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29 Cards in this Set
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Roles of the cytoskeleton are _____, _____, and ______.
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support, motility, and regulation.
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Another role of the cytoskeleton is ______ _____ and give ______ _______.
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mechanical support and give cellular shape.
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Another role of the cytoskeletom is to provide anchorage for ______ and ______.
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organells and enzymes.
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Another role of the cytoskeleton is to be _____.
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dynamic.
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Teh cytoskeleton is dynamic w/ cell ______. This allows the cell to change location.
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motility.
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The cytodkeleton interact w/ ______ _______ along the extracellular fibers to create cell motility
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motor protein
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Motor Proteins bring about the movement of ______ and _________ by grippin microtubules w/in theos organellles and propelling them past each other.
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cillia and flagella
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Other examples of mvmnt of cell parts is vesicle transport via _______ and ___ ___ _____.
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nuerotransmitter (chemical messenger) and ER to the golgi.
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Another dynamic trait of the cytoskeleton is that it works to ________ and _______ mechanical stimuli for cellular response
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receives and transmits
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Copmponents of the cytoskeleton are _______, _______,______ _______.
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microtubules, microfiliments, and intermediate filaments.
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Microtubules are found inthe cytoplasm of all eukaryotic cells. They are ____ and ____.
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thick and hollow.
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The wall of the hollow tube is constructed from a globular rotein called ______.
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tubulin protein.
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Microtublules ____ and ____ the cell also serve as tracks along which organelles equipped w/ motor proteins can move.
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shape and support
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For example: Microtubules guide secreatory vesicle from the golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane. They are also resposible for the _______ of chromosomes during ______ division
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separation of chromosomes during cell division.
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In many cells, microtubules grow out from a _________, a region near the nucleus that is considered to be a "microtubule- organization center."
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centrosome
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With in the cetrosomes of an animal cell are a pair of ________, each composed of nine sets of triplet microtubules arranged in a ring.
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centrioles
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Another component of the cytoskeleton is _______ _______ responsiblities.
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compression resistance
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A cytoskeleton component is a specailized arrangement of fo microtubules is responsible for the beating of ______ and ____, locomotor appendagesthat protrudefrom some cells.
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cillia and flagella
Example: sperm and cillia in the wind pipe of humans to move out mucus. |
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Cillia are in ___ + ___ patterns and are in some protozoa, windpipe, move ___ toward uterus.
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9+2
move egg toward the uterus. |
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Flagella is in a ___+ ___ pattern and in some protozoa, ____.
Ex: basal body becomes centriole in ____ ____ |
9+2 pattern
sperm human egg. |
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__________ (Actin Filaments) are solid rods the thinnest fiber of the cytoskeleton. They are built from globular protein ______.
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Microfilaments
actin |
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Microfilaments are the core of _____ found in intestinal cells and nerve cells.
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microvilli
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Microfilament are found in ______ cells as a part of the contractile apparatus
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muscle *uses myosin a motor protein
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The structural role of microfilaments in the cytoskeleton is to ____ _____ and give shape to the cell.
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bear tension
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Microfilament in localized contraction brought about actin myosin also plays a role in _____ mvmnt, in which the cell , such as an amoeba.
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amoeboid
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Microfilament also work in creating ________, the division of the cytoplasm. Which happens after mitosis in distribution of chromosomes during cell division.
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cytokinesis
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__________ filaments are larger than microfilament but smaller than microtubules.
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Intermediate
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Intermediate filaments are specialized for ______ ______.
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bearing tension.
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Intermediate filaments are especially important in reinforcing the shape cf a cell and fixing position of certain organelles. Example is the _____, that commonly sits w/in a cage made of intermediate filaments.
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nucleus
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