Physiology Test 1 Flashcards
What are two types of cell death?
- Apoptosis
2. Cell necrosis
How many cells in the human body?
75 - 100 trillion
What is apoptosis?
Programmed cell death(planned), occurs all the time, naturally(i.e. webs between our fingers before birth)
What is cell necrosis?
Unplanned abnormal death of the cell, occurs from lack of blood supply and oxygen for example ischemia and necrosis
What is the major organization of a cell?
Nucleus and the cytoplasm
What cells are not reproduced?
Neurons,They are not replaced.
What is water used for in the cell?
Medium for substances to be dissolved or suspended and for chemical reactions
What is water used for in the cell?
Medium for substances to be dissolved or suspended and for chemical reactions, water must be kept in a very narrow range as if not it can cause cell death
What two types of proteins are found in cells?
- Structural
2. Globular
What are the two types of intracellur electrolytes?
- Cations:(+ charge) POTASSIUM is a monovalent(meaning it carries 1 positive charge) it is the most abundant intracellular cation. Magnesium, calcium, sodium, if too much calcium accumulates in the cell it can cause cell death, low levels of calcium and sodium inside the cell
- Anions:(- charge) inorganate phosphate is the most abundant intracellular anion, bicarbonate, chloride, sulfate
these 3 usually monovalent
What are three types of lipids found in the cell?
- Phospholipids
- Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
The plasma membrane is also known as what?
The cell membrane
What are two forms of carbohydrates in the cells?
- Glucose-neuron likes to use glucose for their energy source
- Glycogen- storage form of glucose(major source of stored glycogen is in the hepatacytes of the liver)
What type of membrane is the cell membrane?
a phospholipid bilayer
What is the description of the “head” of the phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane(3)?
- Its polar, meaning it has negative and positive charged areas(nitrogen, organic phosphorus)
- its hydrophilic, meaning it has a strong affinity for water
- it contains organic phosphate(its not an electrolyte)
What is the description of the “tails” of the phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane?
- two tails, containing fatty acids(carbon, hydrogen), they are lipid tails
- non polar, meaning it has equally distributed charges not accumulated in one pole or the other
- its hydrophobic, meaning it has no affinity with water
What are peripheral proteins?
proteins that don’t transverse the entire cell membrane
What are intrinsic(integral) proteins?
proteins that transverse the entire cell membrane
What are the two types of proteins in the cell membrane?
- Intrinsic proteins
2. peripheral proteins
A cell function is dependent upon what?
The type, function or number of specific organelles within the cell
What are the levels of physiology?
- Human Organism
- Systems
- Organs
- Tissues
- Cells
- Organelles
- Proteins, lipids, carbs and or combinations
- Molecules
- Atoms
- Electrons, Protons, Neutrons
Humans are indivisible inseparable within four parts, what are they? What affects one of them affects them all.
Body
Mind
Spirit
Time
The cell membrane separates what?
The intracellular compartment from the extracellular compartment
Collectively the part of the cell between the cell membrane and the nuclear membrane is called?
Cytoplasm
The substances as a unit that make up a cell is called the?
Protoplasm
What is the function of structural proteins?
They provide structure and support for the cell, for example the cytoskeleton
What are two examples of globular proteins?
- enzymes
2. some transport proteins that are a part of the cell membrane
What some examples of fluids found extracellular?
Interstitial fluid CNS fluid pleural fluid Synovial fluid Intervascular fluid Pericardial fluid
What is a phospholipid bilayer?
cells that form the cell membrane in two layers
Organelles within the cell are surrounded by?
unilayer or bilayer phospholipids, separates the organelle from the rest of the cytoplasm
What are functions of the Intrinsic proteins(5)?
- Protein channels allowing passage in and out of cell
- Transport proteins in and out of the cell(binding sites)
- Cell membrane-bound receptors
- Cell markers
What are the functions/characteristics of peripheral proteins(3)?
- either point toward inside or outside
- enzymes
- often attached to and regulate intrinsic proteins or carry out messages as directed by intrinsic proteins
What are glycoproteins?
Carbohydrate chains that extend out of the cell membrane are attached to a protein
What are glycolipids?
Carbohydrate chains that extend out of the cell membrane and are attached to a fatty acid tail(lipid)
What is the glycocalyx
formed on the outside of the cell made up of glycoproteins and glycolipids that provide and outer support structure. Often the glycocalyx between cells are attached, causing the cells to be attached together
What is a ligund?
A chemical signal that may or may not be able to bind to the receptor site on the receptor protein of a cell. Hormones use this procedure…matching ligund to the receptor site
What is a cell surface marker?
A glycoprotein or glycolipid useful in allowing the immune system identifying normal cells from foreign cells, when WBC identify good cells they let them pass, when they see a bacterial, cancer of fungi(for example) they attack them
What separates the nucleus form the rest of the cell?
the nuclear envelope
What type of membrane makes up the nuclear envelope?
two separate phospholipid bilayer membranes with a matrix(space) between the two membranes
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
it is where the nuclear envelope/nuclear membrane extends out into the cytoplasm of the cell
Is there a membrane around the nucleolus?
No
What is the cytoplasm of the nucleus called?
nucleoplasm
Where is DNA(genes/chromosomes) found? Confined too?
nucleus
What types of cells have a large Golgi apparatus?
Cells involved in secretions, it is most prominent on the side of the cell that the secretions occur
Which part of the endoplasmic reticulum has ribosomes attache to it, the rough endoplasmic reticulum or the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
Where is the site of protein synthesis?
the ribosomes
What are ribosomes made of?
Proteins
Where do the proteins come from that are used to make ribosomes?
they are synthesized by other ribosomes
Proteins in the nucleus are organized into what two types of units?
- Large Ribosomal Subunits
2. Small Ribosomal Subunits
While these large and small ribosomal subunits are being formed what substance is being incorporated into them?
ribosomal ribo nucleic acid(rRNA)
In what structures is rRNA found?
ribosomal subunits both large and small
What is the function of rRNA?
directs overall ribosomal synthesis of any protein
What is the size of large ribosomal subunits, small ribosomal subunits and complete ribosomes?
LRSU-60s
SRSU-40s
CR-80s
Why is the size of ribosomes important to us?
antibiotics directed to kill bacteria and will not target human ribosome
What are proteins synthesized from?
ribosomes in the cytoplasm
What does DNA(genes) strands code for the synthesis of?
proteins
Where does the code come from to the ribosome for each individual protein?
The nucleus
How does this code reach the ribosome?
a messenger, mRNA strand
What does transcription refer to as related to protein production?
When a specific strand of DNA which has been coded for a specific protein it is transcribed on a mRNA or a messenger RNA
What is carried by the mRNA?
Code for the synthesis of a specific protein
How does the mRNA reach a ribosome in the cytoplasm from the nuclear plasm?
through a pore in the nucleus
What is in the ribosome that is necessary for protein synthesis once the mRNA delivers the specific code from the nucleus?
rRNA
What is the differences between rRNA and mRNA?
rRNA directs overall ribosomal synthesis of any protein, while mRNA Code for the synthesis of a specific protein
What are proteins synthesized from?
amino acids
What is the function of tRNA?
the function of tRNA is to carry the amino acid to the ribosome and binds new amino acid to the growing chainof amino acid…(for protein making)
Briefly explain what happens in protein synthesis as related to DNA, mRNA, rRNA and tRNA
mRNA carries the message from the DNA to the ribosomes (which is made partly of rRNA). At the ribsomes the tRNAs bring amino acids where they are strung together to make a protein. The peptide bond between amino acids is made by the rRNA in the ribosome.
Where does protein synthesis occur?
Inside the rough endoplasmic reticulum
Once the protein molecule is formed in the RER, where is it sent next?
The Golgi Apparatus
Once the modified protein leaves the Golgi Apparatus what carries them?
Vesicles
What are three possible destinations and examples of modified proteins once they leave the Golgi apparatus in the vesicles.
- Modified protein stays inside the vesicle within the cell and becomes a lysosome
- Modified protein within the vesicle leaves the cell by exocytosis into the extracellular fluid and becomes a hormone or neurotransmitter for example
- Modified protein within the vesicle is incorporated into the cell membrane as an intrinsic protein or a peripheral protein
What is the function of the free ribosomes?
usually make proteins that will function within the cell, while bound ribosomes usually make proteins that are exported from the cell or included in the cell’s membranes.