Cells Flashcards

(36 cards)

1
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Fundamental units of life

A

Cells

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2
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selectively permeable membrane around the cell

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plasma membrame

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3
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Store transmit and process information

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Nucleic acids

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4
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Preform cell functions

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proteins

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5
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Provide energy to the cell

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Carbohydrates

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6
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Unicellular organisms with no a nucleus or membrane bound organelles

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Prokaryotes

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7
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Cells with membrane bound organelles

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Eukaryotes

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8
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How to see small bacteria or small cells

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Light microscopy

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9
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The material inside a cell that is not the nucleous

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Cytoplasm

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10
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Small rRNA units that translate DNA

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Ribosomes

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11
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Intracellular fluid of proteins, ions and membranes

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cytosol

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12
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Contains the DNA and makes the RNA for ribosomes

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Nucleus

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13
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A sac-like organelle that is an extention of the nuclear envelop that makes proteins and lipids

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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14
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Macromolecular RNA that is the site of protein synthesis

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Ribosomes

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15
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Stack of flat sacs that is the site of protein modification

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Golgi Apparatus

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16
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Double membrane energy producers

17
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The main source of energy in the body

18
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Plant cell characteristics

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cell walls, no lysosomes, chloroplasts

19
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Cell division in the body

20
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Reproductive cell production

21
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Vacuoles function

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Nutrients for germination, colourful pigments, toxic defence

22
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Long bound strand of DNA

23
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DNA histome complex

24
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Steps of Mitosis

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  1. Prophase
  2. Prometaphase
  3. Anaphase
  4. Telophase
  5. Cytokinesis
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Microtubules
grows in metaphase and separates the chromosomes
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Holds sister chromatids together
Cohesins
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Compact DNA
condensins
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prokaryote
A single cell organism with no membrane-bound organelles
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eukaryote
A cell with membrane-bound organelles
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A spieces of single cell organisms that continue to reproduce as long as they have nutrients
bacteria
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Eukaryotic characteristics
Number of cells remain constant
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What is special about nerve cells
do not divide
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Cell cycle control
check points
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Location of check points
End of g1, end of g2, two metaphase check points
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Apoptosis
killing a cell
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rapidly replicating damaged cells
cancer