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cell bio lab
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
02/27/2013

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T/F Fibroblasts can be derived from almost any tissue type?
Definition
True
Term
Where do fibroblasts originate?
Definition
In the mesoderm
Term
all cells that have been derived from the mesoderm have an intermediate filament network composed of ________.
Definition
Vimentin
Term
Fibroblasts have a _____ structure.
Definition
Fusiform (tapered ends)
Term
what cell secretes matrix proteins like collagen, elastase, fibronectin, and laminin?
Definition
Fibroblasts
Term
Which cell type forms connective tissue?
Definition
Fibroblasts
Term
Which cell type is important for wound healing? How?
Definition
Fibroblasts - they secrete matricies, growth factors and cytokines. They also differentiate into myofibrils which contract to close the wound.
Term
Epithelial cells are derived from the _____.
Definition
Endoderm/ectoderderm
Term
Which cells form sheets and tubes in the body?
Definition
The epithelial cells.
Term
give two examples of simple epithelium in the body
Definition
stomach, intestines, kidneys, prostate
Term
give two examples of stratified epithelium in the body.
Definition
The tongue, the skin, the esophagus, the ectocervix
Term
give an example of pseudostratified epithelium.
Definition
The trachea.
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all cells from _____ or _____ epithelium are attached to a basement membrane.
Definition
Simple or pseudostratified
Term
epithelial cells are tightly connected to neighboring epithelial cells by _____ and _____.
Definition
desmosomes
and Gap junctions containing connexins
Term
epithelial cells will form a _______ in culture
Definition
continuous monolayer
Term
the intermediate filament network in epithelial cells is composed of ______.
Definition
Keratin
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macrophages are derived from the _____.
Definition
Mesoderm
Term
macrophage intermediate filaments are composed of ____.
Definition
vimentin
Term
macrophages secrete ______.
Definition
Cytokines
Term
how do macrophages protect the body?
Definition
Phagocytize foreign materials and secrete cytokines
Term
_____ can grow in suspension or adhere to a substrate.
Definition
Macrophages
Term
_____ and _____ were both derived from totipotent stem cells in the bone marrow of adults
Definition
Leukocytes and erythrocytes
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leukocytes were originally derived from the _______.
Definition
Mesoderm
Term
leukocytic stem cells give rise to what three cells?
Definition
Monocytes, granulocytes, and lymphocytes.
Term
Lymphocytes can be ____ or ____ lymphocytes
Definition
T or B
Term
what type of lymphocytes are responsible for cellular immunity? Humoral immunity?
Definition
T lymphocytes = cellular immunity
B lymphocytes = humoral immunity
Term
T lymphocytes develop into what three cell types?
Definition
T helper, cytotoxic T, suppressor T.
Term
T helper cells function to do what?
Definition
Stimulate the antibody response of B cells.
Term
Why do we need to fix slides?
Definition
so the cells stay stuck to the slide
Term
what does eosin do?
Definition
stains the cytoplasm orange
Term
what does methylene blue do?
Definition
stains the DNA and RNA in a cell blue
Term
why do we need different cell types?
Definition
To perform different specialized functions in the body
Term
how does morphology relate to the function of each cell?
Definition
the morphology of the cell determines it's function. form follows function
Term
internal stratified epithelium example.
Definition
Esophagus
Term
external stratified epithelium example.
Definition
epidermis
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cell types present in the blood.
Definition
Lymphocytes, macrophages.
Term
of the cells studied, which is the largest?
Definition
macrophages
Term
of the cells studied, which is the smallest?
Definition
Leukocytes
Term
of the cells studied which is the most adherant?
Definition
The fibroblasts.
Term
Of the cells studied which is the least adherant?
Definition
The leukocytes
Term
what is a catalyst?
Definition
Something that increases the rate of a bichemical reaction without being transformed or consumed
Term
how do enzymes speed up reactions?
Definition
Decrease the amount of activation energy
Term
what happens to enzymes that are boiled?
Definition
They are heat denatured
Term
what is a substrate?
Definition
The substance an enzyme acts upon
Term
what is an enzyme?
Definition
a protein that speeds up a biochemical reaction and is not transformed or consumed.
Term
what is an active site?
Definition
The place that a substrate fits into the enzyme
Term
describe how enzymes interact with substrates to form products.
Definition
The substrate fits into the enzyme active site like a lock and key and the enzyme physically tears the substrate apart.
Term
are enzymes consumed in the creation of a product?
Definition
No.
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what are the two ways to twest the rate of an enzymatic reaction?
Definition
rate of dissapearance of the substrate and rate of appearance of the product
Term
how do you measure color intensity?
Definition
Spectrophotometry
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