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Four characteristics of Prokaryotic cells
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1) Only in Monera Kingdom
2) No true nucleus (lacks nuclear membrane) 3) Genetic material is long, loosely coiled thread in nucleoid region 4) No membrane bound organelles |
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Four characteristics of Eukaryotic cells
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1) Found in all kingdoms
2) True nucleus bound by nuclear membrane 3) Genetic material is within the nucleus 4) Contains cytosol and membrane - bound organelles |
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What is bigger, a Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic cell?
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Eukaryotic cell
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These are thin and thread-like and are found the Nucleus
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Chromatin
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Double layered membrane with pores which surrounds the nucleus
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Nuclear membrane
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Controls protein synthesis in the cytoplasm
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Nucleolus
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Regions of chromosomes with multiple copies of genes
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Nuclear organizers
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Site of protein synthesis
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Ribosomes
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What are Ribosomes made of
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RNA and protein
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Where are Ribosomes produced
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The nucleus
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Where do Ribosomes bind when synthesizing proteins for export
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ER
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Network of flattened tubules and sacs that help to manufacture membranes and other functions
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ER
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Detoxifies drugs and poisons in liver
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Smooth ER
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Stores CA ++ for muscle contractions
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Smooth ER
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Manufactures secretory proteins and membrane
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Rough ER
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Members of rough ER grown in place as newly forced ____ & ____
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Proteins and phospholipids
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Flattened membrane sacs that modifies, stores, and routes products of the ER
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Golgi Apparatus
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____ carrying products (lipids and proteins) from the ER fuse with the Golgi membranes
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Vesicles
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Membrane enclosed bag of hydrolytic enzymes that digest all the major classes of macromolecules
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Lysosomes
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Functions : Intracellular digestion, recycling of own cell material, programmed cell destruction (Embryo tail, finger webbing)
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Lysosomes
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Enzymes that breakdown purines and peroxide so it doesn't become toxic to cells; in liver
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Peroxisomes
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Folds of the inner membrane of Mitochondria
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Cristae
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Centrioles are found in ____ cells
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Animal
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Helps give internal support to the cell
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Cytoskeleton
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_____ make up cilia and flagella
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Microtubules
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Small, more threadlike; make up actin and myosin in muscle fibers; help divide animal cells during cytokinesis
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Microfilaments
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Colorless; store starch; in roots and tubers
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Amyloplasts
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Contain pigments other than chlorophyll; yellow,orange,blue
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Chromoplasts
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Chlorophyll containing plastids which are the sites of photosynthesis; double membrane
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Chloroplasts
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Flattened membranous sacs; where light is converted into chemical energy
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Thylakoids
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Stacks of thylakoids
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Grana
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Fluid outside thylakoids
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Stroma
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Channels that connect cytoplasm of neighboring cells and allows passage of water and small solutes in the cell wall
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Plasmodesmata
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Between plasma membrane and primary cell wall
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Secondary cell wall
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Between primary cell walls of adjacent cells; made of pectin
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Middle lamella
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Hold cells tightly; block transport
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Tight junctions
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Rivet cells together in strong sheets; permit passage of substances freely between spaces
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Desmosomes
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Specialized for material transport between cytoplasm of adjacent cells in animals
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Gap junctions
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Fuzzy coat of oligosaccharides
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Glycocalyx
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