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29 Cards in this Set
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Cell |
Basic unit of biologic organization of the human body |
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Protoplasm |
Aqueous colloidal solution of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and inorganic salts surrounded by a limiting cell membrane |
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Protoplasm |
All cells are composed of this |
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First |
What is the meaning of Proto |
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Formed |
What is the meaning of plasm |
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Organelles |
These compounds are building blocks of structures within the protoplasm |
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Eukaryotic Cells |
What are the human body cells called? |
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Prokaryotic Cells |
What are cells that do not have membrane-bound organelles? |
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Chloroplasts |
What do you call the organelle of plant cells that are special for performing photosynthesis? |
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Nucleus |
What is the control center of the cell? |
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Nucleoplasm |
What do you call the protoplasm inside the nucleus? |
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Cytoplasm |
What do you call the protoplasm outside the nucleus? |
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Microns |
What is the unit of measurement for cells? |
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Micrometers |
What is the more common unit of measurement for cells? |
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10 to 100 micrometers in diameter |
Cells ranges in size from ? to ? |
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Light Microscopes |
It allows us to see general features of cells with magnifications from 10x to 1000x |
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Robert Hooke |
Who was the first English scientist who first described cells in 1665? |
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1665 |
What year did Robert Hooke first described cells? |
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Cork |
It is a nonliving plant tissue that comes from the bark of trees |
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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek |
Who is the Dutch naturalist who also studied the cells? |
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Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann |
Who are the two German scientists who laid the foundation of what we call today the cell theory? |
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Cell/Plasma Membrane |
All cells are surrounded by what? |
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Plasmalemma |
Other term for Cell/Plasma Membrane |
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Water loving |
What does hydrophilic mean? |
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Repels water |
What does hydrophobic mean? |
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Polar |
What do you call the head of the phospholipid that's attracted to water? |
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Non-polar |
What do you call the hydrophobic part of a phospholipid that has double tails? |
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Osmosis |
It is a special kind of diffusion |
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Adenosine Triphosphate |
What does ATP mean? |