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Nuclear Envelope (membraneous or not?)
Membraneous
Mitochondria (membraneous or not?)
Membraneous
Golgi Apparatus (membraneous or not?)
Membraneous
ER (membraneous or not?)
Membraneous
Lysosome (membraneous or not?)
Membraneous
Peroxisome (membraneous or not?)
Membraneous
Nucleolus (membraneous or not?)
Non
Free ribosome
Non
Microtubules
Non
Non
Microfilaments
Non
Intermediate filaments
Non
Euchrmoatin in nucleus stains ____ and are/are not clumped
Light
Heterchromatin in nucleus stains ____ and are/are not clumped
Dark
Smooth ER are/are not studded with ribosomes
Are not
Three functions of smooth ER
Membrane synthesis, lipid synthesis, drug detioxification
Location of smooth ER in body
Abudant in liver, adrenal cortex
Rough ER are/are not studded with ribosomes
Are
Function of Rough ER
Protein synthesis for export
Location of rough ER
Abudant in plasma cell
What are polyribosomes?
Groups of ribosomes bound by mRNA
What is the function of polyribosomes?
Used for protein synthesis for internal utilization in cells
What has many polyribosomes?
Basophilic errythroblasts dedicated to synthesis of hemoglobin
Two functions of Golgi bodies
Contains many enzymes to finish protein synthesis begun in RER destined for secretion
Appearance/Faces of Golgi Bodies
Cis Convex Golgi Network (CGN), Trans concave Golgi Network (TGN)
Define lysosome
Membrane bound space
Lysosomes are produced in the
Golgi apparatus
Function of lysosomes
Degrade foreign antigens, cell debris, turnover of ECM
Define lysosomal storage disease
Defects in some lysosomal enzymes
Examples of lysosomal storage disease
Hurler and Hunter syndrome
How many membranes does a mitochondria have?
2 (inner and outer)
Where are mitochondria found?
Where ATP is consumed
What does a mitochondria do?
Produces ATP and ADP and energy derived from oxidation and food substances
Define: Leigh Disease
Progressive, severe childhood neurodegenrative disease (necrotizing encepolopathy)
Cause of Leigh disease
Autosomal recessive mutation in mitochondria enzyme pathway converting pyruvate to ATP
Characteristics of Leigh's Disease
Lactic acidemia, development delays, muscle weakness, seizures
Components of cytoskeleton
Microtubules, actin filamernts, intermediate filaments
Microtubules are composed of _____
Alpha and beta tubulin dimers arranged head to tail with microtubule organizing center
Five functions of microtubules
Maintain shape of cell-axons, organize into mitotic spindles; organize into centrioles, cilia and flagella, intracelluar transport, dynamic assembly and disassmbly
Actin filaments are composed of
G actin subunits polymerized into F-actin-ADP and Pi
In microvilli, filaments are bundled and stabilized by ____
Fascin and fibrin
____dissolves actin gels at high Ca
Gelsolin
In muscle actin filaments arrange in a _________________.
Paracrystaline network
Actin filaments in muscle are associated with ___
Troponin and tropomyosin
Description of intermediate filaments
Rope like aggregates of monomers
Function of intermediate filaments
Provide general support for the cell
Examples of intermediate filaments
Keratin (form support for desmosomes),
Examples of intermediate filaments
Vimentin family - vimentin (connective tissue), desmin (muscle), GFAP (glia); neurofilaments, laminins
Two more examples of intermediate filaments
Neurofilaments (neurons), lamins (nuclear envelope)
Gout Definition
Accumulation of uric acid crystals in diarthroidal joints
Gout symtoms
inflammation and painful swelling
Gout treatment
Colchichine
Mechanism of colchichine
Blocks instability of microtubules and prevents immigration of inflammatory cells
Name of anti-cancer drugs
Vinablastine, taxol, etoposide
Mechanism of chemo
GI distress, hair loss, susecptibility to infections resulting from blocking normally dividing cells
Genus of poiseonous mushroom
Amanita
Name of peptide in mushrooms
Phalloidin
Mechanism of phalloidin
Binds to and inacvtivates microfilaments
Effects of phalloidin
Severe liver damage
Description of Alzheimer's
Neurofibrillary tangles, dsposits around blood vessels and plaque formation
Causes of symptoms of Alzheimer's
Accumulation of tubulin in NFTs
This protein alters the dynamic instability of tubulin and results in accumulation of NFTs
Tau protein
Define: Mallory bodies
Abnormal accumulation of intermediate filament keratin in hepatocytes from excess alcohol consumption (kill liver cells)