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Ch. 8 Vocab
Bio/Chemistry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Active Transport | Movement of materials through a membrane against a concentration |
| Endocytosis | Process by which a cell surrounds and takes in material from its environment |
| Exocytosis | The expulsion or secretion of materials from a cell |
| Facilitated diffusion | Passive transport of materials across the membrane using transport proteins |
| Hypertonic Solution | The concentration of dissolved substances outside the cell is higher than the concentration inside the cell |
| Hypotonic Solution | The concentration of dissolved substances is lower in the solution outside the cell |
| Isotonic Solution | The concentration of dissolved substances in the solutions is the same as the concentration of the dissolved substances inside the cell |
| Osmosis | The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane |
| Passive Transport | Movement of particles across the membrane |
| Anaphase | The third phase of mitosis |
| Cell Cycle | The sequence of growth and division of a cell |
| Centriole | Small, dark, cylindrical structures that are made of microtubules |
| centromere | Controls movement in mitosis |
| Chromatin | long strands of DNA wrapped around proteins called histones |
| Chromosome | a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes. |
| Cytokinesis | When the cells cytoplasm divides |
| Interphase | The growth period |
| Metaphase | The short second phase of mitosis |
| Mitosis | When two daughter cells are formed, each containing a complete set of chromosomes |
| Organ | Preform more complex roles within the organism |
| Organ System | Multiple organs that work together |
| Prophase | The first and longest phase of mitosis |
| Sister chromatid | Two halves of the doubled structures |
| Spindle | A football like, cage structure consisting of thin fibers made of microtubules |
| Telophase | Finial phase of mitosis |
| Tissue | Groups of cells that work together |
| Cancer | Malignant growth resulting from uncontrolled cell division |
| Gene | Segment of DNA that controls the production of a protein |