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What are three statements of cell theory?

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Living organisms are made of one or more cells.
Cells are the smallest units of life.
All cells are from cells.

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What are two main types of organisms (considering the number of cells)?

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Unicellular and multicellular.

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Are viruses alive?

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No, they are not made of cells.

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What are 7 functions of living things?

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Nutrition
Growth
Reproduction
Response - reaction to stimulus
Excretion - expelling of waste
Metabolism - all chemical reactions in the body
Homeostasis - attempt to keep the conditions inside the body unchanged.

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What is differentiation?

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The process in which cells become different and specialise for particular function.
All cells in our body are more or less the same.

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What are emergent properties?

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All properties that emerge from the interactions of all their component parts.

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What is the main idea of emergent properties?

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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Explain why is surface area/volume ratio as it is.

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The bigger/smaller the cell the smaller/bigger the surface area/volume ratio.
Cells need large surface areas for the exchange of materials.
A lot of small cells have bigger surface area than large cells of a comparable V
Cell area is small because they can exchange material better.

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What are STEM cells?

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Cells that have not yet differentiated.
They can become any other types of cells.

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Where can we find STEM cells?

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In embryos
We can obtain them from ambrical cord or placente.

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What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells? Give examples.

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Prokaryotic do not have a nucleus or internal membrance bound - organelles (cyanobacteria and bacteria).
Eukaryotic do have a nucleus (everything else).

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Give to features of prokaryotic cells.

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Smaller than eukaryotic, and the structure is surrounded by a membrane.

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Cell membrane

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Controls what will enter or leave the cell.

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Cell wall

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Protects the cell.

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Slime capsule

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Additional protection of a cell (only sometimes present)

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Flangella

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Responsible for the moving of the cell.

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Pili

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Attaching to the surface.

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Cytoplasm

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Space inside of a cell, various chemical reactions occur there.

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Ribosomes

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Not organelles since do not have a membrane
Produce proteins
Size is 70S.

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Nucleoid

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Region of a cytoplasm that controls the whole cell, contains genetic material (DNA)

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Plasmid

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Small additonal pieces of genetic material that can be usefull.

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How do prokaryotic cells decide?

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Binary fussion.

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How are eukaryotic cells organised?

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They have internal structures with their own membranes.

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What is an organelle?

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The body inside the euk. cell surrounded by its own memb.
Each organelle has a specific function.

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What are the advantages of compartmentalization?
One process will not be interrupted by another. Each compartment is constructed for a particular function (pH, temperature...)
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Which euk. organelles have double membrane?
Nucleus Mitochondrion Chloroplast
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E Cell nucleus
surrounded by a double-layered membrane with nuclear pores. Contains genetic material which controls the cell.
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E Nucleolus
Small area inside a cell nucleus with different density.
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E Endoplasmic reticulum
A system of membranes which looks like a labyrinth. Production and transport of substances.
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sER and rER
smooth endoplasmic reticulum - without ribosomes produce and transport some fats for cell use rough endoplasmic reticulum - with ribosomes produce and transports proteins that go outside of the cell
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E Free ribosomes
Protein production The structure of ribosomes in rER and free ribosomes is the same size the 80S Produce proteins for the cell - enzymes for destruction of something.
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E Vesicles
Small bubbles in a cell that might contain various substances.
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E Lysosomes
Vesicles which contain digestive enzymes - it can attack and destroy unwanted materials.
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E Golgy apparatus (golgy body)
No ribosomes Proteins synthesized on rERs are refound here Processed proteins are packed into vesicles ade secreted (that is why they are so many vesicles next to it)
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How to distinguish ER and golgy apparatus?
Golgy apparatus has typical shape and ER is more wide spread.
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E Mitochondrion
ATP production double membrane
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E Chloroplast
Double membrane Contains chlorophyll Photosynthesis - only in plants, algae...
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E Central vacuole
A big vesicle Largest organelle in a plant cell Stores water and other juices The membrane that surrounds it is under pressure from within and exerts a force on the cytoplasm, cell is firm.
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What are plasma membranes composed of?
A phospholipid bilayer
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What is the relationship between phosolipids and water?
Hydrophilic head Hydrophobic tail
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What is the model of a membrane called?
Fluid - mosaic model
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Why is the membrane stable?
Hydrophobic tails Hydrophilic heads It is barely stable.
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Why is the memb. fluid?
Components can move position a little bit, they are notrigid.
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Why is the memb. a barrier?
Only the smallest molecules can pass
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Why is memb. a mosaic?
Because phospholipid bilayer is embedded with protein
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What is the memb. composed of?
Phospholipids Cholesterol Proteins
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Cholesterol
Found in animal cell membranes and functions to improve stability and reduce fluidity.
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What are three types of proteins in the memb.?
Integral (transmembrane) Peripheral Gylcoprotein
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Integral proteins
Penetrate the mebrane, partially at least Take it out, you disrupt the membrane
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Pheripheral
On the inner/outer surface of the membrane
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Glycoprotein
prot+sugar on the outer surface of the membrane Integral protein
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What are mem. prot. responsible for?
The majority of functions of the cell membrane
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5 functions of the membrane proteins
They can be channels through which substances can travel They can be pumps which are able to pump substances actively in or out They can be glycoproteins which sense the presence of some substances in the environment they can be enzymes which speed up chemical reactions They can be electron carriers which are able to carry electrons
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What is diffusion?
Spontaneous movement of particles from higher to lower concentrations
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What is gradient?
Difference in concentration
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What does down the gradient mean?
From higher to lower concentration
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What five factors impact the speed
temperature higher T - faster diffusion Surface area - larger surface area - faster diffusion Concentration gradient - higher gradient - faster diffusion size of particles - smaller particles - faster diffusion Diffusion medium - s slowest l faster g fastest
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What is simple diffusion
Small molecules (O2, CO2) across a cell membrane directly
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What is facilitated diffusion
Big molecules (eg. glucose) across a cell membrane through channel proteins
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What is the characteristics of channel proteins and why
They are specific, so they can control what goes in and what out.
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What the cell cannot control?
The direction ofthe movement
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Facilitated and simple diffusion graph
At first, facilitated is faster but as some point all channel proteins are taken
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Solute
substance being dissolved
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Solvent
suvstance present in greater amount (H2O)
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solution
homogeneous mixture of solute and solvent
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absolute conc.
diluted solution concentrated solution
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diluted solution
a little bit of solute
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concentrated solution
a lot of solute
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relative conc.
hypertonic solution isotonic solution hypotonic solution
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hypertonic solution
higher solute conc.
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isotonic solution
equal solute conc.
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hypotonic solution
lowe solute conc.
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semipermable membrane
partially permable memb. that allows some substances to pass, but not others
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semipermable membrane ex.
cell membrane
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osmosis
a spontaneous process in which traveling of H2O through semipermable memb. from less dense to more dense solution
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two caracteristics of osmosis
movement of H2O semipermable memb. is required
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what happens to a red blood cell in a hypertonic solution
it shrivels because water goeas out
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what happens to a red blood cell in a hypertonic solution
it shrivels because water goes out
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what happens to a red blood cell in a hypotonic solution
it bursts because water travels inside of the cell
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4 characteristics of passive transport
spontaneous doesn't require E needs a conc. gradient particles move down the conc. gradient
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3 ex. of passive transport
simpe diffusion facilitated diffusion osmosis
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What are four characteristics of active transport?
Not spontaneous Requires energy from ATP moves up the concentration gradient (from lower to higher conc.)
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What are the three characteristics of protein pumps?
Active transport is possible because of protein pumps they require ATP they are specific - each pump transports only a particular substance in a particular direction.
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Give and example of a protein pump
Na+ and K+ pump transports Na+ outside of the cell and K+ inside - axon action potential
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When are endocytosis and exocytosis used
For transport of big molecules, or huge amounts of molecules through the memb. using vesicles
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Are endo/exocytosis active or passive
neighter
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Do endo/exocytosis require E?
Yes
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How do exo/endocytosis move in the conc. gradient
They are not dependend of it
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Which role does the memb. fluidity have in endo and exocytosis
It allows the meb. to change shape, break and reform

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