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The cell

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Robert Hooke   discovered the plant cell  
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Schleiden & Schwann   discovered all living things are composed of cells  
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Rudolf Virckow   cell theory, cells only arise from other cells  
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All life can be described by the _______   activities of a cell  
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Loss of cellular homeostasis   underlies nearly every disease  
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cell diameter ranges in size from   2mm-10cm  
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Largest visible cell   ostrich egg cell  
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How large are human cells   10 mm-100 mm  
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The largest human cell is the   human egg  
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cell length varies from   a few mm to 1 meter  
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Skeletel muscle cells are how long?   30 cm  
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spinal cord nerve cells are how long?   1 meter  
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what shape are red blood cells   disk shaped  
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Neurons take on what shape   tree branches  
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fat cells are what shape?   spherical  
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muscles sells are what shape?   long and skinny spindle shaped  
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what are the 3 parts of the generalized cell   nucleus, cytoplasm, plasma lemma  
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plasma lemma   cell membrane  
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How think is the plasma membrane   7-8 nm thin  
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what is the makeup of a cell membrane?   dbl layer of phospholipid with protein molecules dispersed throughout.  
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1 molecule of glucose makes up   38 atp  
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what 3 functions do proteins serve within a cell   signs of recognition by immune systme, recptors for hormones and enzymes, transport nutrients across membranes  
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hydrophilic   water loving  
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hydrophobic   avoids water  
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all biological membranes are   dbl layer phospholipid with proteins  
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external lipid molecules attach   glycolipids  
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glycolipid   sugar group  
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cell membrane containes a significant amount of _____ to help stabalize.   cholesterol  
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membrane proteins are______ in order to interact with non polar parts and water inside and out   hydrophobic and hydrophilic,  
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Integral proteins   are transmembran proteins that protrude through the lipid bilayer  
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what is the primary function of integral proteins?   transport, form channels or pores or act as carriers  
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Peripheral proteins   are not inbedded in the lipid layer, attahed to integral proteins  
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mitochondria have their own seperate   DNA, recieved from the mother  
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some peripheral proteins are   enzymes  
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Peripharel proteins can _____ during cell division   change shape (dontraction of muscle cells  
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glycoproteins/sugar group are attached to   peripheral proteins  
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microvilli   finger-like projections of plasma membrane  
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Microvilli ____ the surface area   increase  
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where are microvilli comonly found   kidneys, tubules and intestinal cells  
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actin filaments   microvilli(contactile proteins that get long and short)  
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what are the 3 factors that bind cells?   glycoproteins/adhesive wavy nature of cell membranes membrane junctions  
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what are the 3 forms of juntions which bind a cell?   tight junctions, desmosomes, gap junctions  
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tight junctions   keeps inter-cellular fluid from passing from cell to cell  
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tight junctions function like a   zipper  
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an example of tight junctions   epithelial cells in the digestive tract  
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Desmosomes   act as mechanical connectors preventing tissue separation  
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in desmosomes, cell membranes don't touch one another, they are instead held together by   glycoprotein filaments anchored by keratin filaments in each cell.  
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spot desmosomes   anchor cells in certain spots  
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belt desmosomes   form bands around entire cell  
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Gap junctions   provide direct passage of chemical substances between adjacent cells  
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at junctions adjacent cell membranes are connected by   hollow channels made up of connexons  
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connexons   hollow channel transmembrane protein  
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gap junctions all ____ to pass from cell to cell   small molecules, sugars, ions  
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gap junctions are especially important in electrically excitable tissue such as   hear, smooth muscle, and some nerve cells  
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the plasma membrane functions as the   membrane transporter  
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intersitial fluid contains   nutrients, vitamins, wasteproducts, and neurotrasmitters  
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cell membranes are   selectively permeable  
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In what two ways can substances leave or enter a cell?   passive transport, active transport  
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passive transport   substances enter cell without spending energy (diffusion)  
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active transport   the cell must expend atp in order to move substance  
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diffusion   tendency of molecules or ions to scatter randomly and evenly  
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conentration gradient   greater the difference in 2 area the faster the diffusion  
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particles diffuse from areas of high concentration to areas of   low concentration  
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simple diffusion   when a small non polar molecule passes through a lipid bilayer  
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if oxygen concentration is higher in blood than in tissues than____   Oxygen will flow to tissues  
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very small polar or charged particles are ______ by the lipid bilayer but pass thru______   repelled, but pass thru channel pores  
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osmolarity   total concentration of all solute paricles in a solution  
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osmosis   diffusion of water thru selectively permeable membrane  
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_____ is one of the only polar molecules which passes through membrane pores.   water  
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isotonic solution   solution that has the same concentration of solutes as the cells.  
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tonicity   ability of solution to change cell shape by changing internal water volume  
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hyptertonic solution   solution has higher concentration of solutes as the cells  
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if more water leaves the cell than enters the cell is said to become   flacid  
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hypotonic solution   solution has lower concentration of solutes as the cell  
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if more water enters the cell than leaves the cell will eventually   rutpure  
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why don't plant cells rupture?   B/c they have cell walls  
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hydrostatic pressure   back pressure exerted by water on a membrane  
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osmotic pressure   water attracting ability of plasma proteins  
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if hydrostatic pressure is equal to osmotic pressure than   osmosis stops  
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facilitated diffusion   when lipid insoluble molecules combine with lipid soluble protein carriers in order to pass through cell membranes.  
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facilitated diffusion is selective because   it depends on the unique structure of the substance.  
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which 4 substances are vital to cellular homeostasis and transport passively   oxygen, water, glucos and co2  
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filtration   water and solutes are forced thru membrane of vessel wall by hydrostatic pressure of blood  
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hydrodstatic pressure   pushes filtration from high pressure to low presure  
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an example of a hydrostatic pressure system is   kidney filtration  
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filtration is not   selective  
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filtration removes everying except   blood cells and molecules to big to pass through pores  
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filtration is important especially to diabetics b/c   if blood sugar is high, urine sugar is high too. filtration removes the extra (sugar)  
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active processes are used when the substance is   too large to pass thru pores, cannot disolve in the the bilipid membrane, or must move against a concentration gradient  
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The two types of active transport processes are   facilitated diffusion and bulk transport  
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another name for active transport is   facilitated diffusion  
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active transport is similar to faciltated transport because   they both have carrier proteins  
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the main difference between active transport and facilitated transport is   facilitated transport will never go agains the gradient  
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In active transport enzyme like proteins serve as   cariers or solute pumps  
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solute pumps   move amino acid and ions against a concentration gradient  
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solute pumps must use____ in order to do work   ATP  
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Protein carriers change shape in order to   move bound solutes across a membrane  
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cells actively accumulate   amino acids  
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_____ is pumped against the concentration gradient into cells   amino acids  
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cells which have high K+ ion concentration and low NA + concentration move ions across when?   a nerve ending stimulates a muscle cell to contract  
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If muscle contraction is to proceed   K+ and na+ ions must return to their original positions  
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sodium potassium atpase   simultaneously moves na+ and K+ ions across cell membranes  
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bulk transport   the passage of macromoleules and large particles thru a cell driven by atp  
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2 types of bulk transport   exocytosis, endocytosis  
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exocytosis   substances are moved from cell interior to exterior  
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in exocytosis the substance to be released is first   enclosed in a mambraneous sac which fuses with cell membrane then ruptures  
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Examples of macoromolecules that get released by exocytosis include   mucus, waste, hormones, and neurotransmitters  
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Endocytosis   the passage of macromolecules into a cell driven by atp  
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in endocytosis cell membranes first   envelope material to be ingested then pinch it off in into the cytoplasm  
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Three types of endocytosis includes   phagosytosis, pinocytosis, recptor mediated endocytosis  
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phagocytosis   cell eating, cell membrane surrounds a solid material and destroys it.  
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pinocytosis   cell drinking  
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phagosome   is the membronous sac engulfed during phagocytosis  
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phagosomes often work with   lycosomes  
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An example of a phagosome is   macrophages and white bood cells  
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the pagocyte moves by   amoeboid moving using pseudopods  
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in pinocystosis cell membranes suck in a drop of intersitial fluid containing disoved solutes to form   pinocytotic vesicle  
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an example of a pinocytotic vesicle is   intestinal cells  
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receptor mediated endocytosis is   very selective  
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in Receptor mediated endocytosis receptors are   cell membrane proteins that bond with certain molecules  
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in RM endocytosis receptors and attached molecules are ingested forming a   coated pit  
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coated pit   bristle like protein clathrin that surrounds vescile.  
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example of RM endocytosis includes   insulin, ldl, and iron  
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coated pit combines with ____ to release it contents   lysosome  
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