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Danaysha Douglas
Weeks 1-6 Flash Card
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Homeostasis | refers to stability, balance, or equilibrium within a cell or the body |
| Anterior | Front |
| Posterior | Back |
| Superior | toward the head |
| Inferior | towards the feet |
| Superficial | near the surface |
| Deep | Farther away from the body |
| Biomolecules | a molecule that is produced by a living organism. |
| Endoplasm | the more fluid, granular inner layer of the cytoplasm in amoeboid cells |
| Perixisomes | is another type of vesicle containing enzymes that is present in the cytoplasm of some cells. |
| Mitochondria | an organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur. It has a double membrane, the inner layer being folded inward to form layers (cristae) |
| Microvelli | found in epithelial cells that line the intestines and other areas where absorption is importan |
| Cillia and flagella | are cell processes that have cylinders made of microtubules at their core |
| Tight junction | occur in cells that are joined near their apical surfaces by “collars” of tightly fused membrane |
| Desmosome | sometimes have the appearance of small “spot welds” that hold adjacent cells together |
| Glycolysis | a catabolic pathway that begins with glucose, which contains six carbon atoms per molecule, and ends with pyruvate, which contains only three carbon atoms per molecule. |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| RNA | ribonucleic acid |