Anatomy And Physiology Chapter 7

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What is required for cell growth?

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Protein Synthesis

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In the DNA molecule a sequence of three base pairs form?

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Codon

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Transcription can be best described as?

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Synthesis of any RNA molecule

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Where is the site of transcription?

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Within the nucleus

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Where is the site of translation?

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Cytoplasm

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What begins with reading of the genetic "master code" in the cell's DNA

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Protein synthesis

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A DNA molecule is characterized by?

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Double-helix shape, obligatory base pairing, phosphate groups

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What influences all cell structures and functions?

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Protein synthesis

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RNA is characterized by?

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Being single stranded, contains uracil, the obligatory base pairs are adenine-uracil, and guanine-cytosine.

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Nucleic acids are synthesized directly on the DNA molecule with the help of?

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Enzymes

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Process that occurs when the double strands of a DNA segment separate and RNA nucleotides pair with DNA nucleotides

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Transcription

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The type of RNA that carries information in groups of three nucleotides called codons, each of which codes for a specific amino acid

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mRNA

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The type of RNA that has an anticodon and binds to a base-pair specific amino acid

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tRNA

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The process involving the movement of mRNA with respect to the ribosome

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Translation

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What is a complimentary base pair?

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Uracil-adenine

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What is the site of translation?

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Ribosome

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What is the correct order for mitosis?

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Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

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The total of 46 chromosomes per cell is referred to as?

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Diploid

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A type of cell division that occurs only in primitive sex cells during the process of becoming mature sex cells is?

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Meiosis

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Splitting of the plasma membrane and cytoplasm into two during cell reproduction is called?

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Cytokinesis

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Cell reproduction is sometimes referred to as the?

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M phase

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Telophase is known as?

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Completion phase

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The phase of mitosis known as anaphase is also known as?

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Apart phase

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What is the position changing phase of mitosis known as?

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Metaphase

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What is a cell that does not experience mitosis and is " between phases" called?

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Interphase

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Prophase is defined as?

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Cell begins to divide (before phase)

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What refers to a decrease in cell size?

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Atrophy

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Genetic disorders are mutations in a cell's genetic code?

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True

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Necrosis is defined as?

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Cell death due to injury or a pathologic condition

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Do viruses contain DNA or RNA?

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No

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Sickle cell anemia is caused by?

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Production of abnormal hemoglobin

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Cleavage furrow begins at which stage of mitosis?

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Anaphase

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Does RNA contain deoxyribose?

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No

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Spindle fibers attach to chromatin during which stage of mitosis?

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Metaphase

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Genome is defined as

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All of the DNA in each cell body

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In which stage of mitosis do chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cells along the spindle fibers?

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Anaphase

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The synthesis of proteins by ribosomes using information coded in the mRNA molecule is called?

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Translation

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Translation can be inhibited or prevented by a process called?

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RNA interference

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If a sequence of bases in a nucleic acid were AUCGA which of the following statements would be true?

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It is a strand of RNA

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Proteome is defined as?

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Complete set of proteins synthesized by a cell

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The shape of a DNA molecule is referred to as a?

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Double helix

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Mature sex cells are known as?

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Gametes