Nucleus Flashcards

1
Q

Large, round, membrane bound structure usually located at or near the center of the cell

A

Nucleus

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2
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3 parts of Nuclear Membrane

A

Outer membrane
Inner membrane
Nuclear pores

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3
Q

Avenue for exchange of substances between nucleoplasm and cytoplasm

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Nuclear pores

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4
Q

Chromosomes in their different degree of uncoiling

A

Chromatin

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5
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Structural unit of chromatin

A

Nucleasome

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6
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2 types of chromatin

A

Heterochromatin
Euchromatin

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7
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Inactive chromatin

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Heterochromatin

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8
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Chromatin for active transmission

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Euchromatin

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9
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Where RNA is transcribed

A

Nucleolus

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10
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3 main parts of nucleolus

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Nuclear organizer DNA
Pars Fibrosa
Pars Granulosa

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11
Q

Fills space between the chromatin and the nucleoli in the nucleus

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Nuclear Matrix

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12
Q

2 types of cell division

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Mitosis
Meiosis

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13
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Cell division that occurs in somatic cells

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Mitosis

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14
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Cell division that occurs in developing germs cells in the ovary and testis

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Meiosis

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15
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Number of chromosomes in somatic cells of humans

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46

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16
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Number of chromosomes in germ cells

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23

17
Q

Diploid Number

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46

18
Q

Haploid Number

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23

19
Q

Alternate form of a gene

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Allele

20
Q

-Process which alleles are transmitted
-Discovered by Gregor Mendel

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Mendel’s Law of segregation

21
Q

-Found in females
-a.k.a sex chromatin

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Barr body

22
Q

Mitosis results in what

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2 daughter cells

23
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Cell division occurring only in the development of ova & spermatozoa

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Meiosis