Other cell terms

Question 1

Anabolism

Answer 1

the building metabolic phase; grows, maintains, & repairs body structures

Question 2

biology

Answer 2

study of life and life processes

Question 3

catabolism

Answer 3

the breaking down metabolic phase; producing energy from food & oxygen

Question 4

chromosomes

Answer 4

short, tightly coiled rods that contain genes

Question 5

cyt/o-

Answer 5

a cell

Question 6

cytoplasm

Answer 6

substance between plasma membrane & nucleus of all cells

Question 7

DNA

Answer 7

deoxyribonucleic acid, the chemical genes are made of

Question 8

genes

Answer 8

regions of DNA organized into the body’s “blueprint”

Question 9

kary/o-

Answer 9

the nucleus

Question 10

karyoplasm

Answer 10

substance of the nucleus

Question 11

karyotype

Answer 11

picture of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell

Question 12

matabolism

Answer 12

chemical process by which cells obtain and use energy

Question 13

nucleus

Answer 13

spheroid body within a cell that dictates protein production; controls transport, metabolism, growth, heredity.

Question 14

organelles

Answer 14

structures within cytoplasm

Question 15

-plasm

Answer 15

formative, formed material

Question 16

plasma membrane

Answer 16

outside boundary of the cell

Question 17

RNA

Answer 17

ribonucleic acid, needed for production of protein within cells

Question 18

tissue fluid

Answer 18

saltwater solution that bathes every cell in the body