Ch. 3 Cells (Exam 1) Flashcards

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What are the 3 main components of the lipid bilayer?

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1) Phospholipids
2) Glycolipids
3) Cholesterol

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What is the difference between channel and carrier proteins?

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Channel - forms hydrophilic pores in membrane to facultatively diffuse molecules down the concentration gradient

Carrier - bind and physically move substances up and down the concentration gradient

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What is the function of a glycoprotein?

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Cell-to-cell recognition e.g. for organ/tissue rejection

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Law stating that molecules move from an area of greater to lesser concentration until equally distributed.

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What is the law of diffusion?

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What 5 factors affect the rate of diffusion?

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1) Concentration gradient
2) Size
3) Shape
4) Polarity
5) Temperature

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The net movement of water molecules from a greater to lesser water concentration region.

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What is osmosis?

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Define isotonicity, hypertonicity, and hypotonicity.

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Isotonicity - same concentration of solutes and fluid inside and outside of the cell
Hypertonicity - greater concentration of solutes than fluid outside of the cell
Hypotonicity - lesser concentration of solutes than fluid outside of the cell

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What is the difference between passive and active transport in terms of the concentration gradient?

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Passive - goes w/ concentration gradient
Active - goes against concentration gradient

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The Na/K/ATPase pump utilizes { } transport and contributes to maintaining the cell membrane { }.

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1) Active
2) Potential

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What is the ratio of K moved in to Na moved out via the Na/K pump?

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2 K in to 3 Na out

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What is the purpose of bulk transport?

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To move large molecules or quantities across the cell membrane

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What is the difference between phagocytosis and receptor-mediated endocytosis?

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Phagocytosis - nonspecific intake of food particles

Receptor-mediated endocytosis - very specific; uses special receptor proteins to carry large particles across cell membrane

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Exocytosis secretes materials using the { } apparatus.

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Golgi

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Meaning self-eating, an intracellular degradation system wherein organic material is recycled into small monomers.

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What is autophagy?

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Which organelle is responsible for autophagy?

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Lysosome

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What are the 4 components of the nucleus?

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1) Bilayered nuclear envelope
2) Pores
3) Chromatin
4) Nucleolus

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What is the purpose of the nuclear envelope?

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To separate nuclear contents from cytoplasm

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What is the purpose of nuclear pores?

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To regulate the passage of mRNA since DNA is too big to pass through

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What is the purpose of chromatin?

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To wrap DNA around histones to fit in the nucleus

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What is the purpose of the nucleolus?

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Site of ribosome synthesis

21
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What are the 2 types of ribosomes and their purposes?

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Free - make proteins for cell
Attached - make proteins to be used by other cells

22
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Name 1 function of the smooth ER.

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Make liver enzymes to detox blood (within hepatocytes)

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What is the main difference in function between the rough and smooth ER?

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Rough ER has the same function across all cells while smooth ER has different functions across different cells

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Under what condition will ribosomes attach to the rough ER membrane?

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If the 20 amino acid signal sequence is present on the ribosome

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What is the function of the Golgi apparatus?
Packaging and distribution
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What are the 2 faces of the Golgi apparatus, along with their functions?
Cis - receives & chemically modifies proteins (cleaving amino acids or adding carb chains) Trans - Packages protein in vesicles for exocytosis
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Lysosomes are vesicles formed by the { } apparatus and contain { } enzymes.
1) Golgi 2) Hydrolytic
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The site of cellular respiration.
What are mitochondria?
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What makes the mitochondria so unique?
It is a semiautonomous organelle with its own genome and is enveloped in a double membrane bilayer
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What is the purpose of cristae in mitochondria?
To increase surface area
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The cytoskeleton consists of thin { } radiating from the nucleus to the plasma membrane.
Proteins
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Name 3 structural components of the cytoskeleton.
1) Microtubules 2) Microfilaments 3) Intermediate filaments
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What is the purpose of the cytoskeleton?
To serve as a network for maintaining cell shape/movement
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Centrosomes are paired clusters of { } generating spindle organization in { }.
1) Centroids 2) Cell division
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These small, hairlike structures are numerous and help filter out bad particles from the respiratory tract.
What are cilia?
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Cilia are useful because they increase the { } of the cell membrane.
Surface area
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How are flagella useful to sperm cells?
They provide movement
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Little shaggy hairs found in the kidney tubules.
What are microvilli?
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Why are microvilli important in general?
To increase surface area for optimal absorption
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Why are microvilli important to the kidney tubules?
The sheer amount of fluid that needs filtering requires the kidneys to have adequate surface area
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Process by which DNA is transcribed to RNA and then translated to protein.
What is protein synthesis?
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Sequence of nucleotides that generates a unique polypeptide.
What is a gene?
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3 nucleotides code for 1 { }.
Amino acid
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Which type of RNA takes place in transcription?
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
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What are the 2 key steps in transcription?
1) mRNA from DNA 2) mRNA travels from nucleus to ribosome
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Name the 3 stages of translation.
1) Initiation 2) Elongation 3) Termination
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Describe translation in a raunchy way using these 5 analogies: 1) Ribosome is the pimp 2) mRNA is the money 3) tRNA is the hoe 4) Amino acids are gold 5) Polypeptides are the gold reserve
The pimp (ribosome) counts the money (3 bases at a time i.e. codon). The hoe (tRNA) brings the pimp an item of equal value per 3 nucleotide bases. This item (amino acid) is a gold brick. Each money set is different, so the hoe brings a differently labeled brick every time. These bricks add up to make a gold-backed reserve (polypeptide).
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Name 2 ways attachment proteins form connections.
1) Cell to cell 2) Cell to extracellular matrix
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Name 2 examples of attachment proteins.
Cadherins & integrins