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Cell structures, organelles
Ch4 Bio: Cell structures, organelles
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/29/2008

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area to volume ratio
Definition
limits size of cells
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compound microscope
Definition
light microscope which magnify in stanges with multiple lenses
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transmission electron microscope
Definition
electrons are sent through the sample, able to resolve images only .2 nm apart
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scanning electron microscope
Definition
beams electrons on to cell surface, reflects image back; good for three dimensional scans
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cytosol
Definition
part of cytoplasm that contains organic molecules and ions in solution
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cell wall, membrane, nucleoid (DNA), ribosomes, and cytoplasm
Definition
5 main structures in prokaryotic cell
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ribosomes
Definition
carry out protein synthesis
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peptoglycans
Definition
make up bacterial cell wall
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gram negative
Definition
complex multilayered cell wall bacteria; does not retain purple dye
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gram positive
Definition
thick single layered cell wall in bacteria; holds purple dye
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peptoglycan is lacking in ___
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archaea differ from bacteria because they lack ____
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flagellum
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prokaryotic cells use this long threadlike structure for locomotion
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endomembrane system
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compartmentalization in eukaryotic cells; weaves through cell interior
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central vacoule
Definition
plant cells - fluid filled sac
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vesicles
Definition
smaller sacs that store and transport materials
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cytoskeleton
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eukaryotic cells are supported by internal protein scaffold
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nucleolus
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dark staining zone in nucleus, region of much ribosomal RNA synthesis
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nuclear envelope
Definition
membrane around nucleus, continuous with the ER
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nuclear pores
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complex structure of cytoplasmic face,nuclear face, and central ring embedded in membrane
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nuclear lamins
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intermediate filament fibers on inner surface of nuclear envelope
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chromatin
Definition
dna organized around proteins
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histone
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protein the DNA wraps around
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nucleosomes
Definition
little balls made up of DNA around a histone (beads on a string)
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ribosomes
Definition
cell's protein synthesis machines
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rRNA
Definition
ribosomal RNA
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mRNA
Definition
messenger RNA which carries info from DNA to ribosomes
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tRNA
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transfer RNA used in ribosome; caries amino acids
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ER
Definition
largest of internal membranes
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cisternal space
Definition
inner region of ER
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lumen
Definition
cisternal space in ER
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cytosol
Definition
region exterior to ER
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glycoproteins
Definition
newly synthesized proteins in ER modified by shortchain carbohydrates
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smooth ER
Definition
catalyze variety of lipids and steroid horomones
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smooth ER stores ___ in cells
Definition
Ca+ stored in cells in this organelle
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smooth ER
Definition
also acts to detoxify foreign substances, like a liver (organelle)
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Golgi Apparatus
Definition
collection of Golgi bodies; collects and synthesizes molecules for use in other parts of cell
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trans face
Definition
side of Golgi that releases packaged, completed vesicles for use in the cell or for secretion
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cisternae
Definition
membrane folds of Golgi
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golgi also synthesizes components for ___
Definition
location of synthesis of cell wall components
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lysosomes
Definition
contain digestive enzymes
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golgi produce this digestive vesicle
Definition
where are lysosomes manufactured?
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phagocytosis
Definition
endocytosis
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tay sachs
Definition
loss of function of a single lysosomal enzyme causes this disease
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peroxisome
Definition
spherical organelle; contain digestive and detoxifying enzymes which produce hydrogen peroxide
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microbodies
Definition
enzyme-bearing membrane enclosed vesicles
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glyoxysome
Definition
special microbody in plants which converts fats to carbs
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vacoules
Definition
membrane bounded storage structures
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tonoplast
Definition
membrane surrounding vacoule containing water (helps maintain tonicity)
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mitochondria
Definition
metabolize sugar into ATP
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christae
Definition
folds of inner membrane of mitochondria
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matrix [mitochondria]
Definition
space inside inner membrane of mitochondria
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intermembrane space
Definition
space between the membranes in a mitochondria
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DNA are contained in this power-producing organelle
Definition
mitochondria contain DNA or RNA?
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chloroplast
Definition
energy organelle in plant
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grana
Definition
closed compartments of stacked membrane in chloroplast; contain thylakoids
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thylakoids
Definition
diskshaped structres with photsyntetic pigments
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leucoplasts
Definition
plant organelle which lacks pigment, such as in root cells
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amyloplast
Definition
leucoplast which stores starch
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plastids
Definition
collective name for chloroplasts, leucoplasts, and amyloplasts
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endosymbiosis (theory of)
Definition
theory that today's eukaryotic organelles were originally prokaryotic cells absorbed and integrated
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cytoskeleton
Definition
protein fibers that criscross cytoplasm
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actin filiments
Definition
another name for microfiliments
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actin filiments / microfiliments
Definition
cytoskeleton part responsible for movements such as pinching and contracting
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microtubles
Definition
larges of cytoskeletal elements
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tubulin
Definition
proteins that polymerize to form the 13 subunits of microtubules
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intermediate filament
Definition
most durable part of cytoskeleton; intermediate in size
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vimentin
Definition
one protein which makes up intermediate filaments -> structural stability
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keratin
Definition
intermediate filiment type in epithelial cells, lining body cavities
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neurofiliments
Definition
intermediate filiments of nerve cells
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centrosome
Definition
microtubule organizing center; barrel shaped organelle
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pericentriolar material
Definition
ring shape structures of tubulin surrounding centriole
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microtububle organizing center
Definition
structures on centriole which regulate the assembly of microtubles in animal celles
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centriole
Definition
nine triplets of microtubules form this barrel shaped structure
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dynein
Definition
molecular motor which pushes vesicle down microtuble within cell
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kinesin
Definition
protein binds vesicles to the "motor" along the microtubule
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myosin
Definition
protein involved in muscle contraction ("crawling")
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flagella have __ structure
Definition
9 + 2 structure of microtubles
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basal body
Definition
where flagella meets cell
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cilia
Definition
9+2 arrangement; short projections all around cell
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primary wall
Definition
cell wall laid down when cell first grows
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middle lamella
Definition
sticky between inner cell wall and outer
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secondary wall
Definition
inner cell wall in plant
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plasmodesmata
Definition
cell-cell connections in plants
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extracellular matrix
Definition
animal cells are surrounded by __ composed of glycoproteins that give strength and support
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integrin
Definition
protein embedded all the way through cell wall
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fibronectin
Definition
glycoprotein outside of cell membrane that connects integrin to extracellular matrix
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collagen and elastin
Definition
two proteins in extracellular matrix
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