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16 Cards in this Set
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Active Transport
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The net movement of substances across a partially permeable membrane, against the concentration gradient. An energy requiring process.
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Aptosis
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Programmed cell death.
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Buffer
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Cell
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Cell Wall
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Semi-rigid protective structre desposited by the cell outside the cell membrane.
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Chromosome
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Covalent
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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Made up of a sugar part, an N containing base and a phosphate part. Is the genetic makeup of an organism in the form of chromosomes.
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Endocytosis
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The bulk transport of solid particles into a cell. The material is engulfed into a lysosome and broken down into the cell.
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Exocytosis
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The bulk transport of solid particles out of a cell. The particles are packaged and the vesicle that holds them is then fused to the plasma membrane and transported out of the cell.
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Flagella
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small hair like organelles which help with movement?
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Glucose
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The most basic sugar monomer.
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Glycoproteins
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Proteins made up of the monomer glucose?
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Hydrolosis
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The build up of polymers?
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Impermeable
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Substances cannot pass across.
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Lysosome
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Sac like structures in a cell. Containing disolved enzymes.
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