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17 Cards in this Set
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Hydrostatic pressure |
the pressure that allows the filtration across blood vessels into cells |
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Exocytosis |
Form of vesicular transport releases materials from the inside of the cell to the outside of the cell |
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Active/vesicular transport |
Mechanisms for moving substances across the plasma membrane that require the use of cellular ATP |
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Columnar |
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Ribosomes |
Small granules of RNA and proteins that provide a site for protein synthesis |
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Flagellum |
Propulsion of cell Single long structure with axoneme core |
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Microvilli |
Brush border; role in absorption Folds of the membrane; may have actin core |
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Cilia |
Some are motile, with power and recovery strokes 7 to 10 um long with axoneme core |
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Vascular transport |
Process where large particles and fluid droplets are moved across the cell membrane |
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Peripheral protein |
A membrane protein that is not integral to the plasma membrane and is often attached to the cytoskeleton |
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Hypertonic solution |
A higher osmotic pressure than the intercellular fluid of cells and tends to cause the cells to undergo osmotic shrinkage |
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Cuboidal |
A cell that is equally tall as it is wide |
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Mitochondria |
The organelle that contains the enzyme necessary to produce ATP for use by the cell |
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Passive transport |
Osmosis Facilitated diffusion Passive diffusion Filtration |
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Cisternae |
The six flattened membraneous sacs that the Golgi complex is composed of |
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Exocytosis |
The process that involves a secretory vesicle fuses with the cell membrane and releases its contents into the extracellular space |
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Cytology |
The branch of biology that investigates cells |
