The Cell (PPT based) Flashcards

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each cell is a discrete entity bound by a membrane that “isolates” it from it environment

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Cell

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What are the 3 components of the body?

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  1. Cell
  2. Intercellular or extracellular substances
  3. Body fluids
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3
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materials that lie between cells to support and nourish them

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Intercellular or extracellular substances

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4
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Body fluids includes:

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  1. Blood
  2. Tissue or intercellular fluid
  3. Lymph
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5
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Body fluids:
confined within the vascular system

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Blood

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6
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Body fluids:
between and around cells

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tissue or intercellular fluid

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7
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Body fluids:
drain tissue fluid back to the venous system

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lymph

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8
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The science concerned with the minute structure of cells, tissues and organs in relation to their function.

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Histology: Microanatomy

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9
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the smallest unit of protoplasm capable of living independently. It is the structural and functional unit of the body.

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The cell

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10
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2 types of cells:
found in primitive cells such as bacteria

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PROKARYOTIC

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2 types of cells:
in all higher plants and animals

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EUKARYOTIC

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12
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2 types of cells:
metabolic and hereditary components are mixed

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PROKARYOTIC

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13
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2 types of cells:
bulk or hereditary material is isolated in a membrane-bound nucleus lying in the remainder of the cell or cytoplasm

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EUKARYOTIC

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14
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2 types of cells:
have no histones (specific basic proteins) bound to their DNA

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PROKARYOTIC

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15
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2 types of cells:
no membranous organelles

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PROKARYOTIC

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16
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What are the components of protoplasm?

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  1. Protein
  2. Nucleic acids
  3. Carbohydrates
  4. Lipid
  5. Inorganic Materials
  6. Water
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COMPONENTS OF PROTOPLASM:
main structural elements of the cell and the intercellular material

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PROTEIN

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COMPONENTS OF PROTOPLASM:
exist as: pure lipoprotein, glycoprotein, proteoglycan, or mucoprotein

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PROTEIN

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NUCLEIC ACIDS:
found mainly in the nucleus

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DNA

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20
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NUCLEIC ACIDS:
nucleus and cytoplasm

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RNA

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COMPONENTS OF PROTOPLASM:
as glucose, stored as glycogen

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CARBOHYDRATES

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COMPONENTS OF PROTOPLASM:
- also an energy source
- important component of cellular membrane

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COMPONENTS OF PROTOPLASM:
- exists as: free radicals
- sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), magnesium (Mg2+), calcium (Ca2+), phosphate (HPO42-), chloride (Cl-), and bicarbonate (HCO3-)

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INORGANIC MATERIALS

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Essential function of this is the:
maintenance of osmotic pressure gradients

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INORGANIC MATERIALS

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Essential function of this is the: muscle contraction/relaxation
INORGANIC MATERIALS
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Essential function of this is the: tissue rigidity (e.g. bone)
INORGANIC MATERIALS
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Essential function of this is the: cell adhesion
INORGANIC MATERIALS
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Essential function of this is the: enzyme activation
INORGANIC MATERIALS
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COMPONENTS OF PROTOPLASM: 75% of protoplasm
Water
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COMPONENTS OF PROTOPLASM: partly free: available for metabolic processes partly bound to protein: as a structural component
Water
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM:
Irritability Conductivity Contractility Respiration Absorption Secretion Excretion Growth
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM: capability to respond to a stimulus
Irritability
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM: can transmit a wave of excitation (an electrical impulse) throughout the cell from the point of stimulus
Conductivity
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM: highly developed in nerve cells lesser extent, in muscle cells
Conductivity
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM: property of changing shape in the sense of shortening ex. Muscle cells
Contractility
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM: essential for life. Process whereby food substances and oxygen within the cell interact chemically to produce energy, carbon dioxide and water
Respiration
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM: imbibition of materials that later may be assimilated by the cell in metabolism or otherwise utilized
Absorption
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM: process by which cell extrudes material (useful)
Secretion
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM: such as digestive enzyme or a hormone
Secretion
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM: extrusion of waste material from the cell
Excretion
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PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM: increase in size
Growth
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3 main structural components of cytoplasm:
organelles inclusions cytoskeleton
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What is the fluid component of cytoplasm?
cytosol
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exhibits functional interactions among organelles
cytosol
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Results in: a. uptake and release of material b. protein synthesis
cytosol
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Parts of an organelles:
Plasma membrane Ribosomes Rough endoplasmic reticulum Smooth endoplasmic reticulum Annulate lamellae Mitochondria Golgi complex (apparatus) Coated vesicles Lysosomes Peroxisomes Centrioles
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Inclusions of cytoplasm:
Glycogen Lipid droplets Lipofuscin
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Parts of cytoskeleton:
Microtubules Microfilaments Intermediate filaments Microtrabecular lattice
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metabolically active units of living matter
ORGANELLES
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limited by a membrane
ORGANELLES