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Exam 2
Chapter 4 Vocab
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
03/03/2013

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plasmalemma
Definition
protist cell membrane
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ectoplasm
Definition
outer gelatinous region
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endoplasm
Definition
inner fluid region
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pellicle
Definition
plasmalemma and immediate structures inside of it
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contractile vacuoles
Definition
osmotic balance
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phagocytic vacuoles
Definition
sites of food digestion
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gamonts
Definition
produce haploid gametes
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syngamy
Definition
fusion of haploid gametes
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isogamy
Definition
fusion of two morphologically similar gametes
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anisogamy
Definition
fusion of two different gametes
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conjugation
Definition
exchange of nuclear material
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autogamy
Definition
exchange of nuclear material between two different nuclei within same individual
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vesicular nucleus
Definition
distinct nucleolus and uncondensed chromosomes
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chromosomal nucleus
Definition
single nucleolus associated with one chromosome
chromosome remains condensed during interphase
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ciliophora
Definition
two nuclei and large macronucleus
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thallus
Definition
body or vegetative structure of a fungus
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hyphae
Definition
filaments of a mold
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mycelia
Definition
bundles of hyphae
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transverse fission
Definition
parent cell undergoes mitosis and divides into two daughter cells
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arthrospores
Definition
formed when hyphae fragment through the splitting of the cell wall or septum. not surrounded by a thick wall
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sporangiospores
Definition
develop within a sac
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conidiospores
Definition
unenclosed spores produced at top of an aerial hyphae
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blastopores
Definition
produced from vegetative mother cell by budding
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gametangia
Definition
fusion of gamete producing bodies
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axoneme
Definition
combo of microtubules and filaments that support cell shape and movement
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chlamydospores
Definition
cells that behave like spores, are produced by fragmentation of hyphae, but are surrounded by a thick wall
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dynein
Definition
protein that functions in the movement of cilia and eukaryotic flagella
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pyrenoids
Definition
dense region found in the chloroplast that is composed of protein surrounded by polysac
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