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The Cell
Structure & function.
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
12/06/2010

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Term
Groups of similar cells.
Definition
Tissue
Term
Makes up organs 
Definition
Tissues
Term
What kinda of fluid does cytoplasm contain 
Definition
Cytosol 
Term
The membrane protects the cell, both by _________ it and ________________it.
Definition
isolating, supporting 
Term
controls uptake of ions and molecules, it can engulf particals (_____________) excrete waste product particles (______________)
Definition
Phagocytosis, exocytosis 
Term
What does the phospolipid bilayer contain?
Definition
MEMBRANE PROTEINS and MEMBRANE CARBOHYDRATES 
Term
tails face ____________ and heads form the _______ and the _________ of the bilayer 
Definition
eachother, inside, outside 
Term
Some of them have __________ connecting the ______________ space to the cytosol 
Definition
channels, extracellular 
Term
The complex nature of the membrane allows ___________ and __________to pass(both ways) across the membrane through a series of _____________ processes 
Definition
molecules, ions, selective 
Term
What is intracellular fluid known as? 
Definition
Cytosol 
Term
what does cytosol contain?
Definition
metabolites, nutrients, ions, waste products and a high concentration of potassium. Also glycogen granules and fat droplets 
Term
What does the nucleus contain?
Definition
DNA
Term
what is it delineated by?
Definition
Nuclear membrane or envelope 
Term
a double layer of the cell membrane and seperates the cytoplasm from the_____?
Definition
Nucleoplasm
Term
what does the nuclear envelope contain
Definition
Nuclear pores 
Term
Nuclear pores facilitate movement of _____ and _______ molecules
Definition
ions, small 
Term
What does the Nucleolus produce and what does that do?
Definition
RNA, and therefore prominent in protein producing cells (e.g. muscles and liver cells)
Term
What are the two main parts of the cytoskeleton?
Definition

Microfilaments-actin (+myosin = contractions)

microtubules- tubulin  

Term
What are microfilaments made of?
Definition
The protein ACTIN 
Term
what can the microfilaments form?
Definition
a network through out the cytoplasm 
Term
What is Myosin capable of?
Definition
contractions and changing the shape of the cell 
Term
What are microtubules composed of?
Definition
Protein Tubulin 
Term
What are Surface projections? 
Definition
Epithelia cells only 
Term
What is the skeleton on microvilli?
Definition
Microfilament skeleton 
Term
What is the function of microvilli?
Definition
increase surface area of the cell to facilitate absorption
Term
What is the skeleton of cilia made up of?
Definition
internal skeleton made of microtubules 
Term
What is cilia used for? 
Definition
used to move fluids, cells, foreign objects along the surface
Term
what are ribosomes composed of? 
Definition
RNA (ribosomal RNA) and protein 
Term
What do fixed ribosomes create?
Definition
the organelle called the rough endoplasmic reticulum (R.E.R) 
Term
Lets take a break?
Definition
OK 
Term
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
Definition
It is a complex of flat intracellular spaces enclosed by membrane
Term
What is the function of the rough endoplasmic reticulum? 
Definition
Protein synthesis 
Term
Where do you find the rough endoplasmic reticulum cells? 
Definition
Exocrine pancreas and Nerve cells 
Term
what does the rough endoplasmic reticulum communicate with? 
Definition
Golgi apparatus via small membrane enclosed spheres called Vesicles 
Term
Smooth endoplasmic Reticulum has no _______ and makes __________, ____________and __________ hormones
Definition
ribosomes, lipids, carbohydrates and steroid 
Term
it is found in great quantifies in the __________ cells of the _________ and _________ cortex 
Definition
leydig cells, Testies, Adrenal cortex 
Term
____________ ____________ works as an intermediary between R.E.R and the cell membane 
Definition
Golgi apparatus 
Term
what does the golgi apparatus consist of?
Definition
a series of bowl-shaped membrane discs, concave towards the cell surface
Term
what do Lysosomes contain? 
Definition
they contain digestive enzymes
Term
Secretory vesicles __________ packaged materials to the cell membrane through which the product is released by _________________. 
Definition
Transport, Exocytosis 
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