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Cells
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/20/2014

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Term
main component of all cells
Definition
  • DNA
  • RNA
  • Ribosomes (manufacture proteins)
  • proteins
  • cytoplasm
  • cell membrane

Biology: The Essentials; pg 74-75

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why cells are small
Definition

so nutrients, water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and waste products enter or leave through its surface. Needs to be small enough to efficiently carry out the many metabolic/life processes.

 

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 75

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3 domains of life
Definition

Bacteria: prokaryotic, no nucleus, no membrane bound organelles, membrane chemistry: fatty acids

Archaea: prokaryotic, no nucleus, no membrane bound organelles, membrane chemistry: nonfatty acid lipids

Eukarya: eukaryotic, has nucleus and membrane bound organelles, membrane chemistry: fatty acids. cell wall chemistry: cellulose/chitin (if any)

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kingdoms of eukaryotes
Definition

Protista: unicellular, sometimes use photosynthesis; amoeba, paramacium

Fungi: unicellular or multicellular; do not use photosynthesis; mushrooms, yeast

Plantae: multicellular, use photosynthesis, have cell wall

Animalia: multicellular, do not use photosynthesis, no cell wall

 

http://www.earthlife.net/kingdom.html

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plasma membrane
Definition

separates cytoplasm form outside of cell. transports substances in and out of cell.

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 78

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cell wall
Definition

surrounds membrane, protects cell, keeps it from bursting, gives it shape (not in animal cells)

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 76

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nucleus
Definition

nucleus: contains DNA information & recipes for every protein cells can make, starts process of milk production and secretion

nuclear pores: point of exit for mRNA, holes in the nuclear envelope

nuclear envelope: separates nucleus form cytoplasm

 

BiologY: The Essentials; pg 80

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mitochondria
Definition

extract energy from nutrients via cellular respiration. This occurs in the highly folded inner membrane, of the double membrane. have their own DNA and ribosomes.

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 85

Term
chloroplast
Definition

plant organelle where photosynthesis occurs. contains multiple membrane layers.

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 84

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ribosomes
Definition

manufacture proteins, free floating in cytoplasm, on surface of rough ER

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 81

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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
Definition

anchor for ribsosomes, mRNA, and paritally made proteins during protein synthesis

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 81

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
Definition

contains enzymes that manufacture lipids (yellow spheres), detoxifies drugs and poisons, in muscle cells, deliver calcium ions

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 82

Term
golgi complex
Definition

stack of flat, membrane enclosed sacs where proteins complete synthesis by folding into functional shapes. manufacture and attach carbohydrates to proteins and lipids. it also sorts and processes proteins.

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 82

Term
vesicles
Definition

transport vesicles: transport proteins from golgi apparatus toward cell membrane

lysosomes: organelles that contain enzymes to breakdown food molecules, capture bacteria and debris (rough ER enzyme -> golgi apparatus + enzymes -> vesciles -> lysosomes)

peroxisomes: organelles containing several enzymes to dispose of toxic substances. orgininate at ER. liver and kidney cells contain peroxisomes. 


Biology: The Essentials; pg 84

Term
fluid-mosaic model
Definition

diverse moledules drift freely among bilayer phospholipids that is interspersed with proteins which create passageways that water-soluble molecules can pass through. sterols (cholesterol in animal cells) maintain fluidity. 

 

http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Fluid_mosaic_model

Term
cytoskeleton
Definition

an intricate network of protein tracks and tubules, transportation system, provides structural support , aids in cell division, helps connect cells together

 

Biology: The Essentials

Term
microtubules
Definition

composed of protein- tubulin.

pull duplicated chromosomes apart. trackway for proteins to move rapidly about the cell.

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 86

Term
intermediate filaments
Definition

composed of protein subuinits. form internal scaffold in cytoplams, resist mechanical stress. help bind some cells together. diameter is in-between those of microfilaments and nicrotubules.

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 86

Term
microfilaments
Definition

long rod composed of protein actin. provide strength for cells to survive sstretching and compression. anchor cells to one another.

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 86

Term
motor proteins that move along microtubules and microfilaments
Definition

kinesin, dyenin, myosin

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22572/

Term

cell junctions: 

 

tight junction

Definition

fuse cells together, form impermeable "blood-brain" barrier prevents harmful subtances from entering the brain

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 88

 

Term
anchoring junction
Definition
connect adjacent cells, hold skin cells in place by anchoring them to extracellular matrix in rivets or "well spots"
Term
gap junction
Definition

protein channel, links cytoplasm of adjacent cells, allowing exchange of ions, nutrients, small molecules. link heart muscle cells together to allow in sync contraction.

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 88

Term
extracellular matrix
Definition

This matrix is composed of a variety of proteins and polysaccharides that are secreted locally and assembled into an organized meshwork in close association with the surface of the cell that produced them.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26810/

Term
glycocalayx
Definition

a layer of polysaccharides outside of the cell wall in some bacterias. aids against drying out, resists against host's immune system.

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 97

Term
membrane proteins
Definition

transport proteins: embedded in phospholipid bilayer, create passageways for ions to pass

enzymes: proteins that facilitate chemical reactions that otherwise would proceed to slowly to sustain life

recognition proteins: carbohydrates attached to surface proteins serving as name tags for the body's immune system to recognize its own cells

receptors: bind to hormones and other molecules outside the cell to trigger a response inside the cell.

adhesion proteins: membrane proteins the enable cells to stick together.

 

 

Term
semi-permeable
Definition
membrane allows certain molecules or ions to pass through it
Term
factors that affect permeability
Definition
hydrophobic molecules are able to pass through membrane with no energy. polar molecules require energy to be expended before passing through.
Term
passive transport
Definition

how hydrophobic molecules transport through membrane because they are similar to the phospholipid center of membrance

 

Biology: The Essentials; pg 121

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