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Chapter 4
Chapter 4
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
07/21/2010

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What are cell eating
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phagocyte
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movement of a molecule across the cell membrane with teh aid of ATP
Definition
Active transport
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movement of moelcules into a cell via transport porteins (ATP not used)
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facilitated transport
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a large complex cell which contains organelles and a nucleus
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Eukarytic
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oraganelss whaich are associated with protein production
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Ribosomes
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Water loving?????
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Hydophilic
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more water less solute?
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hypotonic
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less water more solute
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hypertonic
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even distrabution of water and solute
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isotonic
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What is net movement of water
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osmosis
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What is cytoskeleton
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a cellular structure which provides suopport and overall cell shape
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The basic struture of a liviing organism is
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 a  cell
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responsible for organizing microtubules during cell division
Definition
centroles
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What is the fluid portion of a cell that surrounds organelles
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cytoplasm
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power house of a cell
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mitochondria
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membrane which allows somematerials to pass through and not others
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selctively permeable
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this is when a moecule is wrapped in a membrane like a package and is passed into the cell this way
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endocytosis
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Thes are scs called vesicles that have liquid and info in them.....
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pinocytosis
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What is dynamic equilrium
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when the concentrate gradient is equal
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concentration grandient
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the difference in concentration of molecules over a distance
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this is when molecules are wrapped in a membrane like packages to be moved outside the cell
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exocytosis
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What is a receptor mediated endocytosis
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this process attaches to the cell membrane fuses to it and then enters the cell
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sodium-potassium pump???
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this process helps pump Na+ out and K+ into cell low concentration to high concentration
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what is protoplasm
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this is how scientists distinguishsed vetween the liviing and the nonliving part of a cell
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Robert Hook was
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 the one who first called a cell a cell
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What is Anton Can Leeuwnehoek do
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 he make a more powerful microscope
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Who was mathias scheidone
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he said that plants are made up of smaller cellular units
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Theodor Schwass
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said that animals are composed of cells
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Histocompatibility antigens
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These are responsible for rejecting transplanted tissues
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