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1 Cells and Microscopes Flashcards

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How are proteins made and secreted? - (from gene to leaving the cell)

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  • gene coded instructions
    -instructions are transcribed into a length of mRNA and exits nucleus through nuclear pores
    -goes to ribosomes, instructions are translated
    -insulin molecules are assembled
    -everything passed into the cisternae
    -vesicles pinched off, pass via microtubules + motor proteins
    -vesicles fuse to the Golgi Apparatus
    -insulin protein molecules may be modified
    -these are then processed and packaged
    -vesicles are pinched off
    -move to plasma membrane
    -vesicles fuse to plasma membrane
    -opens and released the molecules out of the cell.
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Prokaryotic cells

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-no nucleus
-diameter of cell is 0.1- 0.5 micrometers (um)
-lack cytoskeleton
-no membrane bound organelles
-cell wall is made of peptidoglycan
-divide by binary fission
-70s ribosomes

-bacteria cells

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Eukaryotic cells

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-10-100 micrometers (um)
-cell wall is made of cellulose
-divide by mitosis, meiosis
-80s ribosomes

-Yeast, amoebae, plant and animal cells

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Chloroplasts

What are the fields called, what they are made of and the liquid found in chloroplasts?

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fields- grana

grana is made of thylakoids

liquid- stroma

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Mitochondria

what is the folded membrane called?

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cristae

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Flagellum

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cell movement

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pilli

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-transfer genetic material
-hold to surfaces

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Villi, microvillus

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-very thin
-increase surface area

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cytoskeleton

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-support cell shape
-direct substances + organelles

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What are the 3 types of fibers?

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-Microfilaments
-intermediate filaments
-microtubules

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Shape and diameter of microfilaments

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-Thread-like
- 3-6 nm diameter

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Shape and diameter of intermediate filaments

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-rope like
- 10nm

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shape and diameter of microtubules

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-hollow
- 24nm

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Electron micrograph

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A photo of an image seen using an electron microscope

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Magnification

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The number of times larger an image appears compared with the size of the object

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Organelles

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Small structures within cells, each of which has a specific function

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Photomicrograph

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Photo of an image seen using an optical microscope

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Resolution

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The clarity of an image, the higher the resolution = the clearer the image

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Total Magnification (calculation)

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Magnifying power of the objective lens (times)
magnifying power of the eyepiece lens

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Optical microscopes

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  • cheap (relatively)
    -easy to use
    -portable
    -used in schools, colleges etc.
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Laser scanning microscopes

how it works and how its seen

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-laser light to scan an object point by point
-displayed on a computer screen
-depth selectivity

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Electron microscope

both types (similarities)

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-Great deal of skill to use
-training needed
-large and expensive
-beam of fast traveling electrons
-electrons get fired from a cathode
-focused by magnets onto a screen or photographic plate

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Transmission electron microscopes

-specimen
-2D or 3D
-color or b+w
-electrons

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-Specimen is dehydrated and stained
-electrons pass through
- 2D image
-Black and White image

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Scanning electron microscope

-2D or 3D
-color or b+w
-electrons

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-do not pass through, electrons ‘bounce off’
-3D image
- black and white image but false color can be added

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Laser confocal microscopes -specimen ( 2 info) -2D or 3D
-Specimen is stained -Sample living things -3D image
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Homogenisation
Grind/ break up material
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Centrifugation order (organelles)
-nucleus -mitochondria, chloroplasts -microsomes -ribosomes
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Eyepiece graticule
-the measuring device put in the eyepiece (the ruler viewed under the microscope, cannot easily remove it)
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Stage graticule
-Scale put on stage -Used to calibrate the value of the eyepiece divisions at different magnifications.
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Order of small measurements (after cm)
milli -*10-3 - mm micro -*10-6 - um nano -*10-9 - nm pico -*10-12 - pm
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Flagella
-Long appendages which rotate by a 'motor' in the cell envelope -to move the cell and create motility
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Cell envelope
-Outermost layer of a bacterial cell -protect, maintain shape -Allow appropriate metabolism growth + division of the cell
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Ribosomes
-protein synthesis -large and small subunit
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Genophore
-Long double strand of DNA usually in one large circle -Includes most of the genetic material of the organism
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Nucleoid
-Most of the bacterial DNA is found here -not membrane bound
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Capsule
This layer of polysaccharide protects the bacterial cell -Serves as a barrier against phagocytes by white blood cells
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Plasmid
-Small circular DNA fragments -Contain code responsible for antibiotic resistance
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Storage Granule
Nutrients and reserves may be stored in these cytoplasmic inclusions in the form of glycogen, lipids, polyphosphates or in some cases Sulphur or mitogen.
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Pilli, Fimbriae
-Hollow hair like structures made of proteins allow bacteria to attach to other cells -A specialized pili, the sex pilis, allow the transfer of plasmid DNA, from one bacterial cell to another.
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Cell membrane
Controls movement of substances in and out of the cell
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Smooth ER
-The ER is a continuation of the outer nuclear membrane and its varied function suggests the complexity of the eukaryotic cell -Synthesizes, stores and transports lipids and carbohydrates
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Nucleus
-Enclosed in a double membrane -Holds the DNA
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Nucleolus
-Produces ribosomes -stores genetic information
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Rough ER
-Numerous ribosomes on its surface -Ribosomes protein synthesis its collected by the ER for transport throughout the cell.
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Golgi
-Membrane bound structure, with a single membrane -Modifies proteins, sorts substances for secretion -'processes + packages'
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Vacuole
-Membrane bound sack -Plays a role in intracellular digestion and the release of cellular waste products
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Peroxisomes
-Responsible for protecting the cell from its own production of toxic hydrogen peroxide
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Mitochondrion
-Provides the energy the cell needs to move -Respire to produce ATP
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Lysomes
-Contain hydrolytic enzymes necessary for intracellular -Secretes harmful enzymes out of the cell.

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