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Transport Processes (Lecture 5) Flashcards

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1
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The property that allows the Plasma Membrane to regulate what comes in and out of the cell

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Selective Permeability

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Composition of a Plasma Membrane

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Phospholipids
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Cholesterol

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Lipid molecules with a carbohydrate molecule attached that serve as markers for cell recognition

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Glycolipids

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Protein molecules with a carbohydrate molecule attached that play a role in cell-to-cell interaction

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Glycoproteins

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This stabilizes the plasma membrane and maintains fluidity within it

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Cholesterol

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The dissolving agent in a solution

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Solvent

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The substance that is dissolved in a solution

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Solute

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The passive process in which movement of solute particles move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

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Simple Diffusion

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Factors that affect the rate of diffusion

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Solute particle size
Temperature
Viscosity of the solvent
Difference in the concentration gradient

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The comparison of solute concentrations

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Tonicity

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Describes a solution that has a higher solute concentration

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Hypertonic

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Describes a solution that has a lower solute concentration

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Hypotonic

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Describes a solution that has an equal solute concentration

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Isotonic

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The passive process by which water molecules move across a selectively permeable membrane

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Osmosis

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Does Osmosis move along or against the solute concentration gradient?

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Against

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The effect of osmosis on an animal cell when placed in a Hypotonic Solution

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Lysis

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The state a plant cell enters when placed in an isotonic solution

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Flaccidity

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The effect of Osmosis on a cell when it is placed into a Hypertonic Solution

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Crenation (Plasmolysis)

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What is the preferred solution for an animal cell?

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Isotonic

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What is the preferred environment for a plant cell? What happens to it?

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Hypotonic Solution
It becomes Turgid

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The passive process by which large solute particles from an area of high concentration move to an area of low concentration through an integral protein

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Facilitated Diffusion

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The movement of solute particles from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high concentration through integral proteins

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Active Transport

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The movement of solutes into a cell through the formation of vesicles

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Endocytosis

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The engulfment of large substances into a cell through vesicle formation. Sometimes referred to as “Cellular Eating”

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Phagocytosis

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The intake of small solutes and water through the formation of vesicles from invaginations that form along the cell membrane. Sometimes referred to as “Cellular drinking”

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Pinocytosis

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The intake of specific solutes into the cell through vesicle formation

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Receptor-mediated endocytosis

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The movement of solutes out of the cell through the formation of vesicles

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Exocytosis

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Prokaryotic cell division

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Binary Fission

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The period of cell growth during the interphase of Eukaryotic cell division

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G1 Period

30
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Period of DNA synthesis during the Interphase of Eukaryotic cell division

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S Period

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Period of mass cell structure production during the Interphase of Eukaryotic cell division

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G2 Period

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The four phases of the Miotic Phase

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Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase

33
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The splitting of a parent cell into two daughter cells by separation of cytoplasm

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Cytokinesis

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Miotic phase in which the Nucleolus disappears, mitotic spindles form, and chromosomes becomes thick and visible

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Prophase

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The Miotic phase in which duplicated chromosomes line up along the middle of the cell

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Metaphase

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The Miotic phase in which sister chromatids separate and pull apart

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Anaphase

37
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The Miotic phase in which two new nuclei form, and the nucleoli appear

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Telophase

38
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What are the two methods of Cytokinesis between plant and animal cells?

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Animal - Cleavage furrowing
Plant - Cell Plate Formation

39
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The division of a parent cell into two identical daughter cells

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Cytokinesis

40
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Contracting ring of microfilaments that pulls inwardly on the cell membrane

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Cleavage Furrowing

41
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When the golgi vesicles of cellulose line up along the middle of a plant cell and fuse to form new cell walls

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Cell Plate Formation

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