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BIO 094
CH 3: Cells
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
06/08/2015

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cyt-
Definition
[cell]; eg. cytoplasm, Fluid (cytosol) and organelles that occupy the space between the cell membrane and the nuclear envelope
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endo-
Definition
within; endoplasmic reticulum: complex of membranes within the cell
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hyper-
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above; hypertonic solution that has a greater osmotic pressure than body fluids 

 

water flows out

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hypo-
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[below] hypotonic, Solution that has a lesser osmotic pressure than body fluids

 

water flows in

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inter-
Definition
[between] interphase, stage between the end of one cell division and the beginning of the next
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iso-
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[equal] isotonic, solution that has the same osmotic pressure as body fluids
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mit-
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[thread] mitosis, process of cell division when threadlike chromosomes become visible within a cell
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phag-
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[to eat] phagocytosis, process by which a cell takes in solid particles
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pino-
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[to drink] pinocytosis, process by which a cell takes in tiny droplets of liquid
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-som
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[body] ribosome, tiny spherical structure that sonsists of protein and RNA and functions in protein synthesis
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