma cells

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Amphipathic molecules with polar hydrophilic groups and aliphatic side chains that are hydrophobic

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Lipids

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The hydrophobic groups of the lipids are positioned to the interior of the

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Bilayer

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There are several classes of lipids and sterols in the plasma membrane, including

-often asymmetrically distributed

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Phospholipids, glycolipids, and cholesterol

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The fine structure of the plasma membrane is visible only with the

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Electron microscope

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The cell-cell boundaries seen at the light microscopic level consists of both plasma membranes of adjacent cells with the

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Extracellular matrix between them

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There are also proteins in the plasma membrane, many of which are

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Glycosylated

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What are the two classes of plasma membrane proteins?

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  1. ) Integral membrane proteins

2. ) Peripheral membrane proteins

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Traverse the entire width of the cell membrane and have three domains: Cytoplasmic, membrane spanning, and external

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Integral membrane proteins

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Attached to the cytoplasmic/extracellular regions of the lipid bilayer non-covalently

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Peripheral membrane proteins

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Cell membranes are fluid structures. Many, but not all proteins and lipids can move through the membrane in which way?

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Laterally

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Distribution of proteins in cell membranes can be studied by

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Freeze-fracture electron microscopy

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A frozen piece of membrane is split mechanically between the outer and inner lipid layers

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Freeze-fracture EM

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The outter face is called the

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E (external face)

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The inner leaflet is called the

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P (protoplasmic or cytoplasmic) face

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More integral membrane proteins are associated with the P-face because the P-face is stabilized by attachment to the

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Cytoskeleton

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Plasma membrane proteins can be stabilized by

-Best studied in RBCs

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Cytoskeletal proteins

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An inherited disorder characterized by defects in the membranes of erythrocytes. RBCs are more spherical, less deformable, and more susceptible to destruction by phagocytes in the spleen

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Hereditary spherocytosis

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Hereditary Spherocytosis is caused by a mutation in the cytoskeletal protein

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Spectrin

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Cytoskeletal proteins that associate with several membrane proteins to stabilize the biconcave shape of normal erythrocytes

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Spectrins

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The study of hereditary spherocytosis shows that interactions between the cell membrane and intracellular cytoskeletal proteins are needed to maintain normal

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RBC morphology

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Serve as linker/anchor proteins, transporters, receptors, and enzymes

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Membrane proteins

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The tall columnar cells making up the epithelium of the small intestine that functions in the absorption of nutrients

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Enterocytes

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Enterocytes have modifications to their surface to increase the surface area available for absorption. These modifications of the outer (apical or lumenal) surface are called the

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Brush border (when viewed in LM) or Microvilli (EM)

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Many cells exhibit microvilli at their surface, but few cells have them organized as a dense

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Brush border

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EM reveals that the brush border of enterocytes consists of envaginations of the apical cell membrane that are called

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Microvilli

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Extend as minute finger-like projections from the top (apical surface) of the cells and increase the absorptive surface

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Microvilli

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A “fuzzy coat” seen at the tips of the microvilli

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Glycocalyx

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An internal cytoskeleton of actin filaments supports the

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Membrane Microvilli

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Extends upward at the apical surface and encloses each microvilli

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Plasma membrane

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Within the core of each microvillus are filamentous structures composed primarily of the structural protein

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Actin

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These actin filaments are only visible by EM and extend downward to terminate in a filamentous complex at the top of the cells called the

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Terminal Web (TW)

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Each microvilli has a core of actin filaments and a glycocalyx at the

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Surface

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In intestinal epithelial cells, enzymes, especially those involved in the terminal stages of protein and carbohydrate digestion, are part of the

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Glycocalyx

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The glycocalyx consists of

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Glycolipids, glycoproteins, and prteoglycans

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In the core of each microvillus are actin, actin cross-linking proteins that stabilize the structure, and a motor protein that moves material along the actin filaments. What is the motor protein called?

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Myosin

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The terminal web at the base of each microvillus contains

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Actin and intermediate filaments

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Cells interact via several modifications of their lateral borders that together form a

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Junctional Complex (JC)

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Also contribute to junctional complexes that mediate interactions between epithelial cells

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Membrane proteins

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In LM, the locations of junctional complexes are identified by

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Terminal bars (reddish dots at the tips of a cell junction)

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Under EM, we see that cells maintain contact with each other by specializations of the lateral surface. These include

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  1. ) Tight or occluding junctions (Zona occludens)
  2. ) Belt desmosomes (Zona adherens)
  3. ) Spot desmosomes (Macula adherens
  4. ) Communicating (gap) junctions
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44
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The zone of a junctional complex closes to the surface of the epithelial cells is called the

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Tight (occluding) Junction (Zona Occludens)

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For most cells (except RBCs) there are what two major cellular compartments?

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  1. ) Nucleus

2. ) Cytoplasm

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The cytoplasm has which two main components?

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  1. ) Cytosol

2. ) Organelles

47
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The cytoplasm outside of the organelles

-contains many enzymes and reactions of intermediate metabolism

48
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Free ribosomes/polysomes are located in the

49
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Temporary constituents without membranes including glycogen granules and lipid droplets, which are located in the cytosol

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Inclusions

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The cytosol also contains a structure made up of actin, intermediate filaments, and microtubules, known as the

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Cytoskeleton

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Localized in bundles of microfilaments that extend throughout the cell and are visualized through IHC

-also located in muscle cells and microvilli

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Small cylindrical structures that are widely distributed through the cell and are composed of the protein tubulin

-component of the cytoskeleton

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Microtubules

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Microtubules not only extend through the cytoplasm, but also contribute to

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Centrioles, Cilia, and Mitotic Spindles

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Complex membrane-bound structures within cells

-includes the ER, Golgi, mitochondria, lysosomes, and peroxisomes

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Organelles

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An extensive cytoplasmic membrane system containing sites of protein and lipid synthesis and calcium storage

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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Consists of an extensive array of membrane tubules and their enclosed cisterns or spaces

-Does not have ribosomes

57
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Enzymes in the smooth ER function in

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  1. ) Lipid and steroid synthesis
  2. ) Detoxification
  3. ) Drug metabolism
  4. ) Calcium ion storage
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A cell with an extensive SER and a lot of lipid droplets is likely making

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Steroid hormones

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The outer nuclear membrane contains ribosomes and is continuous with the

60
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Basically a ribosome studded membrane-bounded space

61
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The rRNA of ribosomes contributes to the basophilic staining properties of

-Readily observed via LM

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Secretory Cells (basophilia)

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The Rough ER is abundant in cells synthesizing

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Secretory proteins (i.e. plasma cells)

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A few other proteins synthesized by the RER are not secreted by rather are retained in the cell, including

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Lysosomal proteins and membrane proteins

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Function in the synthesis, packaging, and secretion of digestive enzymes, and have linear arrays of rough ER that function in secretory protein synthesis

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Pancreatic Acinar cells

65
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Proteins synthesized in the rough ER are then transported to the

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Golgi Complex

66
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Contains several individual subdivisions composed of flattened sacs of membrane

-made up of cis and trans faces

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Golgi Apparatus

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Closest to the rough ER

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cis-Golgi network (forming face)

68
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Furthest from the rough ER

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trans-Golgi network (maturing face)

69
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What is between the cis- and trans- golgi networks?

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cis-, medial, and trans-cisternae

70
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Used to transport material between the Golgi cisternae

71
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Bud from the trans Golgi network

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Secretory Vesicles

72
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Proteins enter the Golgi at the

73
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Associated with the cis-Golgi is a series of tubules (the cis-Golgi network), which transport vesicles carrying newly synthesized protein from the

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The trans-Golgi is the maturing face, directed toward the secretory granules and the apical or peripheral cytoplasm. The trans-Golgi is where proteins

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Leave for sorting

75
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In some cells, proteins will accumulate in the Golgi and be sorted prior to secretion. This occurs in

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Secretory Granules

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What are the two mechanisms by which release of granule contents from the cell (exocytosis) is regulated?

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Constitutive secretion or Regulated secretion

77
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Proteins are packaged into secretory granules for export from the cell in the

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trans-Golgi

78
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The continual secretion of proteins that are not stored

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Constitutive secretion

79
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What are two examples of cells that perform constitutive secretion?

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Plasma cells and fibroblasts

80
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Continually secrete immunoglobins for the entire two weeks of their lives

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Plasma cells

81
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Continually secrete ECM components

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Fibroblasts

82
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Few, if any, secretory granules accumulate in

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Constitutive Secretion

83
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A large number of granules accumulate in many secretory cells that undergo

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Regulated Secretion

84
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During a meal, the exocrine pancreas receives a signal from cholecystokinin (CCK) and the acinar cells secrete digestive enzymes into the duct system for transport to the duodenum. This is an example of

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Regulated Secretion

85
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In addition to exocytosis (secretion), cells can also take in material in a process called

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Endocytosis

86
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Receptors in the cell membrane (usually integral membrane proteins) can bind to signaling molecules or nutrients. The receptor-ligand complexes can then enter the cell via vesicle formation that is initiated when coat proteins associate with the

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Cytoplasmic lipid layer

87
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The ligand-receptor complexes and the coat proteins then form a

-rapidly detaches from the surface to form a coated vesicle

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Coated pit

88
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This process of endocytosis is termed

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Receptor-mediated endocytosis

89
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The internalized vesicles then fuse with the

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Early Endosomes

90
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Distinct organelles consisting of vesicles containing material that has entered the cell

91
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Receptors and ligands are separated, and the receptors are often recycled, in

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Early endosomes

92
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Route nutrients such as cholesterol to the lysosome where nutrients can be made available to the cell

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Late endosomes

93
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A cell that is undergoing regulatory cell secretion is characterized by well defined

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Rough ER and Secretory Granules

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A cell that is undergoing constitutive cell secretion is characterized by well defined

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Roguh ER but NO secretory Granules

95
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Mitochondria can move through the cytoplasm with the aid of

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Cytoskeletal proteins

96
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On the cristae of the inner mitochondrial membrane are spherical protein particles which couple oxidation to phosphorylation and

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ATP synthesis

97
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Mitochondria also participate actively in

98
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The numbers of mitochondrial cristae vary in different cells depending on

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Energy needs (more energy = more cristae)

99
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The liver is contains dark clumps in EM called

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Glycogen granules

100
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Mitochondria in adrenal cells are different because their cristae are

101
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Mitochondrial morphology can vary between

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Cell types

102
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Mitochondrial DNA does encode a few peptides, however, most mitochondrial proteins are encoded by

-enter from the cytosol, not from the rough ER and Golgi pathway

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Nuclear DNA

103
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Membrane bound packets of hydrolytic enzymes that become active at acidic pH and are the sites of intracellular digestion

104
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An ATP-driven proton pump in the lysosomal membrane maintains the

105
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Lysosomes process molecules that enter the cell from the

-Ex: cholesterol, antigens

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External environment

106
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Also function in the removal of worn-out intracellular organelles (mitochondria, RER) as well as entire cells (erythrocytes and bacteria) following phagocytosis

107
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Which dye will allow you to see lysosomes?

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Trypan Blue

108
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Lysosomes that are in eosinophils can be detected in EM because they have a

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Dark line down the center

109
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Membrane bound organelles involved in hydrogen peroxide metabolism and multiple other important metabolic processes

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Peroxisomes

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Because of high enzyme concentrations, peroxisomes usually have a dense material in their matrix that forms a

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Crystalline core

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