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35 Cards in this Set
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Magnification
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size of image produce to actual size
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Resolution
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measure of clarity
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Contrast
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ability to discern adjacent objects
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metabolism
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chemical reactions necessary for life
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enzyme
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speed up metabolic process
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catabolism
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break down/ capture energy
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anabolism
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synthesis of molecules
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translation
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synthesis of polypeptides
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cytoskeleton
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microtubules, intermediate fillaments, actin fillaments
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centrosome
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site for growth of microtubules
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Microtubule organizing center
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controsome
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centriole
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in centrosome
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tubulin
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make up microtubules
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actin
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make up actin filaments
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desmin, keratin
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make up intermediate filaments
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Flagella
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facilitates cell movement
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Cilia
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like flagella but shorter and more of them
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basal body
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sate at base of flagella/cilia from where microtubules grow
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dynein
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motor protein
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nuclear pore
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passageway in/out of mucleous
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nuclear envelope
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enclose nucleus
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chromosome
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made up of dna
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nucleolus
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where ribosome assembly occurs
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cisternae
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flattened tubules - form ER
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ER lumen
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space inside ER membrane
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vesicle
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small membrane enclosed sack inside a cell
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secretory vesicle
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carry materials to eventually release outside of cell
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mitochondrial matrix
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inside inner membrane of mitochondria
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cristae
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projections fromed from folds in mitochonria membrane - increase SA (where ATP formed)
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contractile vacuole
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maintain cell volume
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thylakoid membrane
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inside chloroplasts form thylakoids
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granum
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stacks of thylakoids in chloroplasts
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stroma
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inside inner membrane outside thykaloid membrane (chloroplasts)
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thylakoid lumen
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space inside
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plastid
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responsible for photosynthesis
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