Pg 33-35 Flashcards

(18 cards)

1
Q

How are dividing cell populations controlled?

A

By programmed cell death

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2
Q

“The cell shrinks, becomes fragmented and ingested by adjacent cells” is a summary for what process?

A

Apoptosis

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3
Q

What can a large celular nucleus compared to the amount of cytoplasm tell you?

A

The cell is in a phase of cell division

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4
Q

Dense staining chromation in a coarse clumped pattern shows..?

A

Cancer

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5
Q

Neo-Plastic changes are?

A

Changes that hint the development of cancer

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6
Q

What system degrades cytosolic proteins?

A

Ubiquitin-proteasome system

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7
Q

What are normall cells united by?

A

Cell junctions

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8
Q

What does “priming” involve in apoptosis?

A

production of cell dissolving enzymes

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9
Q

Apooptopic cells loose s______ s______________ and j_________, shrinking in size

A

Surface specializations

Junctions

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10
Q

What happens to the nuclear chromatin beneath the nuclear membrane in apoptosis?

A

Condenses

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11
Q

Do the cell organelles remain normal?

A

Yes

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12
Q

What type of enzyme cleaves chromosomes into individual nucleosome fragments?

A

Endonuclease

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13
Q

Cell fragments are known as?

A

Apoptotic bodies

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14
Q

Each fragment contains viable m___________ and o_________

A

Mitochondria

Organelles

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15
Q

Apoptotic fragments are recognised by adjacent cells and are ingested by ______________ for destruction

A

Phagocytosis

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16
Q

Two other ways fragments are digested?

A

Extracellularly and by phagocytic cells

17
Q

Can apoptosis be induced by pathological conditions despite being a physiological process?

18
Q

Cell death that occurs due to damage is called?