Unit 3 Part A: Cytology Terms

Question 1

Cytology

Answer 1

study of cells

Question 2

Intracellular

Answer 2

inside the cell

Question 3

Extracellular

Answer 3

outside the cell

Question 4

Cytoplasm

Answer 4

collective term for all the material inside the cell

Question 5

Organelles

Answer 5

“little organs” inside the cell, most are surrounded by membrane separating them from the cytosol

Question 6

Nuclear envelope

Answer 6

name for the membrane surrounding the nucleus

Question 7

cell reparation

Answer 7

glucose + O2—> CO2 + H2O + ATP (energy)

Question 8

Mitotic spindle

Answer 8

separates chromosomes during mitosis (cell division)

Question 9

Nuclear pore

Answer 9

allow for entry and exit of material in the nucleus

Question 10

Nucleolus

Answer 10

a special region inside the nucleus where ribosomes are made

Question 11

Centrosome

Answer 11

a region near the nucleus, “microtubule organizing center”

Question 12

membranous organelles

Answer 12

Organelles that have a membrane surrounding them

Question 13

Anuclear

Answer 13

cells that have no nucleus (RBC)

Question 14

Nucleoplasm

Answer 14

watery material inside the cell

Question 15

cristae of mitochondria

Answer 15

folds of the inner membrane

Question 16

Matric of mitochondria

Answer 16

fluid inside the mitochondria

Question 17

autohagy

Answer 17

process where a cell destroys unwanted cellular materials (garbage disposal”

Question 18

Apoptosis

Answer 18

a cell destroys the cell itself (webs between fingers) (cell suicide)