Anatomy And Physiology Chapter 5

Front 1

Which of the following is not a main cellular structure

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Interstitial fluid

Front 2

All of the following are examples of the plasma membrane function except

Back 2

Power plants of cell

Front 3

Which of the following is a functional characteristic of ribosomes

Back 3

Protein synthesis

Front 4

Production of ATP occurs within which organelle?

Back 4

Mitochondria

Front 5

Preparation of protein molecules for cellular exportation is the function of which of the following organelles?

Back 5

Golgi apparatus

Front 6

In nondividing cells DNA appears as threads that are referred to as

Back 6

Chromatin

Front 7

The nucleus is composed chiefly of

Back 7

rRNA

Front 8

Process by which cells translate the signal received by a membrane receptor into a specific chemical change in the cell is called?

Back 8

Signal transportation

Front 9

Generally the more active a cell is the more __________it will contain

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Mitochondria

Front 10

What forms ribosomes?

Back 10

Nucleolus

Front 11

What separates the cell from its environment?

Back 11

Plasma membrane

Front 12

What acts as the cells digestive system?

Back 12

Lysosome

Front 13

What acts as a protein factory?

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Endoplasmic reticulum

Front 14

What contains organelles?

Back 14

Cytoplasm

Front 15

What contains DNA?

Back 15

Nucleus

Front 16

What acts as the power plant of the cell?

Back 16

Mitochondria

Front 17

What is classified as both smooth and rough?

Back 17

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Front 18

What is the cells internal supporting framework?

Back 18

Cytoskeleton

Front 19

What are the smallest cell fibers?

Back 19

Microfilaments

Front 20

The thickest of the cell fibers are tiny, hollow tubes called?

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Microtubules

Front 21

What is the area of the cytoplasm near the nucleus that coordinates the building and breaking of microtubules in the cell?

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Centrosome

Front 22

What are three cell extensions that appear on certain types of cells?

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Microvilli, cilia and flagella

Front 23

When membrane channels of adjacent plasma membranes connect to others the formation is known as?

Back 23

Gap junctions

Front 24

What holds skin together?

Back 24

Desmosomes

Front 25

What cellular extensions are required when absorption is important?

Back 25

Microvilli

Front 26

Movement of the ovum within the female reproductive tract is largely a result of?

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The cilia lining the uterine tubes

Front 27

Skin cells are held tightly together by?

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Desmosomes

Front 28

Ribosomes are attached to?

Back 28

Rough endoplasmic reticulum

Front 29

The phospholipid area of the plasma membrane of a cell is?

Back 29

Bilayered

Front 30

Nerve cells do what?

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Detect changes in the environment

Front 31

Muscle cells do what?

Back 31

Contract for movement

Front 32

Red cells do what?

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Transport oxygen

Front 33

Gland cells do what?

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Release hormones

Front 34

Immune cells do what?

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Destroy bacteria

Front 35

A typical, or ___________ cell exhibits the most important characteristics of cell types

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Composite

Front 36

What is the term meaning "water- loving"?

Back 36

Hydrophilic

Front 37

What is the process that allows a message to be carried across a membrane?

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Signal transduction

Front 38

What detoxifies harmful substances that enter cells?

Back 38

Peroxisomes

Front 39

What is one of the largest cell structures and occupies the central portion of the cell?

Back 39

Nucleus

Front 40

What is embedded within the phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane?

Back 40

Integral membrane proteins

Front 41

What serves as cellular muscles?

Back 41

Microfilaments

Front 42

All cells contain thousands of?

Back 42

Ribosomes