Module 1 - Cellular Biology Flashcards
Objectives covering Cellular Biology
What are living cells divided into
Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes
Higher animals, plants, fungi, protozoa and some algae are made of what cells?
Eukaryotes
Give examples of Prokaryotes
cyanobacteria (blue green algea), bacteria, and ricketsaie
Cyanobacteria (blue green algae), bacteria, and ricketsaie are made up of what bacteria?
Prokaryotes
List differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes
- Eukaryotes are larger and have more intensive anatomy and organization than prokaryotes
- Eukaryotes have organelles with well defined nucleus. Prokaryotes have no organelles and nuclear materials is not enclosed by nuclear membrane - no distinct nucleus.
- Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes differ in chemical composition and biochemical activity
- Prokaryote’s nuclei carry genetic information in a singular circular chromosomes while eurkaryotes have several or many chromosomes.
- Prokaryotes lack histones
- They also differ in protein production and synthesis
- They differ in mechanisms of transport across the outer cellular membrane
- They differ in enzyme content
What class of protein does prokaryotes lack?
Histones
Which type of cell contains histones?
Eukaryotes
Which type of cell does not contain histones?
Prokaryotes
What are organelles?
Membrane bound intracellular compartments
This is defined as membrane bound intracellular compartments?
Organelles
Which cell contains organelles?
Eukaryotes
Which cell does not contain organelles?
Prokaryotes
What does histones do?
They bind with DNA and involved in supercoiling of DNA
What process does cells undergo to become specialized?
Differentiation or maturation
What is differentiation or maturation?
Process by which cells become specialized
Why do cells differentiate?
Cells differentiate so that some cells can do certain function and others do other function.
What are the 8 common function of cells?
- Movement
- Conductivity
- Metabolic Absorption
- Excretion
- Secretion
- Respiration
- Reproduction
- Communication
Function of cell: Muscle cells can generate forces that produce this function.
Movement
Function of cell: Chief function of nerve cell
Conductivity
What is the the chief function of nerve cell?
Conductivity
What happens during conductivity?
A stimulus creates an action potential across the cell
Membrane which is propagated to other cells and cell components
What cell function describes the following: a stimulus creates an action potential across the cell membrane which is then propagated to other cells and cell components
Conductivity
Explain cell
Function metabolic absorption
All cells can take in and use nutrients and other substances from their surrounding.
What cell function matches the following description: all cells
Can take in and use nutrients and other substances from their surrounding.
Metabolic absorption