KEY TERMS Flashcards

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Cell

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The smallest structural + biological unit of all known organisms

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Eukaryotic Cell

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(Unicellular or Multicellular) cells of animals, plants + fungi

Membrane bound organelles

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Prokaryotic Cells

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(Unicellular) Bacterial cells, that don’t contain membrane bound organelles

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Organelle

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Tiny Organ

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Cell Membrane

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Controls the movement of substances in and out of the cell

selective permeability

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Nucleus

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Contains the genetic material to make/produce proteins

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Cell Wall

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Made of cellulose fibres, strengthens the cell

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Chloroplast

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Contains chlorophyll (green pigment) which absorbs light for photosynthesis

Contains Enzymes

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Permanent Vacuole

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Filled with sap, this pushes organelles + cell contents to the cell wall

This keeps the cell turgid

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Mitocondrion

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Located in the cytoplasm, responsible for aerobic respiration

Folded membrane inside

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Ribosome

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The site of protein synthesis

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Lipid

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Fats + Oils

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Clinical Case Study

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An academic publication of medical cases that haven’t been described before or are unusual

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Disease

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A diagnosed condition that prevents ‘normal’ function of an organism

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Communicable Disease

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A infectious disease

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Non-communicable Disease

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A non-infectious disease

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vesicle

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specialised vesicles contain powerful digestive enzymes and proteins

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golgi apperatus

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stack of membrane bound flattened sacks.

Complex protein molecules are stored in vesicles and sent from the ER to the golgi, then distributed around the cell

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chloroplast

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site of photosynthesis,

uses water, light and C02 to build sugar

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smooth ER

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a series of flattened membrane bound sacks

no ribosomes

makes lipids

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rough ER

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a series of flattened membrane bound sacks

transports proteins made in ribosomes to where they need to go

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nuclear membrane

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contains pores to let relatively large molecules pass through

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nucleolus

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makes RNA which is made into Ribosomes

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protoplasm

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cell contents inside the fluid cytoplasm

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ER

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endoplasmic reticulum

series of membrane-bound flattened sacks, called cisternae

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lysosomes

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specialised vesicles surrounded by a single membrane.

Contain powerful digestive enzymes that break down materials