Cell physiology Flashcards

(43 cards)

1
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Moves into the sac

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Glucose and NaCl

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2
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Moves out of the sac

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Water

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3
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Does not move in or out of the sac

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Albumin

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4
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What does a hypertonic solution look like

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Deflated, dried out

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5
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Cells in a hypertonic solution are said to be what

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Crenated

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6
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What does an Isotonic solution look like

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Normal like a blood cell

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7
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What does isotonic mean

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The same solute concentration inside and outside the cell

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8
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What does a hypotonic solution look like

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Inflated, swollen

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9
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What requires ATP (Cellular energy)

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Endocytosis, Phagocytosis, Exocytosis, and Solute pumping

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10
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What is driven by Kinetic energy of molecules

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Diffusion simple and osmosis

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11
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What is driven by hydrostatic (fluid) pressure

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Filtration

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12
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What follows a concentration gradient

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Diffusion simple and osmosis

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13
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What proceeds against a concentration gradient; requires a carrier

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Solute pumping

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14
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What has a means of secreting cell products

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Exocytosis

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15
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What moves water through a semipermeable membrane

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Diffusion osmosis

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16
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What transports amino acids, some sugars, and Na+ through the plasma membrane

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Solute pumping

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17
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What provides for cellular uptake of solid or large particles from the cell exterior

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Endocytosis and phagocytosis

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18
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What moves small or lipid-soluble solutes through the membrane

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Diffusion simple

19
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Transfer of the genetic message from DNA to mRNA is called what

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Transcription

20
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Assembly of amino acids according to the genetic information carried by mRNA is called what

21
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The set of three nitrogen bases on tRNA that is complementary to an mRNA codon is called a

22
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The complementary three-base sequence on DNA is called a

23
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Describe how the particular structure of a neuron related to its function in the body

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The neuron has long cytoplasmic extensions that promote its ability to transmit impulses over long distances within the body

24
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What forms mucous, serous, and epidermal membranes

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Epithelium tissue

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What allows for organ movements within the body
Muscle tissue
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What transmits electrochemical impulses
Nervous tissue
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What supports body organs
Connective tissue
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What cells of this tissue may absorb and/or secrete substances
Epithelium tissue
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What basis of the major controlling system of the body
Nervous tissue
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The cells of this tissue shorten to exert force
Muscle tissue
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What forms hormones
Epithelium tissue
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What packages and protects body organs
Connective tissue
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What is characterized by having large amounts of nonliving matrix
Connective tissue
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What allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and shoot an arrow
Muscle tissue
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What is most widely distributed tissue type in the body
Connective tissue
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What forms the brain and spinal cord
Nervous tissue
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What lines the esophagus and forms the skin epidermis
Stratified squamous
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What forms the lining of the stomach and small intestine
Simple columnar
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What is best suited for areas subjected to friction
Stratified squamous
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What lines much of the respiratory tract
Pseudostratified columnar (ciliated)
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What propels substances (e. g., mucus) across its surface
Pseudostratified columnar (ciliated)
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What is found in the bladder lining; peculiar cells that slide over one another
Transitional
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What forms thin serous membranes; a single layer of flattened cells
Simple squamous