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AP Bio Chapter 6 Vocabulary
AP Bio Chapter 6 Vocabulary
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Biology
11th Grade
09/24/2013

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Term
Light Microscope (LM)
Definition
an optical instrument that bends light to magnify images of specimens not finer than .2 micrometers
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Organelles
Definition
anything suspended in the cytosol of a cell
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Electron Microscope (EM)
Definition
1000x stronger than LM, usese magnets to focus an electron beam on or through a dead specimen
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Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Definition
used to study the fine details of cell surfaces
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Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
Definition
used to study the internal ultrastructure of thin sections of cells
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Cytosol
Definition
semifluid portion of cytoplasm
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Eukaryotic Cell
Definition
true nucleus (membrane enclosed organelles and nucleus)
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Prokaryotic Cell
Definition
not a true nucleus (no membrane enclosed organelles and nucleus)
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Nucleoid
Definition
dense region of DNA in a Prokaryotic organism
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Cytoplasm
Definition
evreything inside the cell membrane, excluding the nucleus
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Plasma Membrane
Definition
The membrane at the boundary of every cell that acts as a selective barrier by regulating the cells chemical composition (2x layer of phospholipids w enzymes)
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Nucleus
Definition
includes the nuclear envelope, nucleolus, and chromatin; contains chromosomes
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Nuclear Envelope
Definition
2x membrane (bilipid) that encloses the nucleus, has pores, continues into ER
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Chromatin
Definition
complex of DNA and proteins
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Nucleolus
Definition
prominent area inside the nucleus, where rRNA is synthesized, ribosmal sub units are assembled (1+ per nucleus)
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Ribosomes
Definition
complexes that carry out protein synthesis (made of rRNA and proteins)
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Endomembrane System
Definition
includes the smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, and vacuoles
collection of membranes inside and around E Cell, related by contact or transport
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Vesicles
Definition
A sac made of membrane in the cytoplasm
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
Definition
network of membranes that account for more than 1/2 membrane is E cell, smooth and rough
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Smooth ER
Definition
no ribosomes attached, synthesizes lipids, CA(2+) storage, detox
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Rough ER
Definition
ribosomes attached, aids in synthesis of proteins from bound ribosomes, carbs--> glycoproteins, produces new membrane (loses some n vesicle transport)
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Glycoproteins
Definition
proteins with covalent carbs bonded to them
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Transport Vesicles
Definition
A tiny membranous sac in a cell’s cytoplasm that carrys molecules produced by the cell
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Golgi Apparatus
Definition
modification of proteins, carbs on carbs on phospholipids & proteins, synthesis of polysaccherides, sorting, release to vesicles
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Lysosome
Definition
breaks down ingested substances/macromolecules/damaged organelles VIA phagocytosis & autophagy
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Phagocytosis
Definition
food vacoule fuses w/ lysosome, and lysosomes enzymes break it down
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Central Vacuole
Definition
digestion, storage, waste disposal,cell growth, and protection (substance inside is called cell sap)
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Mitochondria
Definition
site of cellular resp!!
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Chloroplasts
Definition
convert solar energy into chemical energy, PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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Peroxisome
Definition
has enzymes that transfer H -> water, MAKES H2O2=waste -> peroxisome then breaks down H2O2 int H2O
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Cristae
Definition
inner, convoluted membrane of mitochondira
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Mitochondrial Matrix
Definition
first intermediate membrane between inner and outer membrane
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Plastids
Definition
includes chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and amyloplasts (only in photosynthetic organisms)
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Thykaloids
Definition
A flattened membranous sac inside a chloroplast, contain machinery that convert light energy to chemical energy
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Granum
Definition
stack of membrane-bounded thylakoids in the chloroplast, function in the rxns of photosynthesis
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Stroma
Definition
liquid around thykaloids, involved in synthesis of organic molecules from CO2 and H2O, contain DNA of clroplast
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Cytoskeleton
Definition
A network of microtubules, microfilaments, and intermediate filaments that branch throughout the cytoplasm and serve a variety of mechanical, transport, and signaling functions
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Motor Proteins
Definition
a protein that interacts with the cytoskeletan and other cell components, moving the cell or pats of it (flagella and cilium)
Term
Centrosome
Definition
has 2 centrioles, is important in organizing cells in order to divide
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Centrioles
Definition
9+0 pattern, cylinder of microtubial triplets
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Flagellum
Definition
specialized for motion, snake-like, long, core with nine outer doublet microtubules and two inner single microtubules ensheathed in an extension of the plasma membrane
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Cilium
Definition
contains microtubials, work like oars, 9+2 structure,
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Pseudopodium
Definition
cellular extension of a cell that is used in moving and feeding
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Cytoplasmic Streaming
Definition
Circular flow of cytoplasm within cells (prodcues pseudopodium)
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Cell Wall
Definition
extracellular strcuture of plant cells that distinguishes plant from animal cells
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Extracellular Matrix (ECM)
Definition
The substance in which animal cells are embedded, consisting of protein and polysaccharides synthesized and secreted by cells
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Collagen
Definition
most abundant glycoprtein in ECM, form strong fibers outside the cells
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Integrin
Definition
Transmembrance receptor protein that interconnects ECM & cytoskeletan
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Plasmodesmata
Definition
An open channel in the cell wall of a plant through which strands of cytosol connect the adjacent cells
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Prokaryotes VS. Eukaryotes (in common)
Definition
DNA, plasma membrane, ribosomes, cytosol
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Robert Hook
Definition
in 1665 observed first cells (bark of an oak tree)
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Cytology
Definition
the study of cell structure
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Chromosomes
Definition
carry genes in form of DNA
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Larger organisms
Definition
more cells, not bigger ones
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ribosmal RNA (rRNA)
Definition
synthesized in nucleolus, instructions for DNA, LARGE + SMALL SUBUNITES= RNA,
Term
messenger RNA (mRNA)
Definition
directs protein production synthesis, carry out instrcutions, BUILD POLYPEPTIDES
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free vs. bound ribosomes
Definition
free- suspended in cytosol
bound- in ER, etc.
Term
high # of ribosomes?
Definition
high rates of protein synthesis!!
Term
Plant only cells
Definition
central vacuole, cell wall, plasmodesmata, clorophyll
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Animal only Cells
Definition
lysosome, centrosome, flagella, microvilli
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Autophagy
Definition
when a lysosome digests a damaged organelle
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CELLULAR RESP
Definition
creates ATP from sugars, fats etc., and O2
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dimer
Definition
substance made of 2 units
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tubulin
Definition
makes up microtubules
Term
ATP is prokaryotes??
Definition
PLASMA MEMBRANE!!!
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