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A&P 1 Ch3
Ch 3 A&P1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Endocytosis | What is the term that means active transport of a substance into cell? |
| Exocytosis | What is the term that means active transport of substance out of cell? |
| Phagocytosis | What is the term that means the cell envelopes (eats) substance? |
| Cilia | What is the name of the microscopic hairs on cell that aid in movement & transport? |
| Ribosome | Which organelle is responsible for protein synthesis? |
| Mitochondria | Which organelle produces energy for the cell? |
| Golgi Apparatus | Which organelle packages and distributes material in vessicles? |
| Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) | Which organelle produces carbohydrates and lipids? |
| Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) | Which organelle is a series of membrane enclosed sacs that has ribosomes? |
| Lysosome | Which organelle contains digestive enzymes? |
| Nucelotides | What are the building blocks for nucleic acids? |
| Translation | Converting mRNA to tRNA and then into proteins is called? |
| Transcription | Converting DNA to mRNA is ? |
| Nucleus | Where does transcription take place? |
| Nucleus | What is the largest organelle? |
| Phospolipid bilayer | What molecule makes up the majority of the cell membrane? |
| Diffusion | What is the term that means movement of a substance from an area of greater concentration to area of lower concentration ? |
| Facilitated diffusion | Movement of a substance from an area of greater concentration to area of lower concentration, but uses a carrier is know as? |
| Passive | What is the term that describes movement as not requiring energy? |
| Active | What is the term that means movement requires energy? |
| Osmosis | What term means the passive movement of water from an area of greater concentration to lesser concentration? |
| Cytosol | What is the term that describes the liquid portion of the cytoplasm? |
| Pinocytosis | What is the term that means the transport of a liquid substance into the cell? |
| Vesicle | What is the term for a fluid-filled structure inside the cell? |
| ATP | What is the molecule the cell uses for energy? |
| Chromatin | What is the term that means unorganized DNA in the cell? |
| Nucleus | Where is DNA stored in the cell? |
| Gene | What is the term for a DNA sequence which codes for a specific protein or trait? |
| Diffferentiation | what is the term for the process where cells become specialized? |
| Protein | What type of molecule is an enzyme? |
| Cell will swell or rupture | What will happen to a cell placed in a hypotonic solution? |
| Cell will shrink | What will happen to a cell placed in a hypertonic solution? |
| Hypotonic | What is the term for a solution with a low amount of solutes? |
| Hypertonic | What is the term for a solution with a high amount of solutes? |
| Active | What type of transport is exocytosis, active or passive? |
| Active | That type of transport is endocytosis, active or passive? |
| Endocytosis | What type of transport is phagocytosis, endocytosis or exocytosis? |
| Vacuole | What is a membrane-bound space within a cell called? |
| Cytoskeleton | What is the name for the network of protein filaments and tubules in the cytoplasm? |
| Centriole | What is the cylindrical organelle near the nucleus which assists with cell division? |