Chapter 7 and 8 Review

Question 1

What is RNA?

Answer 1

Single strand, Uracil, and ribose sugar

Question 2

What are the phases of Mitosis?

Answer 2

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase

Question 3

What is it called when extensive training occurs?

Answer 3

Hypertrophy

Question 4

What is it called when the muscles waste away?

Answer 4

Atrophy

Question 5

What does DNA consist of?

Answer 5

Double helix, phosphate roots, deoxyribose sugar

Question 6

What is meiosis?

Answer 6

Production of a cell through mature sex cells

Question 7

What is another name for sex cells?

Answer 7

Gametes

Question 8

What does a codon consist of?

Answer 8

3 nitrogenous bases

Question 9

What is transcription?

Answer 9

Synthesis of mRNA

Question 10

What is a Haploid?

Answer 10

23 chromosomes

Question 11

What is a Diploid?

Answer 11

46 chromosomes

Question 12

What is another name for a tumor?

Answer 12

Neoplasm

Question 13

What phases are in Interphase?

Answer 13

G1, G2 and S Phase

Question 14

What separates the G1 and G2 phase?

Answer 14

S Phase

Question 15

Where does DNA replication occur?

Answer 15

S phase

Question 16

What is the membraneous organelle that can replicate itself?

Answer 16

Mitochondria

Question 17

What is the end product of transcription?

Answer 17

mRNA

Question 18

What is a complete set of proteins?

Answer 18

Proteome

Question 19

What is an obligatory base pairing?

Answer 19

Adenine and Thymine

Question 20

What is the splitting of the cytoplasm into two daughter cells?

Answer 20

Cytokinesis

Question 21

Where does cytokinesis occur?

Answer 21

Telophase

Question 22

Where does the cleavage furrow occur?

Answer 22

Anaphase

Question 23

During what phase does the nuclear envelope disappear?

Answer 23

Prophase

Question 24

What is the purpose of a centromere?

Answer 24

To attach two chromatids in order to form a chromosome

Question 25

What is a genome?

Answer 25

The complete set of genetic material in a cell

Question 26

What does a proteosome do?

Answer 26

breaks down peptide bonds

Question 27

What is a chaperone protein?

Answer 27

Helps unfold or fold structures

Question 28

What is an intron?

Answer 28

A sequence of DNA or RNA that does not code for proteins

Question 29

What happens in Metaphase?

Answer 29

The chromosomes align in the middle of the cell and cell fibers form, attaching to the centromeres.

Question 30

What happens in Anaphase?

Answer 30

The chromatids are pulled away from the middle towards the opposite ends of the cell, the cleavage furrow begins to form

Question 31

What happens in Telophase?

Answer 31

Cytokinesis, the spindle fibers disappear

Question 32

What is the study of tissue?

Answer 32

Histology

Question 33

What are the characteristics of epithelial tissue?

Answer 33

Ability to regenerate

Question 34

What tissue is important for communication and control?

Answer 34

Nervous

Question 35

What are the germ layers of an embryo?

Answer 35

Endoderm, Mesoderm, and Ectoderm

Question 36

What is tissue?

Answer 36

A group of similar cells that perform a similar function

Question 37

What is included in the extracellular matrix?

Answer 37

Proteins, proteoglycans, glycoproteins, and some fibers

Question 38

What are some examples of a serous membrane?

Answer 38

pleura, peritoneum

Question 39

What are the characteristics of connective tissue?

Answer 39

Less ability to regenerate

Question 40

What is reticular tissue?

Answer 40

Main structure for tissues made up of fibroblasts

Question 41

What tissue has the greatest capacity to regenerate?

Answer 41

Epithelial

Question 42

What tissue is most likely to form a keloid scar?

Answer 42

Connective Tissue

Question 43

What is peritoneum?

Answer 43

Covers abdominal viscera and lines abdominal cavity