bound to ER
proteins that are produced here usually secreted
secretes glycoproteins, protein movement because of transport vesicles, it is a membrane factory
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Chlorophyll
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pigment that captures light energy and changes it into chemical energy
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Microvilli
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increase surface area without increasing volume
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Eukaryotic Features
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DNA in nucleus bounded by membrane nuclear envelope
organelles membrane bound
Larger
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Mitochondria
Front
in most eukaryotic cells
cellular respiration
enveloped by double membrane
has free ribosomes and circular DNA
can reproduce on own
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Microfilaments
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solid rods smallest of cytoskeleton
made up of Actin
Changes in cell shape
cell motility
muscle contractions
keeps microvilli in shape
cahnges in shape of myosin causes filaments to move
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Cell Theory
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states that all living things are made of cells, cells are the basic unit of structure and function, and all cells come from pre-existing cells
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Plant Cells
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have cell walls, chloroplast, plasmodesmata, central vacuole, multi-cellular, auto-trophic, make sugar using sunlight
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Free Ribosomes
Front
makes proteins, but not bound to ER
proteins produced here usually stay in cell
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Microtubules
Front
hollow made of tublin protein
easily assembled and disassembled
biggest fiber
protection of crushing, compressing
very important in shaping cell in animal cells
guide movement of organelles and vesicle
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Plasma Membrane
Front
functions as selective barrier that allows passages of enough oxygen nutrients and wastes to serve the cell
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Cytoskeleton
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network of fibers in cytoplasm
protection from compression
support
many organelles are bound to it
organizes cell
motility-reacts with motor proteins like Dynien an Actin
Track along which motor proteins move
microtubule
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Organelles
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membrane enclosed structures within eukaryotic cells can be seen with LM
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Flagellum
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tail structure that causes motion and direction
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Nucleoid
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area of prokaryotic cells where DNA is found
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Chloroplasts
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capture light energy, contains DNA
has three chemical environments
1. stroma
2. between bilayers
3.thylakoid
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Number of Mitochondria correlates to...
Front
cells level of metabolic activity
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Functions of Smooth ER
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synthesis of lipids, metabolism of carbs, detoxification and storage of calcium ions
(oils phospholipids steroids)
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Endomembrane System
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regulates protein traffic and performs metabolic functions in cell
includes nuclear envelope ER Golgi lysosomes vesicles, vacuoles, plasma membrane
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Plasma/Cell Membrane
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double layer of phospholipids that forms a selective barrier allowing certain amount of oxygen, nutrients, and waste in and out
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Cell Wall
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primary cell was is made first
secondary cell wall made last and is inner wall
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
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extensive network of memranes
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Nuclear Envelope
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encloses nucleus seperating its contents from cytoplasm, double membrane lipid bilyaer with proteins
has pore structures
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Nucleus
Front
where most DNA in Eukaryotic Cells is located
the control center of the cell
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Smooth ER
Front
does lipid synthesis
metabolizes carbs
detoxifies drugs and poisons
stores calcium ions
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extracellular matrix (ECM)
Front
The meshwork surrounding animal cells, consisting of glycoproteins, polysaccharides, and proteoglycans synthesized and secreted by the cells.
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Rough ER
Front
Assists with the processing of proteins and ships them to Golgi body - covered in ribosomes
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Ribosomes
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makes proteins using mRNA
produced as 2 different subunits that come together at mRNA
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Vesicle
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small compartments that move things around
small organelle that contains and transports materials (like proteins) within the cytoplasm.
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centrosome
Front
where centrioles are located in a non cell division
has triplets of microtubules around a hollow center
located in the cytoplasm and near the nucleus
the microtubule organizing center
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Prokaryotic features
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bacteria cells
sometimes have an outer capsule
ribosomes
nucleoid
may be moble with flagella
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examples of prokaryotes
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bacteria and Archea
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Central Vacuole
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it is in a plant, fills up with water to get bigger, helps maintain turgor pressure
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Transport Vesicle
Front
can stay in cell and become lysosome or merge with membrane to release contents outside
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Golgi Apparatus
Front
shipping and receiving center, looks like ER, notifies proteins of ER, sorts and packages materials into transport vesicles, manufactures certain macro molecules, consists of membranes
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Centrosomes
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in animal cells microtubule grow out of it, near nucleus considered microtubule organization center
compression resisting
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Endosymbiosis Theory
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States that eukaryotes came about from prokaryotic living inside another larger prokaryotic
inside gets safe place host gets a cell good a making energy
evidence: chloroplasts and mitochondria have their own DNA
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Cell size is limited by
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surface area because the cytoplasm needs to be near the plasma membrane for effective diffusion
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Nucleolus
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area in nucleus that makes ribosomes
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Examples of eukaryotes
Front
protists, animal, plant, fungi
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Peroxisomes
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oxidation organelle bounded by a single membrane
produces hydrogen peroxide by combining hydrogen with oxygen; hydrogen peroxide eventually gets turned into water
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ampipathic
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a chemical having both polar and
nonpolar parts
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Centrioles
Front
composed of nine sets of triplet microtubles in a ring
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Lysosomes
Front
An organelle containing digestive enzymes (hydrolytic)
Acidic inside (low pH)
Abundant in cells like white blood cells
housekeeper, gets rid of old organelles
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Peroxisome
Front
specialized metabolic compartment bound by single membrane
contains enzymes that remove hydrogen atoms form substances and transfer them to oxygen producing hydrogen peroxide and then into water
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Mitochondrion
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Cell organelle that converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use. Contains DNA
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Prokaryotic Cells
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no membrane around nucleus
no membrane bound organelles
nulceoid region to store nucleic acids
cytoplasm bound by plasma membrane
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Cytoplasm
Front
interior of cell region between nucleus and plasma membrane in Eukarotic
The hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wavelike manner
protists have it
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Section 2
(2 cards)
Diffusion of ions
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- uses a concentration gradient (chemical), and/or an electrical gradient
- produced by a difference in charge between two adjacent areas
- ions will be attracted to opposite charge
- electrochemical gradient
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9 + 2 arrangement
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major portion of each flagellum and motile cilium contains 9 pairs of microtubules that form a circle around 2 lone microtubules in eukaryotes