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Cells and Tissues
Cells and Tissues
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/15/2008

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Chromatin
Definition
Means "color", made of dna, scattered throughout the nucleus, condenses to form chormosomes when cells divide
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Chromosomes
Definition
Bar-like body of tightly coiled chromatin, visible during cell division
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Hydrophobic
Definition
part of the phospholipid bylayer, the tail is water hating
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Hydrophilic
Definition
part of the phospholipid bylayer, the head is water loving
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Flagella
Definition
propells the cell, only in sperm cells
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Cilia
Definition
Moves material across the cells surface
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Tight Junction
Definition
zipper like, permeable junctions that bind cells together into leakproof sheets that prevent substances from passing through the extracellular space between cells.
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Desmosomes
Definition
anchoring junction that prevent cells subjected to mechanical stress from being pulled apart
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Gap Junction
Definition
seen in the heart and embryonic cells, functions mainly to allow communication
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Free Radical
Definition
highly reactive chemicals with unpaired electrons that scramble the structure or proteins and nucleic acids
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Diffusion
Definition
process by wich molecules and ions move away from a region where they are more concentrated to a region where they are less concentrated
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Osmosis
Definition
diffusion of selectively permeable membrane such as the plasma membrane.
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Filtration
Definition
process by which water and solutes are foced through a membrane by fluid or hydrostatic pressure.
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Exocytosis
Definition
move materials out of a cell, material carried in membranous vesicle, vesicle migrates to plasma membrane, vesicle combines with plasma membrane, material emptied to outside.
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endocytosis
Definition
extracellular substances are engulfed
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pinocytosis
Definition
cell drinking; the cell gulps droplets of extracellular fluid.
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Phagocytosis
Definition
cell "eating"
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Mitosis
Definition
division of the nucleus, results in two daughter nuclei
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cytokinesis
Definition
division of the cytoplasm, begins when the mitosis is near completion
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genes
Definition
dna segment that carries the info for building one protein or polypeptide chain
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transcription
Definition
transfer of info from dna[s base sequence into the complementary base sequence of mRNA
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translation
Definition
protein synthesis in the language of nucleic acids is translated in the language of proteins.
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Triplet
Definition
three base sequence specifying a particular amino acid on the DNA gene
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Codons
Definition
corresponding three base sequences on mRNA
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Anticodons
Definition
three base sequence on the amino acids head that can bind to the complementary codons
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Lamina Propria
Definition
a soft loose layer of connective tissue
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peritoneum
Definition
the serosa lining in the abdominal cavity and covering the organs
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Pluera
Definition
the membrane surrounding the lungs
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Pericardium
Definition
membrane surrounding the heart
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Mucosa vs. serosa
Definition
composed of epithelium resting on loose connective tissue, lines all body cavities that opens to the exteriors VS composed of a layer of simple squamous epithelium resting on a thin layer of areolar connective tissue, lines body cavities closed to the exterior.
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Parietal layers
Definition
lines specific portion of the wall of the ventral body cavity.
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Viceral layer
Definition
covers the outside of the organs in the ventral body cavity
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Benign
Definition
not malignant
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Malignant
Definition
life threatening
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Osteon
Definition
Haversian system
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lacuna
Definition
cavities for cells
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Lamella
Definition
rings around the central canal sites of lacunae
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Canaliculus
Definition
tiny canals, last part of the transport system to the osteocytes
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Central Canal
Definition
opening for blood vessels and nerves
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Perforating Canal
Definition
perpendicular to the central canal also for blood vessels/nerves
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Apositional growth
Definition
the width the bone grows
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Pectoral girdle
Definition
consists of the clavicle and scapula
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Pelvic Girdle
Definition
consists of the Ilium, Ischium, pubis
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Synarthrosis
Definition
Immovable joints ie. sutures, teeth
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Amphiarthrosis
Definition
slightly moveable joints ie. pubic symphysis
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Diarthrosis
Definition
freely moveable joints ie. shoulder, knee, elbow, hips, fingers, joints
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Bursitis
Definition
inflammatory condition associated with joints, "water on the knee" due to inflammation of the bursae or synovial membrane
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Arthritis
Definition
describes over 100 inflammatory diseases that damage the joints
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Gout
Definition
disease which the uric acid accumulates in the blood and may be deposited as needle shaped crystals in the soft tissues of the joints.
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Hematoma
Definition
blood filled swelling
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Hematoma
Definition
blood filled swelling
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fibrocartilage callus
Definition
connective tissue cells of various types for a mass repair tissue that contains several elements some cartilage matrix, bony matrix, collegen fiberts and acts to splint the broken bone, closing the gap
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Bony callus
Definition
this spongy bone replaces the fibrocartilage callus gradually as more osteoblasts and osteoclasts migrate into the area and multiply
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