Cells and Tissues - Dr. Farmer - Test 1

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Merocrine Secretion  Membrane-bound secretory granules in cytoplasm, released via exocytosis from apical cell surface, most common, salivary glands, pancreas  
Holocrine Secretion  Cells accumulate secretions, die, release contents, high mitotic rate, sebaceous glands  
Apocrine Secretions  Secretions accumulate in apical cytoplasm, released by pinching off portion of apical region of cell, loss of some cytoplasm and cell membrane, lipid secretion of mammary gland  
Serous Acinus Secretion  Thin watery with proteins, Pyramidal cells with basal nuclei, Secretory granules in apical cytoplasm, small central lumen  
Mucous Acinus Secretion  More viscous, high carbs, pyramidal cell with basal nuclei, clear cytoplasm, large central lumen  
Mixed Acinus Secretion  Mucous acinus with serous demilune, intracellular channels deliver serous secretions to lumen  
Alpha  Cis  
H2O  75 to 85 percent of cell weight, polar bond angles, H bonds between moles, solvent, inert, hydrophilic/phobic, amphipathic  
Carbon  4 bonds (covalent), OCHN, single, double, triple bonds, stable high energy required, 4 diff grps - asymmetric C - chiral center  
Hydrophobic interactions  Interior of moles sequestered from H2O, between nonpolar moles (lipids)  
van der Waals forces? Examples?  weaker than H bonds, macromolecules where double covalent bonds exist (aromatic rings of amino acids), stacked bases in DNA  
Hydrogen bond? Examples?  Weaker than covalent/ionic, H and O in separate H2O moles, DNA, proteins (H and N or O), Planar, stables in large moles with H bonds, secondary protein structure  
Ionic Bond? Examples?  Electronegative element removes e- from other atom, CL, NA, Soluble crystals formed  
Nonpolar covalent bond  E-s shared equally  
Polar covalent bond? Examples?  One atom has e- more than the other, O, N or H2O  
Covalent bond  Shared pair of e-, polar or nonpolar  
Trace elements  Fe, Zn, Mg, Co (I'M CoZi)  
Macronutrients  C, H, O, P, N, S (CHOPNS)  
Water % of cell  75 to 85  
Sphingolipids  In membranes, based on sphingosine (amino alcohol), adds long chain FA to form ceramide, Amphipathic  
Phospholipids  In membranes, Phosphate replaces one FA, Alcohol (sering, ethanolamine, choline, inositol) on phosphate, amphipathic, water-soluble  
Triglycerides  True fats, glycerol and 3 fatty acids, saturated - all single, unsat - 1 or more double (shape changes), fats - sat, oils - unsat  
Lipid Classes  Fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, sphingolipids, steroids, terpenes (isoprenoids)  
Lipids  Hydrophobic, soluble in nonpolar (chloroform and ether), hydrocarbon chains with C and H, some amphipathic (phosphate or sugar groups)  
Polypeptide Functions  Enzymes, Structural, Motor, Transport, Storage, Signal, Receptors, Regulate Gene Expression  
Tertiary Structure  Long-distance interactions within polypeptide to form multimeric structure (4 subunits like hemoglobin)  
Secondary Structure  Alpha - helix, Beta - pleated sheet, determined by H bonding  
Respiration / Energy Generation  Cytoplasm - glycolysis (breakdown 6C glucose to 2 pyruvate (3C) and makes small amount of ATP), Mitochondrial Matrix - TCA Cycle (Pyruvate into acetyl CoA into TCA cycle into ATP, reduces e- attached to NADH+ and FADH2)  
Respiration / Energy Generation con't.  Inner Membrane - ETS (Proteins transfer e- through ETS carriers to ATPsynthase into large amount of ATP (requires O2)  
Golgi  Process and package of secreted proteins, integrals, lysosomals, glycosylation of glycoproteins, receives RER proteins via vesicles, process leave in vesicles for cell membrane  
Lysosomes  Acid phosphatase (breakdown macros), take vacuole in to digest, cell recycling, more than 40 hydrolytic enzymes (lipases, nucleases, proteases, carbohydrases), active in acidic environment (protective mechanism so inactive in cytoplasm)  
Mitochondrion  Double membrane, cristae - proteins of ETS (carrier proteins and ATPsynthase), circular DNA and ribosomes, matrix - enzymes of TCA cycle and beta-oxidation of fatty acids  
Peroxisomes  microbodies, kidney and liver cells, contain catalase and peroxidase, generate and breakdown H2O2 into H2O and O2, breakdown (oxidize) long-chain fatty acides (increase to 22C)  
Ribosomes  Protein synthesis, Ribosomal proteins and rRNA composition, Prokaryotic and eukaryotic, differ though, 2 subunites (Large and small), found in mitochondria, cytoplasm, attached to RER  
Cytoskeleton  Give shape, cellular movement (internal - chromosomes in cell division, external - cilia and flagella), provide binding sites for organelles, control vesicular traffic, microtubules, microfilaments, intermediate filaments  
Microtubules  alpha and beta tubulin, generated at MTOC, cilia and flagella, positioning of organelles, movement of cells, movement of organelles, changes in cell shape (embryogenesis)  
Microfilaments  Actin, g- (globular) actin, f- (filamentous) actin, muscle contraction, amoeboid movement of phagocytes, cytoplasmic streaming, cleavage furrow in cell division  
Intermediate Filaments  Fibrous, more diverse than others (composition), differ in each cell type, mechanical strength, stable once synthesized  
Protein production  nucleus transcribes mRNA, RER translates polypeptide into lumen, adds sugar residues, transports vesicles to Golgi, Golgi completes glycosylation if needed, transport/secretory vesicles carry protein to plasma membrane  
ER  Rough - ribosomes, protein synthesis; Smooth - no ribosomes, lipids and steroid synthesis, drug detox, sequesters Ca ions in muscle cells  
Membrane proteins  Amphipathic, integral (transmembrane), glucose; Extrinsic (peripheral) - cytoplasmic or extracellular; Glycoproteins - sugar residues outside cell, recognition sites, immunity;enzymes(protein/ATPsynthase), transport (glucose),receptors (hormones)  
Nucleus  Holds genetic info, nuclear envelope, DNA, nucleolus, replicates DNA, transcribes DNA to mRNA for protein synthesis  
Nuclear envelope  Double membrane (outer layer continuous with ER), lipid bilayer, nuclear pores (passage between nucleus and cytoplasm)  
DNA  2 complementary strands of nucelotides with H bonds between bases, chromatin - DNA with histone proteins (hetero - condensed, more histones, inactive; eu - pale, less histones, active), forms chromosomes  
Nucleolus  Synthesis and organization of ribosomes  
Plasma membrane  Controls passage in and out, barrier between internal and external environment, maintains ion and charge gradients, phospholipid bilayer (fluid mosaic model)  
tRNA  transfers amino acids that match RNA template  
Regulatory RNA  Gene formation  
rRNA  makes ribosomes  
mRNA  makes proteins  
RNA  Adenine and Uracil, Cytosine and Guanine, single strand, mRNA, rRNA, tRNA, regulatory RNA  
Uses of nucleic acids  storage - DNA, expression - RNA, utilizable chemical energy in cell  
DNA  Adenine and Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine, double-strand  
Nucleic Acids  Made of nucleotides  
Purines  Larger than pyrimidines, Adenine or Guanine  
Pyrimidines  Cytosine, Uracil, Thymine  
Nucleic Acid Synthesis  Adjacents joined by phosphodiester bond (between phosphate and sugar), bond provides directionality (5 prime phosphate, 3 prime hydroxyl, always 5 to 3)  
Adhesive junctions  Zonula adherens, desmosomes, hemidesmosomes  
Zonula adherens  Cadherin (Ca++ dependent protein) of adjacent cells bind, actin microfilaments in cortex anchor cadherin  
Desmosomes  Similar to zonula adherens, disc-shaped, cytoplasmic intermediate filaments anchor proteins  
Hemidesmosomes  Integrins, not cadherins, attached to ECM  
Gap junctions  Communications, passage of ions and small moles, connexons (6 subunits of connexin), cardiac and smooth muscle, allow multiple cells to act as a single unit  
Disaccharides  2 monosaccharides with glycosidic bond, sucrose (table sugar - glucose and fructose), lactose (galactose and glucose)  
Stratified cuboidal epithelium  2 layers of cuboidal cells, sweat gland ducts  
Stratified columnar epithelium  2 layers - upper is columnar, large duct of salivary gland, palpebral conjunctiva (inner lining of eyelid)  
Transitional epithelium  Mutliple layers, superficial dome cells (rounded to flattened) based on distention, renal calyces to urethra  
Glandular epithelium  Outgrowth of surface epithelium, exocrine - ducts on surface, endocrine - no ducts on surface  
Unicellular Endocrine Glands  Enteroendocrine cells of digestive tract  
Unicellular exocrine glands  Goblet cells of digestive and repiratory tracts  
Multicellular exocrine glands  Simple (unbranched ducts) or compound (branched ducts), acinar or alveloar - round saclike, tubular 0 elongated, tubuloalveolar - mixed  
Multicellular exocrine types  Simple tubular - crypts of Lieberkuhn (colon), simple coiled tubular - sweat glands, simple branched tubular - fundic glands of stomach, simple alveloar - none in humans, simple branched alveolar - sebaceous glands  
Multicellular exocrine types con't.  Compound tubular - cardiac glands of stomach, compound alveolar - pancreas, compound tubuloalveolar - salivary glands  
Cell Junctions - What are they? Functions?  Modifications of plasma membrane, provide anchoring of adjacent cells to each other, provide cytoplasmic continuity  
Tight Junctions  Seal cell-lined compartments, fuse adjacent plasma membranes, prevent water-solubles from passing through ECM, protein strands fuse together, maintains polarity (proteins stay at apical or basal / lateral surface), disrupted by Ca concentration decreasing  
Stratified squamous epithelium  Superficial squamous layer, keratinized (skin) - anucleate - waterproof barrier, nonkeratinized - living, nucelate, vocal cords, esophagus, vagina, oral cavity  
Simple squamous epithelium  Cobblestones, alveoli, parietal layer (Bowman's capsule). thin loop of henle  
Simple cuboidal epithelium  Central nucleus, thyroid follicles, proximal, distal, collecting kidney tubules, small salivary glands, germinal epithelium of ovary  
Simple columnar epithelium  Elongated nucleus, basally located, papillary ducts of kidneys, intestinal and gall bladder lining, fallopian tubes  
Pseudostratified epithelium  All cells rest on basal lamina, not all reach apical surface, different heights of nuclei, frequently ciliated, tracheal, brochial, bronchiole lining, epidydimal and urethral (male) lining  
Characteristics of epithelial tissue  Avascular, contiguous, little extracellular matrix, polarized, undergo renewal, basal lamina (basement membrane)  
Epithelial functions  Selectively permeable barrier, protection, secretion, absorption, transcellular transport, sensation  
Mesoderm forms?  Endothelium of blood vessels, mesothelium of cavities, kidney tubules, reproductive lining  
Nucleotides  Nitrogenous base (purine or pyrimidine), pentose sugar, phosphate  
Endoderm forms?  Respiratory and digestive lining, digestive glands  
Internal regulation  Cyclins, maturation promoting factor (MPF)  
External regulation  Growth factors bind to specific receptors on cell surface, send signals to components  
G0  In cells that can exit cycle for varying lengths of time, cardiac and neurons permanently exit, hepatocytes about 1 year, entered from G1  
M  Mitosis, 1 to 2 hours  
G2  Gap 2 or post-synthetic, 3 to 6 hours, tubulin synthesis for microtubules, checkpoint for DNA repair  
S  Synthetic phase, DNA synthesis, 6 to 8 hours, conservative replication maintains genetic integrity, centrioles required for mitotic spindle replicated  
G1  Variable in length, Gap 1 or pre-synthetic phase, cell growth, protein synthesis, checkpoint prior to S (favorable for division? DNA intact?)  
Anaphase  Chromatids move to opposite poles  
Metaphase  Chomosomes migrate to equatorial plate, separate into sister chromatids, chromatids attach to opposite centrosomes via microtubules  
Prophase  Chromatin condenses - chromosomes visible, nuclear envelope breaks down, centrosomes (pair of centrioles) separate to opposite poles, microtubules connect centrioles to chromosomes  
Karyokinesis  Nuclear division, PMAT  
MPF  Maturation Promoting Factor, M-Cdk, Cyclin M plus kinase, rapid increase in concentration, triggers cell mitosis  
Telophase  Nuclear envelope regenerated, chromosomes disperse  
Cytokinesis  Cytoplasm division, band of actin filaments form at equatorial plate, band constriction separates cytoplasm, occurs during anaphase, completes in telophase  
Apoptosis  Programmed cell death, embryonic development, normal reorganization of tissues, developeing hand and foot, adult tissue - balance cell division, removes cells that are damaged or ineffectivem nucleus condenses and breaks up, cell surface blebs,no inflam  
Cyclins  Bind to specific kinases (Cdks - cyclin-dependent kinases) to regulate interphase, concentration increases during interphase  
What are tissues?  Group of cells that carry out similar functions, includes cells and ECM  
Tissue types?  Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, Nervous  
Types of epithelial tissue  Surface, glandular  
Surface epithelium  Arranged in cell sheets, covers surfaces, lines cavities  
Glandular epithelium  Skin, mouth lining, nose, anus  
Microvilli  About 1 micrometer long, covered with glycocalys (sugar linked to lipids and proteins), brush (striated) border, apical surfaces of absorptive cells, core of actin arranged longitudinally, not motile  
Stereocilia  Long length (misnamed), long branched microvilli, increase surface area  
Cilia/flagella  About 5 to 10 micrometers or longer, axoneme, 9 doublets of MT around 2 single MT (9 +2), axonemal dynein - motor, ATP required, supportive proteins, basal body (cyto base of axoneme) 9 triplets, no central (9 +0)  
Mitosis  Cell division  
Interphase  All other cell events, variable in length  
Phases of cell cycle  G1, S, G2, M, G0  
Primary Structure  Amino acid sequence  
Polypeptides  Chains of amino acids joined by peptide bonds, specific order for each, translation (protein synthesis), monomeric, multimeric  
Polar charged - #? Examples?  Basic (3) - Lysine, Acidic (2) - Aspartame, Glutamine  
Polar Uncharged - #? Examples?  6, hydrophilic, Cysteine  
Beta  Trans  
Nonpolar hydrophobic - #? Examples?  9 - lack O or N in functional group, Leucine, Tryptophan  
Amino Acids  20 - peptide (covalent) bond between amine and carboxyl group, nonpolar hydrophobic, polar uncharged, polar charged, D- and L- forms  
Protein structure  Amino acids, poly peptides  
Principle of self-assembly  Inherent in macromolecules, proteins as translated on ribosome, onley need polypeptide for folding and configuration, assisted for larger more complex (more than 1 polypeptide), requires chaperone (not part of, transiently binds and prevents interaction)  
Glycolipids  In membranes, carb replaces phosphate, amphipathic, outer surface of plasma membrane  
Steroids  3 6C rings and 1 5C ring, cholesterol (promotes fluidity), amphipathic (HO at 3C), membranes, source of androgens, estrogens, glucocorticoids (cortisol) and mineral corticoids (aldosterone)  
Examples of monosaccharides  Aldosugars - terminal CO, Ketosugars (internal CO), Hexose (6C - glucose, straight or ring), Pentose (5C - Ribose or deoxyribose, nucleic acid component)  
Monosaccharides  Monomers of simple sugars, glycosidic bonds  
Structural polysaccharides  Cellulose - plants only  
Storage polysaccharides  Starch - plants, glycogen - animals  
Polysaccharides  Storage adn structure, mono- or di-  
Terpenes  aka Isoprenoids, derived from isoprene (5C), synthesis of vitamin A, CoQ, carotenoid pigments  
What occurs during polymerization?  Releases H2O (condensation), must have reactive H and OH (adds here), requires ATP and phosphate group, transfer RNA, directionality  
Polymerization  Synthesis from smaller molecules  
Made of? Proteins? Nucleic Acids? Lipids? Polysaccharide?  Amino acids, nucleotides, fatty acids with glycerol, sugars  


   

 
 

 
 

 

 
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