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What is the difference between Hypotonic, isotonic and hypertonic?

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They are all comparisons

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what ions are mostly responsible for action potential generated in a neuron?

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NA+ and K+ (sodium and potassium)

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what is the standard measurement at rest for nerve cells?

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-70 millivolts

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what is the primary difference between the cell walls of animals and plants, AND what substance makes it so?

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Plant cells have a more rigid, structured form due to cellulose

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define hydrostatic vs osmotic pressure

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where do mitochondra come from?

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The X chromosome, just the egg not the sperm

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How is RNA connected to DNA?

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DNA is the template for RNA (produces it)

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What is aquaporin?

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protein that facilitates water diffusion through membranes (different varieties depending on location)

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How would a RBC (red blood cells) respond of placed in a hypertonic solution?

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water will flow out and the cell will shrink

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What is the difference between Endo and exo cytosis?

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Endocytosis is taking in substances, exo is removing them

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Major types of endocytosis:

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Phago
Pino
Receptor

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AT & GC are used in DNA, what is used for RNA?

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AU & GC

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How are helicase, triglomerase, primase, polymerase and ligase connected?

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Enzymes used in DNA replication

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Primase

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splits the DNA to synthesize

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Helicase

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breaks H bonds

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Triglomerase

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unwinds the DNA

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Polymerase

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duplicates

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ligase

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reconnects the 2 strands of RNA

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kinase

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enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of phosphate groups from high energy donating molecules (ATP)to specific substrates

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basic function of cell membrane

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barrier to control what enters and exits the cell

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Hypertonic

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higher osmotic pressure than X

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Hypotonic

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lower osmotic pressure than X

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Isotonic

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neutral or even osmotic pressure

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What is diffusion?

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When certain substances like O and CO2 can easily pass through a membrane

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What determines what way a substance moves through a membrane?
1-amount of energy required and 2-size of substance particles
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Osmosis
movement of water through a cell membrane by diffusion
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What is the fluid mosaic model?
description of structure of the plasma membrane as a mosaic of components -including phospholipids, proteins, cholesterol, and carbs- that give the membrane a fluid character
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what are examples of substances that can diffuse directly through cell membranes?
O2, CO2 and hormones
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What is diffisuion?
movement of particles from a high concentration to low to achieve equilibrium
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what is facilitated diffusion?
when transport proteins aid certain ions, proteins or molecules to diffuse
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Passive vs active transport
passive doesn't need an expenditure of energy, active needs ATP
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NA+/K+ pump is an example of:
active transport, estimated that it uses 1/3-2/3of all cell ATP
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What is GO RACER
Acronym used to remember characteristics of all living things
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Specify the elements in GO RACER
Grow/Develop Organized (specially designed for different functions) Reproduce Adapt to their environment Cellular (have cells) Energy usage Respond to Stimuli
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Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes
P-typically bacteria, no membrane enclosed nucleus and other organelles E-have smaller membranes for organelles
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differentiation
When zygotes become many cells with specialized structures and functions
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What is the importance of surface area to volume ratios?
surface area is needed for exchange of substances though a cell membrane. Smaller surface area limits that
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Edema
too much fluid
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hydrostatic pressure
too much fluid pressure against a surface
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osmotic pressure
the amount of force applied to a solution to prevent a solvent from moving across a semipermeable membrane
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What is unique about RBCs (red blood cells)?
They don't have a nucleus
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why are organelle membranes important?
they help enclose, concentrate and protect the specialized function of a given organelle
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What does a cytoskeleton do?
helps maintain cell shape,
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what are perioxomes?
specialized membrane enclosed structures involved in metabolism by transferring H ions to O making hydrogen peroxide in the liver it detoxes alcohol and other poisonous substances
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What substances breaks down Hydrogen peroxide?
Catalase, HP is toxic to cells (eve though it is made by the cells
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What happens when there is a lysosomal deficiency?
rare genetic diseases; mutations resulting in toxic accumulation of products in cells
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examples of lysosomal diseases:
Gaucher Fabry Tay Sachs
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What is the very first step to DNA replication?
Breaking of Hydrogen bonds by Helicase
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During DNA replication, the leading strand _________?
is synthesized in one continuous segment
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During DNA replication, when Polymerase comes to a guanine and then an adenine on the template strand, it adds on a _______ and _____ to the growing DNA strand
Cytosine and Thymine
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Where can ribosomes be found in an animal cell? (Hint-3 places)
-Mitochondria -Cytoplasm -on the surface of the rough endoplasmic reiticulum
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the transport of substances in vesicles happens during _____?
bulk cytosis for Endo and exo cytosis
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator does what?
transports Cloride ions OUT of a cell
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2 things to know about Na/K pump are _____ & ______?
-it requires ATP -it is a membrane protein
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define cilia
Hair-like projections on the surface f lungs that help move mucus, bacteria and particulate matter out of the lungs
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What ions are most important in generations action potential in nerves?
NA+ and K+, potassium and sodium
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Proteins that are to be secreted by a cell ________?
Are synthesized by ribosomes on the rough endoplasmic reticulum and secreted by exocytosis
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Proton pumps transport protons into the lysomsome to generate a(n) _______ environment
acidic
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Active transport requires_____?
ATP
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if both parents are carriers of the mutated cystic fibrosis gene, the chance of a child having CF is _____%?
25%
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The SER (smooth endoplasmic reticulum):
synthesizes lipids
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The RER (rough endoplasmic reticulum):
synthesizes proteins
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lysomal storage diseases (like Tay Sachs and Gauchers) usually result from defects in ______?
enzymes
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in a capillary bed, __________ pressure is highest in the arterial end while __________ pressure is higher in the venule end
Hydrostatic Osmotic
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What happens when RBCs are placed in a HYPOtonic solution?
they will take in water and burst
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Microvilli are:
small extensions or protrusions on the surface of cells in the small intestine, increasing surface area
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what organelle has 2 separate phospholipid layers?
mitochondria
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What is kinesin?
a motor protein that moves vesicles down microtubules
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3 parts of the cytoskeleton
Microtubules, microfilaments, and intermediate filaments
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2 major differences between ribosomes and lysosomes
R-no membrane and synthesize proteins L-have single membrane and degrade large molecules
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What do proton pumps do?
produce an acidic environment by pumping Hydrogen ions into the lysosome
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What is Phagocytosis?
When specialized white blood cells engulf bacteria, large particles and viruses to destroy them
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Pinocytosis
extracellular fluids or particles are ingested
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receptor cystosis
specific molecules are internalized by binding to eecpetos on the cell surface
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What structure regulates what enters and leaves a cell?
cell membrane
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Where are proteins made in a cell?
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Only eukaryotic cells have______?
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what organelle converts food into ATP energy?
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some helper proteins act like passive passageways though the cell membrane for example:
channel protein
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both active and passive diffusion can involve:
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as a result of diffusion, the concentration of many types of substances _____?
becomes balanced on both sides of the membrane
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diffusion is ____?
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osmosis is a type of ____?
diffusion
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molecules that are too large to be moved through the membrane are transported into a cell by
endocytosis
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throwback: what is a phospholipid made up of?
Hydrophyllic head and 2 hydrophobic tails
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topoisomerase
enzyme that helps breakdown DNA backbone

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