Introduction to Cell structure Flashcards

1
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The external boundary that serves as a barrier, controlling entry and exit of substances

-The site of communication between cells and their environments

A

Plasma membrane (PM)

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2
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Segregates the internal structure of the nucleus from the cytoplasm

A

Nuclear Envelope

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3
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Cells that secrete peptides and proteins have extensive

-A membranse structure to which ribosomes are attatched

A

Rough ER’s

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4
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What are the two main intracellular compartments?

A

Nucleus and Cytoplasm

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5
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The nucleus has a subdomain known as the

A

Nucleolus

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6
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The cytoplasm has which two sub domains?

A
  1. ) Membrane bound organelles

2. ) Cytosol

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7
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Synthesize and secrete immunoglobulins and have extensive rough endoplasmic reticulums

A

Plasma Cells

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8
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Cytoplasm outside of the organelles, containing soluble enzymes, inclusions (glycogen, granules, and lipids), cytoskeletal elements, and free polysomes

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Cytosol

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9
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mRNA + ribosomes

A

Polysomes

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10
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What are the three major structural areas of the nucleus?

A

Nuclear Envelope, Nuclear Pore, and Nuclear Lamina

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11
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Double membrane that segregates nuclear contents

A

Nuclear envelope

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12
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The outer membrane of the nuclear envelope is continuous with the ER and has

A

Ribosomes

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13
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The nuclear envelope encloses

A

Chromatin and nucleoplasm

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14
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Contains the genetic material of the cell

A

Chromatin

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15
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Contains soluble nucleotides and proteins

A

Nucleoplasm

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16
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What are the two types of Chromatin?

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Euchromtin and heterchromatin

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17
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Actively transcribed DNA

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Euchromatin

18
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Inactive DNA that is highly condensed and usually near the periphery of the nucleus

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Heterochromatin

19
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The site of ribosomal RNA synthesis and the site of the assembly of ribosomal subunits

A

Nucleolus

20
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The ribosomal subunits consist of rRNA and several proteins that were first synthesized in the cytosol and then transported to the

A

Nucleus

21
Q

A structure composed of pecific intermediate filament proteins (the LAMINS)

A

Nuclear lamina

22
Q

Form a dense felt-like area under the nuclear membrane, which helps maintain nuclear structure

A

Lamins

23
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Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the nuclear lamins regulate the stability of the nuclear envelope during

A

Mitosis

24
Q

Results in the break down of the nuclear envelope during prophase of mitosis

A

Phosphorylation of lamin B

25
Q

Large complex structures (30 different proteins) organized with octogonal symmetry that transport macro- and micromolecular structures in and out of the nucleus

A

Nuclear Pores

26
Q

Leave the nucleus through the nuclear pore

A

Molecules involved in protein synthesis (mRNA, tRNA, ribonucleoproteins)

27
Q

Made in the cytoplasm fro mRNA and enter the nucleus through the nuclear pore

A

Proteins used in gene regulation (histones, polymerases, etc)

28
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Contains the cytoskeleton (which forms the structural framework of the cell), cytoplasmic inclusions, soluble enzymes/ions, and free polysomes

A

Cytosol

29
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What are three special types of proteins contained in the cytosol?

A

Actin, Tubulin, Intermediate filaments

30
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Contain filaments called microfilaments

A

Actin

31
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Contain structures called microtubules

A

Tubulin

32
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Similar to nuclear lamins

A

Intermediate filaments

33
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Metabolic products such as lipids (in the form of lipid droplets) and glycogen (polymer of glucose), are not enclosed by a cell membrane and are stored in the cytosol as

A

“inclusions”

34
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The cytosol contains numerous soluble proteins and enzymes involved in

A

Intermediate Metabolism

35
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Particles composed of rRNA and Multiple proteins that are assembled as large and small subunits

A

Ribosomes

36
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The large and small subunits of ribosomes combine with mRNA to promote

A

Translation

37
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Ribosomes attached to the ER will produce proteins that enter the

A

Secretory pathway

38
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In the cytosol, free polysomes synthesize specific proteins that are used

A

Within the cell (not secreted)

39
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Importantly, nuclear proteins that regulate replication and gene expression, such as DNA polymerases and transcription factors, as well as proteins of the ribosome itself, are made on

A

Free ribosomes

40
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Ribosomal proteins made in the cytoplasm associate with rRNA produced in the

A

Nucleolus