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In receptor-mediated endocytosis, receptor molecules initially project to the outside of the cell. Where do they end up after endocytosis?

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On the inside surface of the vesicle

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Thylakoids, DNA, and ribosomes are all components found in

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Chloroplasts

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Primary objective of cell fractionation is to

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Separate the major organelles so that their particular functions can be determined

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A protein that spans the phospholipid by layer one or more times

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A transmembrane proteins

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A cell with a predominance of free ribosomes is most likely

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Producing primarily cytoplasmic proteins

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Which of the following contains hydrolytic enzymes

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Lysozyme

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Prokaryotes are classified as belonging to two different domains. What are those domains?

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Bacteria and Archea

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Which of the following is a reasonable explanation for why unsaturated fatty acid’s help keep any membrane more fluid at lower temperatures

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The double bonds form kinks in the Fatty acid tails preventing adjacent lipids for packing tightly

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Which plant cell organelle contains it’s own DNA and ribosomes?

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Mitochondria

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The presence of cholesterol in the plasma membrane’s of some animals

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Enables the membrane to stay fluid more easily when cell temperatures drops

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Movement of vesicles within the cell depends on the cellular structures

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Microtubules and motor proteins

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In a plant cell, DNA may be found:

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In the nucleus, mitochondria, and chloroplasts.

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Diffusion

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It is a passive process in which molecules move from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration

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White blood cells engulf bacteria through what process

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Phagocytosis

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A bacterium engulfed by white blood cell through phagocytosis will be digested by enzymes contained in:

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Lysosomes

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Ions diffuse across membranes there specific ion channels

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Down there electrochemical gradients

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Which structure is the site of synthesis of proteins that may be exported from the cell

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum

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In order for a protein to be an integral membrane protein it would have to be

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Amphipathic, with at least one hydrophobic region

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According to the fluid Mosaic model of cell membranes, which of the following is a true statement the membrane phospholipids

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They can move laterally along the plane of the membrane

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Which of the following is a characteristic feature of the carrier protein in a plasma membrane

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It exhibits a specificity for the particular type of molecule

21
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Which of the following produces and modified’s polysaccharides that will be secreted:

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Golgi apparatus

22
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Large numbers of ribosomes are present in cells that specialize in producing which of the following molecules

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Proteins

23
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Which animal cell organelle contains enzymes that transfer hydrogen various substrates to oxygen

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Peroxisome

24
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All of the following are part of a prokaryotic cell except

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And endoplasmic reticulum

25
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Water passes quickly through so membranes because

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It moves through aquaporn’s in the membrane

26
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Which type of organelle or structure is primarily involved in the synthesis of all oils phospholipids and steroids

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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

27
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Which of the following are not embedded in the hydrophobic portion of the lipid bilayer at all

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Peripheral proteins

28
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The primary function of polysaccharides attached to glycoproteins and glycolipids og animal cell membranes is:

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To mediate cell to cell recognition

29
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The Balian good equivalent of 0.15 M NaCl. Seawater contains the equivalent of 0.45 M NaCl. What will happen if red blood cells are transferred to seawater?

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Water will leave the cells causing them to shrivel and collapse

30
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What kinds of molecules pass through a cell membrane most easily

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Small and hydrophobic

31
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Which of the following is true of integral membrane proteins

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They are usually transmembrane proteins

32
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Which of the following would likely move through the lipid bilayer of plasma membrane most rapidly:

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CO2

33
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The difference between Pinocytosis and receptor mediated endocytosis is that

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Pinocytosis is nonselective in the molecules it brings into the cell, where is preceptor mediated endocytosis offers more selectivity

34
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In a liver cell detoxifying alcohol and some other poisons, the enzymes of the Piro peroxisome remove hydrogen from these molecules and

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Transfer the hydrogen to oxygen molecules to generate hydrogen Prock

35
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Signals between the ECM in the cytoskeleton may be transmitted by

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Integrins

36
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Ions can travel directly from the cytoplasm of one animal cell to the cytoplasm of anither through

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Gap junctions

37
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What is the voltage across a membrane called

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Membrane potential

38
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Which organelle is the primary site of ATP synthesis in eukaryotic cells

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Mitochondria

39
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Which of the following types of molecules are major structural components of the cell membrane

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Phospholipids and proteins

40
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mRNA and ribosomal subunits are made in this organelle

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The nucleus

41
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The organelle that is considered as the little net can synthesize lipids and secretory lipids are called

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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum and Rough endoplasmic reticulum respectively

42
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Why isn’t the mitochondrion classified as part of the endomembrane system

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It’s structure is not derived from the ER or golgi apparatus

43
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One of the primary difference between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells is

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Prokaryotic cells do not have membrane-bound organelle’s

44
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The organelle that a specialist in synthesizing sugar using certain pigments such as chlorophyll is the

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Chloroplast

45
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The organelle that produces hydrogen peroxide and and I just other toxic metabolic byproducts is the

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Peroxisome

46
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The shape and structure of the cell is maintained bye

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Microtubules and microfilaments

47
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Small molecules such as ions can move from one cell to another via

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Gap junctions

48
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Ions diffuse across membranes through specific ion channels

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Down their elecrochemical gradient

49
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Variation in charge across the plasma membrane is called

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Membrane potential

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