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Cell Structure and Function
cells and Functions of cells
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Biology
10th Grade
11/19/2010

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Cell
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Collection of living matter enclosed by a barrier that spetrates the cell from the suroundings; basic unit of all forms of life
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Cell Theory
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Idea that all living things are composed of cells, cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things,a nd new cells are produced from existing cells.
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Nucleus
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in cells, structure that comtains the cell's gentic material (DNA) and controls the cell's activities
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Eukaryote
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Organisms whose cells contain nuclei
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Prokaryote
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single-celled organism lacking a nucleus
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Organelle
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specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a eukaryotic cell

 

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Cytoplasm
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materail inside the cell membrane -not including the nucleus
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Nuclear Envelope
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A layer of two membranes that surrounds the nuleus of a cell

 

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Chromatin
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granular material visible within the nuclues; consists of DNA tightly coiled around proteins

 

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Chromosome
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threadlike structure within the nucleus containing the genetic infromation that is passed from one generation of cells to the next
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Nucleolus
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small, dense region within most nuclei in which the assembly of proteins begin

 

 

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Ridsome
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small particle in the cell on which proteins are assembled; made of RNA and Proteins
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
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Golgi Apparatus
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lysosome
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Vacuole
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Mitochondrion
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Chloroplast
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Cytoskeleton
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Centriole
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Cell Membrane
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Cell Wall
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Lipid Bilayer
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Concentration
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Diffusion
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Equilibrium
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Osmosis
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Isotonic
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Hypertonic
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Hypotonic

 

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Facilitaed Diffusion
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Active Transport
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Endocytosis
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Phagocytosis
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Pinocytosis

 

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Exocytosis
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Cell Specialization
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Tissue
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Organ
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Organ System
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