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Cell Structure
Cell Structure
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Biology
10th Grade
11/16/2010

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CELLS
Definition
The basic units of all forms of life.
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CELL THEORY
Definition
All living thins have these, and new cells are made from old cells. Cells are the basic units of structure anf function
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CELL MEMBRANE
Definition
A thin, flexible barrier around the cell.
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NUCLEUS
Definition
A large structure that contains the cells genetic material and controls the cells activities.
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CYTOPLASM
Definition
Material inside the cell membrane, but not inclusing the nucleus.
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PROKARYOTES
Definition
Have cell membranes and cytoplasm, but doesn't contain nuclei.
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EUKARYOTES
Definition
Do not contain nuclei or have a nucleus.
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ORGANELLES
Definition
In addition to a nucleus, a cell membrane, and a cytoplasm, most cells of eukaryotes contains dozens of these.
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ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
Definition
A Dutch Business man, and became one of the first people to use a microscope to study nature. He created more powerful microscopes for smaller objects.
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BIOLOGISTS
Definition
They divide cells intro 2 categories: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes.
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THEODOR SCHWANN
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He concluded that all animals are made up of cells.
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MATTHIAS SCHLEIDEN
Definition
He concluded that all plants are made up of cells.
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RUDOLPH VIRCHOW
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He proposed that all cells come from existing cells.
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CELL WALL
Definition
The main function of this is to provide support and protection for the cell.
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NUCLEUS
Definition
Controls most cell processes and contains the heredity information of DNA
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CHROMATIN
Definition
The granular material visible within the nucleus.
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CHROMOSOMES
Definition
Distinct threadlike structures containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to another.
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NUCLEOLUS
Definition
Most nuclei contain a small, dense region known as
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NUCLEAR ENVELOPE
Definition
The nucleus is surrounded by double-membrane layer called
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CYTOSKELETON
Definition
A network of protein filaments that helps the cell to maintain its shape.
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MICROTUBULES
Definition
Hollow tubes of protein about 25 nanometers in diameter
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MICROFILAMENTS
Definition
Long thin fibers that function in the movement and supports of the cell; are about 7 nanometers in diameter.
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RIBOSOMES
Definition
Small particles made of RNA and protein; produce protein by following instruction from the nucleus
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ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
Definition
The organelle in which components of the cell membrane are assembled and some proteins are modified.
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GOLGI APPARATUS
Definition
Proteins produced by the rough endoplasmic reticulum move into a stack of membranes
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LYSOSOMES
Definition
Small organelles filled with enzymes.
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VACUOLES
Definition
Cells often store materials such as water,salt,proteins, and carbohydrates in saclike structures called
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CHLOROPLASTS
Definition
Use the energy from sunlight to make energy-rich food molecules in a process known as photosynthesis.
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MITOCHONDRIA
Definition
Use energy from food to make high-energy compounds that the cell can use to power growth, development, and movement. These are also organelles.
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PLANT CELLS
Definition
Contain cell walls, large vacuoles, and chloroplasts. Do not contain lysosomes though.
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ANIMAL CELLS
Definition
These do not have cell walls or chloroplasts but have Lysosomes.
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ENZYMES
Definition
In the Golgi Apparatus, THESE attach carbohydrates and lipids to proteins.
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LYNN MARGULIS
Definition
Suggested that mitochondria and chloroplasts are actually the decendants of ancient prokaryotes.
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CYTOSOL
Definition
Full of proteins that control cell metabolism including signal transduction pathways, glycolysis, intracellular receptors, and transcription factors.
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PEROXISOMES
Definition
Organelles that are responsible for protecting the cell from its own production of toxic hydrogen peroxide.
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SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
Definition
The organelle in which components of the cell membrane are assembled and some proteins are modified; responsible for procuction of hormones.
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ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
Definition
Has numerous ribosomes on surface; proteins made from ribosomes are collcected and transported throughout the cell.
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CENTRIOLE
Definition
A part of the cytoskeleton, each one of these is a ring of 9 groups, and in each one of those groups, are 3 microtubules.
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CENTROSOME
Definition
An area in the cell where microtubules are produced.
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LIPID BILAYER
Definition
The core of nearly all cell membranes is a double-layered sheet called this.
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CONCENTRATION
Definition
The solution is the mass of solute in a given volume of solution, or mass/volume.
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DIFFUSION
Definition
The molecules tend to move from an area where they are more concentrated, to an area where they are less concentrated
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SELECTIVE PERMEABILITY
Definition
When something chooses if a substance can pass by it or not.
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OSMOSIS
Definition
Allows water molecules to pass easily through most biological membranes.
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FACILITATED DIFFUSION
Definition
This membrane protein is said to facilitate, or help, the diffusion of glucose across the membrane. This process is...
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ACTIVE TRANSPORT
Definition
Energy is needed here for transportation. Goes from a lower concentration to a higher.
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PASSIVE TRANSPORT
Definition
Doesn't use energy for transportation, and it goes from a higher concentration to a lower.
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ENDOCYTOSIS
Definition
Is the process of taking material into the cell by means of infoldings, or pockets, of the cell membrane. This process if called...
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PHAGOCYTOSIS
Definition
When large particles are taken into the cell by endocytosis. This process is called...
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EXOCYTOSIS
Definition
The removal of large amounts of material from the cell. This process is...
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ISOTONIC
Definition
In the animal cell and in the plant cell, before Osmosis and after it, the animal cell and plant looks the same.
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HYPOTONIC
Definition
The animal cell and the plant cell before Osmosis are normal, and after Osmosis they grew a lot bigger and their shape changed a little bit.
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HYPERTONIC
Definition
The plant and animal cell look normal before Osmosis, But after it they grew a little smaller, and their physical appearance completley changed and look a lot different than how it started.
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