The Cell Flashcards

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1
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Contains all genetic information

A

Nucleus

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2
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Site of protein synthesis, can be free or attached

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Ribosomes

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3
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Secretes enzyme lysozyme, breaks down waste products

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Lysosomes

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4
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Structure and support in plants and bacteria

A

Cell wall

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5
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Membrane bound storage structures

A

Vacuoles

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6
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Plastid found in plants where suns energy is converted to chemical energy

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Chloroplasts

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7
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Modifies and “packages” proteins

A

Golgi complex

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8
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Transports proteins and can chemically modify proteins

A

Endoplasmic reticulum

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9
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External structures facilitate movement

A

Cilia/flagella

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10
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Location of ATP synthesis

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Mitochondria

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11
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Mitochondria are special because_____?

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The have their own DNA and can reproduce on their own; they caused the eukaryotic cell by being eaten by another prokaryotic cell.

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12
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Make up cytoskeleton of cell; help move organelles within cell

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Microtubles

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13
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In animal cells made if microtubules

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Centrioles

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14
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Contain peroxides to degrade recycled organelles

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Peroxisomes

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15
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Selectively permeable, regulates movement and protects the cell

A

Cell membrane

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16
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The cell membrane consists of a _____.

A

Phospholipid bilayer with integral and transmembrane protein channels.

17
Q

Protein channels that pass through membrane

A

Porins

18
Q

Porins in which water moves through

A

Aquaporins

19
Q

What helps other cells recognize the single cell?

A

Glycoproteins and glycolipids.

20
Q

Requires no energy, relies on concentration gradient between inside and outside of cell

A

Passive transport

21
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Movement from high to low

A

Diffusion

22
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Movement of water from high to low

A

Osmosis

23
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Requires energy, no gradient necessary, usually uses porin or protein channel

A

Active transport

24
Q

Movement of larger materials into host cell

A

Endocytosis

25
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Larger particles engulfed by cell

A

Phagocytosis

26
Q

Liquid molecules are being taken into host cell

A

Pinocytosis

27
Q

Movement of material out of cell

A

Exocytosis

28
Q

A number of cells receives signals simultaneously from a cell in the vicinity

A

Paracrine signaling

29
Q

Nerve cell produces neurotransmitter that is released to a single cell; very specific; does not disturb other cells in the area

A

Synaptic signaling

30
Q

Hormones can operate this way by traveling long distances and only effecting specifically targeted cells

A

Endocrine signaling

31
Q

Binding of cells to one another in plants and animals

A

Cell junctions (direct contact)

32
Q

Channels between connecting plant cells; allows for movement of material into and out of cell; only in plant cells

A

Plasmodesmata

33
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Similar to plamodesmata in plants but now in animals

A

Gap junctions