Lecture Week 3 Quiz - Cell Structure and Function Flashcards

1
Q

What is produced in the nucleus and then exported to the cytoplasm to function in protein synthesis?

A

Ribosomes

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2
Q

What functions to move substances past a stationary cell?

A

Cilia

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3
Q

What serves as the primary site for cellular respiration?

A

Mitochondrion

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4
Q

What serves as the site for lipid synthesis?

A

Smooth ER

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5
Q

What is composed of DNA and proteins and forms chromosomes during cell division?

A

Chromatin

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6
Q

What is the main component of the plasma membrane?

A

Phospholipid bilayer

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7
Q

What forms channels through the plasma membrane?

A

Membrane protein

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8
Q

What has an opening through the nuclear envelope?

A

Nuclear pore

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9
Q

What functions to propel a cell?

A

Flagella

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10
Q

What is the cytoskeletal fiber responsible for organelle movement?

A

Microtubule

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11
Q

What functions in modification, packaging, and distribution of ER products?

A

Golgi Apparatus

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12
Q

What serves as the site for the synthesis of proteins to be secreted by the cell?

A

Rough ER

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13
Q

What surrounds the nucleoplasm?

A

Nuclear Envelope

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14
Q

What is the lipid called that stiffens and strengthens the plasma membrane?

A

Cholesterol

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15
Q

What serves as the site for the production of ribosomes?

A

Nucleolus

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16
Q

What is the membrane “bubble” for storage and transport?

A

Vesicle

17
Q

What is a storage vesicle full of digestive enzymes called?

A

Lysosome

18
Q

What is the region of the cell which contains centrioles and serves as the site where microtubules are anchored?

A

Centrosome

19
Q

What is the cytoskeletal fiber that functions in cell movement and contraction?

A

Microfilament

20
Q

What is the vesicle full of enzymes that degrade toxic chemicals that may result from fatty acid and metabolism?

A

Perioxisome