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Anatomy test 2

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What is the fundamental unit of structure and function in all living things?   The cell  
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What is organized protoplasm made up of?   All of the various biomolecules discussed  
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What are the main compounds?   H20, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids  
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What are the main elements?   Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen  
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How do cells differ?   They vary in size and shape to facilitate function  
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What kind of relationship do cells have?   A form/function relationship  
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What are the functions of Squamous/Flat cells?   To cover and protect  
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What are the functions of Columnar/Column-like cells?   To absorb and secrete  
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What are the functions of Muscle-Long cells?   To contract and facilitate movement?  
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What are the four things that all cells have?   A cell membrane, cytoplasm, organelles, and a nucleus (At some point in their development)  
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What type of cells lack a nucleus?   Mature red blood cells?  
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What is cell membrane?   -A delineating boundary -An active and functional part of the cell -Phospholipids and proteins are the main constituents in unequal amounts -Consists of a phospholipid bi-layer irregularly interspersed with proteins  
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What is cytoplasm?   Found within the cell membrane and outside of the nucleus  
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What are organelles?   Tiny organs which carry out specific functions within a cell  
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What are two other names for the cell membrane?   The fluid Mosaic model or the plasma membrane  
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What is the fluid mosaic model/plasma membrane?   The cell membrane  
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What are the two main constituents in the cell membrane, and in what amount?   Phospholipids and proteins in unequal amounts  
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The cell membrane consists of what type of bi-layer?   A phospholipid bi-layer irregularly interspersed with proteins  
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What are very polar molecules with two distinct ends; A head and tail?   Phospholipids  
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The phospholipid tail can be broken down by what?   Broken down by water  
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Is the phospholipid tail Hydrophobic or Hydrophilic?   Hydrophobic  
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Is the phospholipid head Hydrophobic or Hydrophilic?   Hydrophilic  
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Phospholipid heads protect the tail from what?   Water  
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What does Hydrophobic mean?   Avoids water  
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What does Hydrophilic mean?   Attracted to water  
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What are the five functions of the cell membrane and what type of channel is used for transport?   -To serve as a boundary and maintain integrity of the cell -Communication -Immunity -Catalyst -Identification Protein channels are used for transport  
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What are phospholipids largely responsible for in the cell membrane?   Creating the boundary  
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What type of permeability does the cell membrane have?   Semipermeable membrane  
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What does semipermeable mean?   Allowing for some substances to pass while restricting the passage of other substances  
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The communication of the cell membrane happens on what level?   A chemical level; Chemical phenomenon  
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What is a function of some of the outer membrane proteins that serve as receptor sites for chemical messages?   Communication  
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Proteins which serve as receptor sites for for chemical messages are in the form of what?   Neurotransmitters or hormones  
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What is the immunity in the cell membrane a function of?   Membrane proteins  
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How and where do membrane proteins protect?   Like a white blood cell at the surface of the cell; they combine with foreign pathogens and neutralize them  
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What are the functions of some membrane proteins in the form of enzymes, in the cell membrane?   To catalyze reactions at or near the cell surface  
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What does it mean to catalyze reactions?   To speed up reactions  
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What kind of proteins in the cell membrane serve to identify the cell as belonging or not belonging to that organism?   Marker proteins  
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What are marker proteins important in blood transfusions?   You need to have a compatible blood type for a blood transfusion  
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What are the protein channels in the cell membrane for?   Transport  
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What do solutions contain?   Solutes dissolved in a solvent  
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What is a solute?   Dissolved in a solvent  
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What is a solvent?   Dissolves a solute  
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What is a Brownian movement?   A random, ceaseless, non-directional motion of particles in solution.  
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What does the Brownian movement come from?   The radiant energy contained in all matter  
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What is a Hypertonic solution?   More concentrated than the comparison solution by having a higher number of solutes  
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What is a Hypotonic solution?   Less concentrated than the comparison solution by having a lower number of solutes  
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What is an Isotonic solution?   Equally as concentrated as the comparison solution by having the same number of solutes  
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What is another name for passive transport?   Physical transport  
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What type of membrane transport requires no expenditure of energy by the cell to accomplish the transport?   Passive transport  
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What role does diffusion play in passive transport?   The movement of solute particles in all directions within a solution, or in both directions across a semipermeable membrane  
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What direction does diffusion always occur   Down a concentration gradient  
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What is the direction of the net diffusion of particles?   From where they are more concentrated to where they are less concentrated  
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When does diffusion stop?   When equilibrium is reached and particles are equally distributed throughout the enviornment  
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What role does Osmosis play in passive transport?   The diffusion of water molecules  
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What direction does water move during osmosis?   From where there is more water to where there is less water  
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How can osmosis be defined?   The tendency of water to move across a semipermeable membrane into a solution with a higher concentration of dissolved particles  
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What is dialysis?   The separation of crystalloids from colloids  
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How does dialysis separate the crystalloids from colloids?   By diffusion of cyrstalloids across a membrane permeable to the crystalloids only  
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What is a crystalloid?   Small, usually inorganic, molecules that are usually dissolved in a solution  
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What is a Colloid?   Large, usually organic, molecules which tend to be suspended in solution rather than dissolved  
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Which type of diffusion utilizes a carrier molecule, most commonly a membrane protein to accomplish diffusion?   Facilitated diffusion  
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What is the movement of both solute and solvent in one direction only,across a membrane and down a hydrostatic pressure gradient, regardless of of concentration gradient?   Filtration  
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In the body, how is hydrostatic pressure generated?   The pumping action of the heart  
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What is another term for active transport?   Physiological transport  
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What type of transport requires ATP input from the cell and energy from the cell to accomplish transport   Active transport  
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What is exocytosis?   Bulk movement of materials out of a cell  
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How is waste organized?   Into vacuoles which migrate to the cell membrane, attach, and then pump waste out  
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What is endocytosis?   Bulk movement of materials into a cell  
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During endocytosis, what is the bulk movement of particulate matter into the cell if the material is a solid, what is a term for it?   Phagocytosis and cellular eating  
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What is the wholesale engulfment of fluids, also termed cellular drinking?   Pinocytosis  
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What is a pinoglotic vesicle?   Fluid flows in and the membrane pinches off, the vesicle with fluid now moves into a cell. Only happens with liquid  
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What are tiny organs?   Organelles  
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What level structure is an organelle?   Sub-cellular  
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What do organelles do?   Carry out specific functions in a cell  
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What are physiological pumps?   Active transport mechanisms that move ions or molecules across cell membranes against their concentration graidents  
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How do physiological pumps move ions or molecules?   By altering the membranes permeability to the ions or molecules with expenditure of energy  
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What are two types of organelles?   Membranous and non-membranous organelles  
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What are the two types of endoplasmic reticulum?   Rough ER and Smooth ER  
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What is a complicated network of channels, canals, and sacs that extend throughout the cytoplasm   Endoplasmic reticulum  
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What is the endoplasmic reticulum often continuous with?   The cellular membrane, the nuclear membrane, or both  
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What is the endoplasmic reticulum thought to be involved with?   Maintenance and repair of cellular membranes  
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What kind of appearance does the rough er have?   A studded appearance  
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Why does the rough er have a studded appearance?   The presence along the surface of numerous ribosomes  
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What is the rough er involved with?   The synthesis, short term storage, packaging and transport of proteins  
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What specific proteins are being synthesized, stored, packaged and transported in the rough er?   Specifically those designed for use outside of that particular cell  
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What are the five types of passive transport?   Diffusion, osmosis, dialysis, facilitated diffusion, and filtration  
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What are the three types of Active transport   Physiological pumps, exocytosis, and endocytosis  
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What are the 8 membranous organelles?   Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complex, mitochondria, lysosomes, peroxisomes, vacuoles, vesicles, and the nucleus  
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What are the two non membranous organelles?   Ribosomes, and centrioles  
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Which er has no ribosomes?   The smooth er  
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What is manufactured in the smooth er?   Carbohydrates and lipids  
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What structure is similar yet distinct from the er system?   The Golgi complex  
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What is the Golgi complex structure like?   A series of flattened sacs or vesicles  
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What is the Golgi complex often in conjunction with and attached to?   The nucleus and often attached to the nuclear membrane  
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What 2 functions is the Golgi complex involved with?   1. The synthesis and packaging of secretions such as hormones or enzymes, for release through exocytosis. 2. Renewel and repair  
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What will the Golgi complex do with the proteins and carbs from the er system?   Modify and repackage (assemble glycoproteins)  
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What are double membrane bound organelles with inner and outer membranes?   Mitochondira  
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What two organelles are the only ones with a double membrane?   Nucleus and mitochondrion  
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Which two organelles are the only ones with DNA?   Nucleus and mitochondrion  
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What is the mitochondria involved with?   Energy production  
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What are the folds in the mitochondria membrane?   Cristae  
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Where is most of the energy by cells produced?   In the mitochondria or cristae  
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What two energy functions is the mitochondria involved with?   The krebbs cycle and electron transport  
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How much of the cells energy is produced from the mitochondria?   95%  
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How much energy is produced in the cytoplasm during glycolosis?   5%  
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What are membrane bound organelles with enclosed sacs of hydrolytic enzymes?   Lysosomes  
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What can hydrolytic enzymes do?   They can break down virtually every molecule in the cell  
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What is the function of lysosomes?   To be the cells own digestive system by breaking down worn out and malfunctioning organelles, so they can be recycled.  
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Why must lysosomes constantly rebuild themselves?   Enzymes are constantly eating through lysosomal membranes  
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How can lysosomes destroy the cell?   Autodestrucing and eating through much of it  
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Which membrane bound organelles contains enzymes that neutralize toxic materials?   Peroxisomes  
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What are the toxic materials in a cell?   Usually byproducts of the cells metabolism, as well as from outside the body  
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Why do peroxisomes break down fatty acids and other organic compounds?   They create potentially harmful substances suh as hydrogen peroxide  
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What do other enzymes in the peroxisomes break down hydrogen peroxide to?   O2 and H2O  
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What does the peroxisome protect from?   Potentially dangerous substances and other free radicals produced during metabolism  
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Where are peroxisomes found in high numbers?   The liver  
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What are vacuoles and vesicles?   Membranous sacs in the cytoplasm besises the lysosomes and peroxisomes, which can store substances  
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Which double membrane bound organelles has pores in its membrane?   The nucleus  
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What is the name of a semifluid that is similar to but distinct from cell cytoplasm?   Nucleoplasm  
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What is the granular material consisting of DNA and Histone protein in the nucleus?   Chromatin  
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What happens to the chromatin during mitosis?   Chromatin condenses to a visable form called chromosomes  
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What happen to histone proteins during mitosis?   The histone proteins cause the chromatin to coil up  
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What does the nucleolus consist of?   DNA, RNA, Histones, and enzymes  
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Where are rRNA and Ribosomes made?   The nucleolus  
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How many nucleoluses can a nucleus contain?   Up to 4  
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Where are nucleolus found in higher number?   In muscle and liver tissue where protein is synthesized in high amounts  
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What is DNA synthesis?   Replication  
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What is RNA synthesis?   Transcription  
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What are three nuclear functions?   1.Stores and transmits genetic information in DNA 2.The site of replication 3.The site of transcription  
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What are microscopic spheres comprised of a combination of RNA and protein in various locations throughout the cell?   Ribosomes  
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What are fixed ribosomes?   Ribosomes attached to the rough endoplasmic reticulum  
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What is the main function of fixed ribosomes?   Protein synthesis of exported proteins  
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What are polyribosomes?   Ribosomes that cluster together in the cytoplasm  
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What is the function of polyribosomes?   Synthesize proteins for use inside the cell  
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What is scattered throughout the the cytoplasm and non-functional?   Individual ribosomes?  
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What must happen for ribosomes to function?   They must attach themselves to the rough er or cluster together  
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What appears at right angles to each other?   Centrioles  
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Centrioles are involved in the formation of what?   Cilia and flagella  
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What are cilia?   Tiny hair like projections of the cell membrane and cytoplasm/ 9 groups of 3 microtubules around the edges surronding 2 micro tubules 9+2. Short and numerous  
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What are flagella?   Long whip like extensions of cell membrane and cytoplasm. Has the same 9+2 arangement. They move the whole cell itself. flagella are long and few  
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What are organizations of cells that specialize in one or more functions that serve the body as a whole?   Tissues  
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What are the four main types of tissue?   Epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous  
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What lines and covers body parts in epithelial tissue?   Sheets  
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What type of tissue is highly cellular and has little matrix?   Epithelial  
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The intercellular material in Epithilial tissue consists of what?   Hyaluronic acid  
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What is hyaluronic acid?   A type of cellular super glue secreted by cell membranes  
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What kind of tissue is avascular?    
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