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The plasma membrane of a cell is a lipid XXXXXXX.
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Bilayer
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What is the term used to define proteins loosly attached to the inner or outer surface of the membrane?
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Peripheral Proteins
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What is the term used to define proteins that are extend into the membrane?
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Integral Proteins
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What is the term used to define proteins that span to both sides of the plasma membrane?
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Transmembrane proteins
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The phospholipid membrane is XXXXXXXX permeable
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Selectively
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What is the term used to define proteins which provide open passageways through the membrane for certain hydrophilic substances to pass?
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Channel Proteins
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What is the term used to define proteins that allow the passage of ions though the cell membrane?
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Ion Channels
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What is the term used to define a protein that dramatically increases the rate of passage of water through the plasma membrane?
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Aquaporins
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What is the term used to define a protein that binds to a specific molecule and allows passage of that molecule across the cell membrane?
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Carrier Proteins
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What is the term used to define proteins which use energy to direct a substance across the plasma membrane against its concentration gradient?
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Active Transport Proteins
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What is the term used to define a protein which give each cell type a unique identification?
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Recognition Proteins
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What is the term used to define a protein that allows cells to attach to neighboring cells?
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Adhesion Proteins
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What is the term used to define a protein that provides binding sites for hormone or other triggering molecules?
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Receptor Proteins
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What is the term used to define an oraganelle which contains genetic information for the cell?
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Nucleus
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Ribosomes consist of XXXXX and XXXXXX.
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RNA & Protein
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What is the term used to define a molecule that assist in the assembly of amino acids into proteins?
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Ribosomes
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Does the Smooth ER contain ribosomes?
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No
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What is the term used to define an organelle responsible for the synthesis of lipids, and hormones?
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Smooth ER
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What is the term used to define an organelle that modify and package proteins and lipids into vesicles?
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Golgi Apparatus
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What is the term used to define vesicles from the golgi apparatus that contain digestive enzymes?
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Lysosomes
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Do lysosomes occur in plant cells?
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No
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What is the term used to define an organelle that breaks down various substances including hydrogen peroxide, fatty acids, and amino acids?
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Peroxisomes
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What is the term used to define an organelle that carries out aerobic respiration?
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Mitochondria
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What is the term used to define an organelle that carries out photosynthesis?
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Chloroplasts
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What is the term used to define a protein fiber made of tubulin that provides support and motility for cellular activities?
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Microtubules
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What is the term used to define a protein fiber used to provide support for maintaining cell shape?
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Intermediate Filaments
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What is the term used to define a protein fiber that is made up of actin that is involved in cell motility?
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Microfilaments
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What is the most pronounced difference between flagella and cilia?
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Flagella are long and cilia are short
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Do plants cells have centrioles?
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No, but they contain a microtubule organizing center.
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What is the term used to define a vesicle that moves materials between organelles?
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Transport Vesicles
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What is the term used to define a vesicle that is a temporary recepticle for nutrients?
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Food Vacuole
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What is the term used to define a vesicle in plants that stores starch, pigments, and toxic substances?
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Storage Vesicles
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What is the term used to define a vesicle that is responsible for maintaining the rigidity of a cell?
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Central Vacuoles
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What is the term used to define a vesicle in single-celled organisms that collect and pump excess water out of the cell?
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Contractile Vacuole
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The cell walls of plants are usually composed of XXXXXXX?
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Cellulose
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The cell walls of Fungi are usually composed of XXXXXXX?
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Chitin
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What is the term used to define a cell junction that consists of proteins that bind adjacent cells together, that do NOT prevent the passage of materials between cells?
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Desmosomes
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What is the term used to define a cell junction that is a tightly stiched seam between animal cells that do not allow for passage of materials between cells?
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Tight Junctions
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What is the term used to define a cell junction that connects the cytoplasm of a cell with the neighboring cell?
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Gap Junctions
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What is the term used to define a cell junction which is a narrow channel between plant cells?
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Plasmodesmata
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Which type of cells contain cell walls, chloroplasts, and central vacuoles?
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Plant Cells
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Which type of cells contain lysosomes, centrioles, and cholesterol?
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Animal Cells
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XXXXXXXX do not have a nucleus.
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Prokaryotes
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Do prokaryotes have any type of proteins such as histones associated with their DNA?
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No
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What are the size of the subunits of prkaryotes' ribosomes?
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30S and 50S
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Are prokaryotes flagella constructed of microtubules?
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No
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What is the term used to define the collective movement of substances in the same direction in response to a force or pressure?
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Bulk Flow
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XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX is the movement of substances from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration using a carrier protein.
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Passive Transport
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What is the term used to define the movement of water from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration?
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Osmosis
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What is the term used to define the diffusion of solutes across a selectively permeable membrane?
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Dialysis
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What is the term used to define the movement of water out of the cell that results in collapse of a cell?
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Plasmolysis
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What is the term used to define diffusion of substances between two regions in which the substances are moving by bulk flow in opposite direction?
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Countercurrent Exchange
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What is the term used to define the process of vesicles fusing with the plasma membrane and releasing their contents to the outside of the cell?
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Exocytosis
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What is the term used to define the capture of a substance outside the cell when the plasma membrane merges to engulf it?
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Endocytosis
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What are the three types of endocytosis?
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Phagocytosis/Pinocytosis/Receptor-Mediated
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The plasma membrane of a cell is a lipid XXXXXXX.
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Bilayer
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|
What is the term used to define proteins loosly attached to the inner or outer surface of the membrane?
|
Peripheral Proteins
|
|
What is the term used to define proteins that are extend into the membrane?
|
Integral Proteins
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|
What is the term used to define proteins that span to both sides of the plasma membrane?
|
Transmembrane proteins
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The phospholipid membrane is XXXXXXXX permeable
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Selectively
|
|
What is the term used to define proteins which provide open passageways through the membrane for certain hydrophilic substances to pass?
|
Channel Proteins
|
|
What is the term used to define proteins that allow the passage of ions though the cell membrane?
|
Ion Channels
|
|
What is the term used to define a protein that dramatically increases the rate of passage of water through the plasma membrane?
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Aquaporins
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What is the term used to define a protein that binds to a specific molecule and allows passage of that molecule across the cell membrane?
|
Carrier Proteins
|
|
What is the term used to define proteins which use energy to direct a substance across the plasma membrane against its concentration gradient?
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Active Transport Proteins
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What is the term used to define a protein which give each cell type a unique identification?
|
Recognition Proteins
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What is the term used to define a protein that allows cells to attach to neighboring cells?
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Adhesion Proteins
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What is the term used to define a protein that provides binding sites for hormone or other triggering molecules?
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Receptor Proteins
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What is the term used to define an oraganelle which contains genetic information for the cell?
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Nucleus
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Ribosomes consist of XXXXX and XXXXXX.
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RNA & Protein
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What is the term used to define a molecule that assist in the assembly of amino acids into proteins?
|
Ribosomes
|
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Does the Smooth ER contain ribosomes?
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No
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What is the term used to define an organelle responsible for the synthesis of lipids, and hormones?
|
Smooth ER
|
|
What is the term used to define an organelle that modify and package proteins and lipids into vesicles?
|
Golgi Apparatus
|
|
What is the term used to define vesicles from the golgi apparatus that contain digestive enzymes?
|
Lysosomes
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Do lysosomes occur in plant cells?
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No
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What is the term used to define an organelle that breaks down various substances including hydrogen peroxide, fatty acids, and amino acids?
|
Peroxisomes
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What is the term used to define an organelle that carries out aerobic respiration?
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Mitochondria
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What is the term used to define an organelle that carries out photosynthesis?
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Chloroplasts
|
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What is the term used to define a protein fiber made of tubulin that provides support and motility for cellular activities?
|
Microtubules
|
|
What is the term used to define a protein fiber used to provide support for maintaining cell shape?
|
Intermediate Filaments
|
|
What is the term used to define a protein fiber that is made up of actin that is involved in cell motility?
|
Microfilaments
|
|
What is the most pronounced difference between flagella and cilia?
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Flagella are long and cilia are short
|
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Do plants cells have centrioles?
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No, but they contain a microtubule organizing center.
|
|
What is the term used to define a vesicle that moves materials between organelles?
|
Transport Vesicles
|
|
What is the term used to define a vesicle that is a temporary recepticle for nutrients?
|
Food Vacuole
|
|
What is the term used to define a vesicle in plants that stores starch, pigments, and toxic substances?
|
Storage Vesicles
|
|
What is the term used to define a vesicle that is responsible for maintaining the rigidity of a cell?
|
Central Vacuoles
|
|
What is the term used to define a vesicle in single-celled organisms that collect and pump excess water out of the cell?
|
Contractile Vacuole
|
|
The cell walls of plants are usually composed of XXXXXXX?
|
Cellulose
|
|
The cell walls of Fungi are usually composed of XXXXXXX?
|
Chitin
|
|
What is the term used to define a cell junction that consists of proteins that bind adjacent cells together, that do NOT prevent the passage of materials between cells?
|
Desmosomes
|
|
What is the term used to define a cell junction that is a tightly stiched seam between animal cells that do not allow for passage of materials between cells?
|
Tight Junctions
|
|
What is the term used to define a cell junction that connects the cytoplasm of a cell with the neighboring cell?
|
Gap Junctions
|
|
What is the term used to define a cell junction which is a narrow channel between plant cells?
|
Plasmodesmata
|
|
Which type of cells contain cell walls, chloroplasts, and central vacuoles?
|
Plant Cells
|
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Which type of cells contain lysosomes, centrioles, and cholesterol?
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Animal Cells
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XXXXXXXX do not have a nucleus.
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Prokaryotes
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Do prokaryotes have any type of proteins such as histones associated with their DNA?
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No
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What are the size of the subunits of prkaryotes' ribosomes?
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30S and 50S
|
|
Are prokaryotes flagella constructed of microtubules?
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No
|
|
What is the term used to define the collective movement of substances in the same direction in response to a force or pressure?
|
Bulk Flow
|
|
XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX is the movement of substances from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration using a carrier protein.
|
Passive Transport
|
|
What is the term used to define the movement of water from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration?
|
Osmosis
|
|
What is the term used to define the diffusion of solutes across a selectively permeable membrane?
|
Dialysis
|
|
What is the term used to define the movement of water out of the cell that results in collapse of a cell?
|
Plasmolysis
|
|
What is the term used to define diffusion of substances between two regions in which the substances are moving by bulk flow in opposite direction?
|
Countercurrent Exchange
|
|
What is the term used to define the process of vesicles fusing with the plasma membrane and releasing their contents to the outside of the cell?
|
Exocytosis
|
|
What is the term used to define the capture of a substance outside the cell when the plasma membrane merges to engulf it?
|
Endocytosis
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What are the three types of endocytosis?
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Phagocytosis/Pinocytosis/Receptor-Mediated
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