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Week 5A- Cell Biology Flashcards

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What is biology?

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A science that explores living things and life processes

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What are 3 features of cells?

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  • Basic unit of all living matter
  • Essential for life
  • Fundamental components of structure, development, growth and life processes in the human body
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How does cells exist?

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In a multitude of forms that perform diverse functions of the body

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What are different types of moving cells?

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Some exist as freely moving, independent units while other are stationary

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5
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What are qualities of cells that are mature?

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They are highly specialized and have predetermined tasks to perform in support of the body

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What are cell requirements of the body?

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  • Provide food as a source of raw material for the release of energy
  • Supply oxygen to help break down food
  • Have enough water to transport inorganic substances in/out of the cell
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7
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What is the benefit of proper cell function?

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Enables the body to maintain homeostasis and equilibrium

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What are the effects of ionizing radiation damage on cells?

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  • Cells behave abnormally
  • Cells can die
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What are the 3 chemical compositions of cells?

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  • Protoplasm
  • Organic Compounds
  • Inorganic Compounds
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What are protoplasm?

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Chemical building material for all living things

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What processes do Protoplasm carry on?

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Carry on complex processes of metabolism, the reception and processing of food and oxygen and elimination of waste

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What do protoplasm consist of?

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Organic compounds and inorganic material either dissolved or suspended in water

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What are protoplasm formed from?

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Formed from 24 elements, with the 4 primary being Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen

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What are the most important inorganic substances?

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Water and mineral salts (electrolytes)

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What are the 4 major classes of organic compounds that compose a cell?

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  • Proteins
  • Carbohydrates
  • Lipids
  • Nucleic Acids
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16
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Which element is the basic constituent of all organic matter?

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Carbon

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17
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What becomes possible when combining hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen?

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Life is possible

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18
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Which organic compound contains the most carbon?

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Protein

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19
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What percent of cell content are proteins?

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15%

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What are the functions of Proteins?

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Essential for growth, construction of new body tissue and repair of injured tissues

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21
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How are proteins formed?

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When amino acids combine into long, chain like molecular complexes

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22
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What do proteins provide to the cell?

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Structure and support

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23
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Which proteins control cell functions?

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Enzymes and hormones

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Out of the 4 organic compounds, in which choice would proteins fall in for fuel?

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3rd choice

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How are proteins organized?

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Into 22 different amino acids

26
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What does the order of arrangement of these amino acids determine?

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The precise function of each protein molecule

27
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What does the type of proteins a cell contains determine?

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The characteristics of that cell

28
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What are enzymatic proteins?

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Function as organic catalysts that control the cells various physiological activities

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What do Enzymatic proteins do?

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Cause an increase in cellular activity that causes biochemical reactions to occur more rapidly to meet the needs of the cell

30
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What are structural proteins?

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Provide the body with its shape and form

31
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What do structural proteins provide the body?

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A source of heat and energy

32
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What are repair enzymes?

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Proteins that can mend damaged molecules and are capable of helping the cell recover from small amounts of radiation damage

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What are repair enzymes vital to?

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Vital to the survival of cells

34
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What energy ranges are Repair enzymes effective in?

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Both diagnostic and therapeutic energy ranges

35
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What are antibodies?

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Protein molecules produced by specialized cells in the bone marrow called B lymphocytes

36
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When are antibodies produced?

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Produced when other lymphocytes in the body detect the presence of molecules that do not belong

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What do antibodies do?

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Chemically attack any foreign invaders or antigens

38
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What are hormones?

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Chemical secretions manufactured by various endocrine glands and carried by the bloodstream to influence activities of other parts of the body

39
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What do hormones regulate?

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Regulate body functions such as growth and development

40
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What percent of cell content do carbohydrates make up?

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1%

41
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What are included in Carbohydrates?

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Starches and various sugars

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How do carbohydrates range?

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From simple to complex

43
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What are the 3 types for carbohydrates?

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  • Monosaccharides
  • Disaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
44
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What is the function of carbohydrates?

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Function as short-term energy warehouses for the body

45
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What is the primary purpose of carbohydrates?

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To provide fuel for cell metabolism

46
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Where are carbohydrates most abundant?

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In the liver and muscle tissue

47
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What percent of cell content are lipids?

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2%

48
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What are lipids made up of?

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Made up of a molecule of glycerin and three molecules of fatty acid

49
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What are the functions lipids perform?

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  • Act as as a reservoir for long-term energy storage
  • Insulate and guard the body against the environment
  • Support and protect organs (eyes/kidneys)
  • Provide essential substances necessary for growth and development
  • Lubricate the joints
  • Assist in the digestive process
50
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When are lipids burned as fuel?

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Only if there are no carbohydrates available

51
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What percent of cell content do Nucleic acids make up?

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1%

52
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What are Nucleic acids made up of?

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Nucleotides

53
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What are the two types of Nucleic acids?

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DNA and RNA

54
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What is DNA composed of?

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Two long sugar-phosphate chains that twist around each other in a double-helix configuration and are lined by pairs of nitrogenous bases at the sugar molecule level

55
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What attaches the base of DNA to each other?

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Hydrogen bonds

56
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What does DNA contain?

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All the information the cell needs to function

57
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What does DNA carry?

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All genetic information necessary for cells to replicate

58
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What does DNA regulate?

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All cellular activity to direct protein synthesis

59
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What does DNA determine and how?

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A person’s characteristics by regulating the sequence of amino acids in the persons proteins during synthesis

60
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What is the importance of nitrogenous base pairs in DNA?

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Constitute the genetic code

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