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Lecture Week 3 Flashcards

1
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What are the functions of the plasma membrane of a cell?

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  1. Separates intracellular from extracellular environment
  2. Controls movement between intracellular and extracellular environment
  3. Responds to the environment
  4. Provides structural support
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What are the components of the plasma membrane of a cell?

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  1. Phospholipid bilayer
  2. Cholesterol
  3. Membrane proteins
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3
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What are the components of Cytoplasm?

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Cytosol, cytoskeleton components, organelles

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4
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What does the nuclear envelope lie between?

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Nucleoplasm and cytoplasm

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4
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What does the plasma membrane of a cell lie between?

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Intracellular and extracellular environments

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5
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What is glycerol + 2 fatty acids called?

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Diglyceride

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6
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Hydrophilic head does or does not interact with water?

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Interacts with water

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7
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Hydrophobic tails does or does not interact with water?

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Does not interact with water

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8
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When a phospholipid bilayer occurs, will the hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails arrange themselves?

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Yes

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9
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Where do the hydrophilic heads go in a phospholipid bilayer?

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Outer surface

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Where do the hydrophobic tails go in a phospholipid bilayer?

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Interior (protected from water)

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11
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Will you find cholesterol molecules embedded in a phospholipid bilayer?

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Yes

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12
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What do cholesterol molecules embedded in phospholipid bilayer do?

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  1. Can strengthen and stiffen plasma membrane
  2. Decreases effective temp on cells plasma membrane
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13
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What is the order of a phospholipid bilayer when arranged? Top to bottom

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Heads, tails, tails, head

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14
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What is a transmembrane protein?

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Goes from top to bottom of phospholipid bilayer

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15
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What is a peripheral protein?

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Only on top or bottom of phospholipid bilayer (does not extend top to bottom)

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16
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What do microfilaments do in cell structure?

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Strength, support, cell movement
-support microvilli for absorption
-form terminal web for plasma membrane support

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17
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What do microtubules do in cell structure?

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Strength, organelle movement
-centrioles within the centrosome distribute chromosomes during cell division
-cilia move materials over the surface of a cell (short, numerous)
-flagella allow sperm cells to swim (long, singular)

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18
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How could you describe cilia and flagella?

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Hair like cellular extensions

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19
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What serves as a holding spot for microtubules?

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Centrosome

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20
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What are centrioles formed from?

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Microtubules

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21
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What is cilium formed by?

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Microtubules

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22
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What are ribosomes?

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Sites for protein synthesis

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23
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What are the two kinds of ribosomes?

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Free and Fixed

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24
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What is a free ribosome?

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-Produce protein for the cytosol
-Some ribosomes are single, some form chains called polyribosomes

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What is a fixed ribosome?

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-Produce proteins for secretion or storage
-Attached to a structure

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26
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What are membranous organelles formed from?

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Phospholipid bilayers

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27
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What are the two parts of the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)?

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Rough and Smooth

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What is Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum?

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Contains fixed ribosomes, main site for making proteins

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29
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What is Smooth Endoplasmic Reiculum?

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Site assembling lipids

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30
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What are vesicles?

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Membrane bubbles of phospholipid bilayers

31
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What are the two kinds of vesicles?

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Transport and Secretory

32
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What is a transport vesicle?

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Carry substance from one part of cell to another

33
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What is a secretory vesicle?

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Secrete substances from plasma membrane

34
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What does the Golgi Apparatus do?

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Modifies, packages, and distributes the products of the ER to where they need to go
-remember this as “shipping and handling”

35
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What are the two kinds of storage vesicles?

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Lysosomes and Peroxisomes

36
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What do Lysosome storage vesicles do?

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Store enzymes for intracellular digestion

37
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What do Peroxisome storage vesicles do?

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Contain enzymes to degrade toxins

38
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What does mitochondria do?

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Sites for cellular respiration

39
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What is cellular respiration?

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Process that allows to extract energy from nutrients in food

40
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What is the Golgi Apparatus formed from and how does it look?

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-Formed from phospholipid bilayer
-Appears flat and stacked

41
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What is the nuclear envelope?

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Double membrane that separates nucleoplasm from cytoplasm

42
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What do nuclear pores do?

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Allow particles to go between nucleoplasm and cytoplasm (and vice versa)

43
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What makes up chromatin?

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DNA and proteins

44
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What are chromosomes?

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Tightly packed chromatin fibers that form during cell division

45
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What is the nucleolus?

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A region where ribosomal subunits are being produced

46
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What makes up nucleoplasm?

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Thread like structures called chromatin

47
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What are the two parts of a ribosome?

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Small subunit and large subunit

48
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What happens after the ribosome subunits are made in the nucleolus?

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Will go through nuclear pore, large and small subunit link together in cytoplasm to form ribosome

49
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Where are components of ribosomes made?

50
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What are passive processes in movement across the plasma membrane?

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Do not require cell to spend energy to fuel process

51
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What are the three passive processes?

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Simple Diffusion, Osmosis, Facilitated Diffusion

52
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What is Diffusion?

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Movement of solute and solvent down their concentration gradients until a state of equilibrium is reached

53
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What is simple diffusion?

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When molecules are crossing phospholipid bilayer of a plasma membrane or moving through channel proteins

54
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What are the factors that affect diffusion rate?

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Solute molecular size, temperature, steepness of concentration gradient, electrical forces

55
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What is Osmosis?

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Diffusion of water across plasma membrane in response to differing solute concentrations

56
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What is osmotic pressure?

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Force exerted by water as it moves across the membrane

57
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What is hypotonic?

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osmotic pressure may cause cell to swell lysis (to break)

58
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What is hypertonic?

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leads to crenation (cell shrivels up)

59
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What is isotonic?

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Maintains normal cell shape

60
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What is Facilitated Diffusion?

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Form of carrier-mediated transport that involves diffusion of solute across plasma membrane via carrier proteins

61
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What do active processes require?

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Energy to fuel process

62
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What are the two types of active processes?

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Active transport and Vesicular Transport

63
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What are the two types of Vesicular Transport

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Endocytosis and Exocytosis

64
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What is active transport?

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Movement of solute across the plasma membrane from region of low concentration to region of high concentration via carrier proteins

65
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What is Endocytosis?

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Movement of substance across plasma membrane via formation of vesicle (brings material into cell)

66
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Receptor mediated endocytosis?

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Moves specific solutes into cytoplasm

67
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Pinocytosis?

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Moves fluid (cell drinking)

68
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Phagocytosis?

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Moves solid (cell eating)

69
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Exocytosis?

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Movement of substance across plasma membrane via fusion of a vesicle with plasma membrane (takes material out of cell)

70
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What is a solute?

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Substance that can be dissolved by solvent

71
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What is a solvent?

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Substance that dissolves solute

72
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What is a solution?

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Mixture of solvent and solute substances

73
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What is a concentration gradient?

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Range of concentrations for solute and solvent from high to low over distance

74
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What is a selectively permeable membrane?

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Some substances can cross the membrane while some substances can’t

Anatomy & Physiology I Lecture (21 decks)

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