cells Flashcards

(29 cards)

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what is a cell

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the smallest unit, capable of performing life functions

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size and shape of a cell indicate its…

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function

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PROKARYOTIC

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cells w/out membrane
e.g bacteria

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eukaryotic

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cells w/ membrane
e.g animal cells

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function of a cell wall

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-protects
-shapes
-made of cellulose
-found in plants, fungi, most bacteria

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6
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function of cell membrane

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  • selectively permeable
  • protective outer covering around all cells
  • if cell has a wall, membrane inside wall
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cytoplasm function

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-gelatinous
- inside membrane
- constantly flows
- aka protoplasm
- has organelles
- where chemical reactions take place

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cytoskeleton function

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  • animals have no cell wall so cytoskeleton
  • helps maintain shape
  • made of protein
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nucleus function

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-directs cell activities
- contains instructions for cells which are found on a material called DNA
- largest organelle

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nuclear membrane function

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  • separates nucleus + cytoplasm
  • selectively permeable
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nucleolus function

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  • brain of nucleus
  • in nucleus
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chromatin network function

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  • contains genetic code
  • made of DNA and proteins
  • when a cell divides it becomes chromosomes
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types of plastids

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-chloroplasts
-chromoplasts
-leucoplasts

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chloroplasts

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  • green organelles, make food for plants
    -contains chlorophyll - which absorbs sunlight during photosynthesis
    -produces + stores glucose
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chromoplast

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-contains red, orange, yellow pigments (carotenoids)
- colours fruits and flowers

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leucoplast

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  • stores starch
  • no pigment
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chlorophyll

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  • green pigment
  • captures sunlight, produces food and glucose from it
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mitochondria

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  • release energy from food
  • energy released by breaking down food into carbon dioxide in cellular respiration
  • powehouse
  • found in muscles mostly
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ribosomes

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  • make proteins
  • float freely of attached to ER
  • in nucleolus too
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endoplastic reticulum (ER)

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  • series of folded membranes, move materials around in a cell
  • smooth ER - ribosomes not attached to ER
  • rougher ER - ribosomes attached to ER
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golgoli bodies

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  • stacked, flattened membranes
  • sort and package proteins
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vacuoles

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  • temporary storage spaces
  • store food, water, waste
  • tonoplast - membrane of a vacuole
    - inside vacuole - cell sap
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lysosomes

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  • latin for, “kill body”
  • digest things, contains digestive enzymes
  • breaks down cells when it does
  • breaks down food molecules
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centriole

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  • aids in cell division
  • usually found in animal cells
  • made of microblades
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differences between plant and animal cells
plants - have plastids - cell walls - large, central vacuole - may have plasmodesmata - no centrioles - no cholesterol in cell membrane - store excess glucose as starch - fixed, regular shape animals dont have - plastids - cell wall - small, temporary vacuoles - plasmodesmata - store excess glucose as glycogen animals do have - paired centrioles - cholesterol in cell membrane - amorphous shape
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what makes up what (in order)
cells tissue organ system organism
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functions of membranes
- protect cell - selectively permeable (controls in and outgoing substances) - maintain ion connection
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blood is a brain barrier, meaning...
it allows some substances into the brain, screens out toxins and bacteria
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substances allowed to cross brain barrier
water CO2 glucose O2 amino acids alcohol antihistamines