Module 1

Question 1

Lfespan of neutrophils.

Answer 1

8 days

Question 2

Bilobes lobules that activate during allergic reactions, skin disease and parasitic infections.

Answer 2

Eosinophils

Question 3

Lifespan of eosinophils.

Answer 3

8-12 days

Question 4

Irregularly lobed nucleus most often obscured by the large, metachromatically basophilic granules. Activated when you have hay fever, asthma and allergic dermatitis. Assists with IgE receptor sites.

Answer 4

Basophils

Question 5

They are responsible for humoral immunity.

Answer 5

B lymphocytes

Question 6

They have longer life and responsible for cell mediated immunity.

Answer 6

T lymphocytes

Question 7

> fluid plasma which contains granulocytes and lymphocytes which are its chief cellular element
carries carbonic acid and little oxygen
assumes white color called chyle and filled with large number of lipid containing chylomicrons in lymphatic tissue

Answer 7

Lymph

Question 8

Fxn of basophil:

Answer 8

Immediate hypersensitivity reaction.

Question 9

Fxn of neutrophil:

Answer 9

Phagocytosis (cellular debris, bacteria, fungi, viruses)

Question 10

Celle membrane has:

Answer 10

Trilaminal structure (3) layers

Question 11

Can be found in outer and inner surface of the cell

Answer 11

Hydrophilic head (POLAR)

Question 12

Can be found in the middle portion:

Answer 12

Hydrophobic tail (NON POLAR)

Question 13

Fxns of glycocalyx:

Answer 13

Cellular recognition
Intracellular adhesion
Mechanical and chemical protection for cell membrane

Question 14

Process by which cells of an embryo become specialized structurally to augment specific cytoplasmic activities for fxns at the level of tissues.

Answer 14

Cell differentiation

Question 15

Metabolically active structures or complexes, with or without membranes, in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells.

Answer 15

Organelles

Question 16

Body’s first line of defense also called as segmenters. Sausage shape nucleus, “drumstick” figure.

Answer 16

Neutrophils

Question 17

Intrinsic proteins can be found in:

Answer 17

Integral part of cell membrane

Question 18

Fxns of transmembrane proteins:

Answer 18

Cellular adhesion

Matrix adhesion

Communications

Transport

Question 19

Extrinsic proteins can be found in:

Answer 19

Inner or outer surface

Question 20

Part of extrinsic proteins are:

Answer 20

Carrier proteins

Channel proteins

Receptors

Question 21

Carbohydrate chained attached to proteins and one phospholipid molecule.

Answer 21

Glycocalyx

Question 22

Fxns of glycocalyx:

Answer 22

Cell recognition

Intracellular adhesion

Mechanical and chemical protection for cell membrane

Question 23

Engulfment or invagination, followed by the “pinching off” of a filled membranous vesicle in the cytoplasm.

Answer 23

Endocytosis

Question 24

Uptake of particulate molecule:

Answer 24

Phagocytosis

Question 25

Uptake of dissolved substances:

Answer 25

Pinocytosis

Question 26

Uptake of SPECIFIC molecules bound to integral membrane receptor proteins.

Answer 26

Receptor-mediated endocytosis

Question 27

Type of cellular secretion in which cytoplasmic membrane vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane and release their contents to the extracellular space.

Answer 27

Exocytosis

Question 28

Striated borders that has absorptive function.

Answer 28

Microvilli

Question 29

Yes or No: Does Stereocilia exhibit movement?

Answer 29

No

Question 30

Principal site of metabolic function of the cell:

Answer 30

Cytoplasm

Question 31

Site of protein synthesis; abundant in protein secreting cells:

Answer 31

Rough ER

Question 32

This is where synthesis of fatty acids and lipids occur. Functions include detoxification and neutralization; abundant in steroid-secreting endocrine glands.

Answer 32

Smooth ER

Question 33

Complex structures compose of RNA and proteins.

Answer 33

Ribosomes

Question 34

Abundant on cells that produce a lot of of secretion; for packaging.

Answer 34

Golgi apparatus

Question 35

Activity present in mitochondria:

Answer 35

Oxidative phosphorylation

Question 36

Enzymes in lysosomes:

Answer 36

Acid phosphatase and hydrolase

Question 37

Important in apoptosis (programmed cell death)

Answer 37

Lysosomes

Question 38

Detoxifies alcohol, uric acid and toxic drugs:

Answer 38

Peroxisomes/microbodies

Question 39

Organizing center for te growth of microtubules

Answer 39

Centrosomes

Question 40

Structural support cellular organelle; contractility of filaments; provide means of movement in the cell.

Answer 40

Cytoskeleton

Question 41

Functions of microfilaments:

Answer 41

Contractility Cell movement Pino/Phagocytosis Anchorage

Question 42

Fxns of microtubules:

Answer 42

Direction of vesicles and organelles Cell elongation and movement Maintenance of cell shape

Question 43

Functions of intermediate filaments:

Answer 43

Diagnosis of tumors Neurofilaments