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Test 1

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The Nurse has charted: "Client has an open wound located on the lateral aspect of the leg". This wound would be located on which portion of the leg?

back 1

outer surface or lateral side

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The serous membrane that covers the intestines is what?

back 2

Visceral Peritoneum

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A vertical section through the body, dividing it into anterior and posterior portions is what?

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Coronal or frontal

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The anatomical position is used as what?

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A standard reference point for directional terms regardless of the actual position of the body

front 5

The frontal plane is also called the _______ plane?

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Coronal

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The dorsal body cavity is the site of what?

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Brain and spinal cord

front 7

The spleen is located in which quadrant of the body?

back 7

Left upper quadrant

front 8

Place the following in correct sequence from simplest to most complex
molecule, atom, tissue, cell, organ

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Atom, molecule, cell, tissue, organ

front 9

Homeostasis is the condition in which the b.
body maintains what?

back 9

A relatively stable internal environment, within limits

front 10

The parietal pleura would represent a serous membrane that does what?

back 10

lines the thoracic cavity

front 11

The anatomical position is characterized by all of the following except_______
body erect
palms turned posteriorly
arms at side
thumbs pointed laterally

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palms turned posteriorly

front 12

A negative feedback mechanism works how?

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To prevent sudden severe changes within the body

front 13

The main, general purpose of negative feedback is?

back 13

to maintain homeostasis

front 14

True or false
The epigastric region is located superior to the umbilical region.

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True

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True or False
The major function of serous membranes is to decrease friction.

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True

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True or False
The serous membrane that lines the peritoneal cavity is termed the visceral peritoneum.

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False

front 17

True or False
The elbow is proximal to the shoulder.

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False

front 18

Directly causes mechanical motion

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Muscular

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Responds to environmental changes by transmitting electrical impulses

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Nervous

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Provides support and levers for muscle to work on

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Skeletal

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Protects underlying organs from mechanical damage and synthesizes vitamin D

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Integumentary

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The other two terms for the horizontal plane are what?

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Transverse and cross section

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The elbow is _________ to the wrist?

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Proximal

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The knee is _________ to the hip?

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Distal

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The knee is ______ to the ankle?

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Proximal

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True or False
In the anatomic position the posterior surface of the body is the dorsal surface.

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True

front 27

True or False
In the anatomic position the little finger (5th finger) is the medial side

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True

front 28

In anatomic position the great (1st toe) is which of the following?
Medial or Lateral

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medial

front 29

A chain of 25 amino acids would be called a what?

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Polypeptide

front 30

The coiling of the protein chain backbone into an alpha helix is referred to as the what?

back 30

Secondary structure

front 31

Carbohydrates and proteins are built up from their basic building blocks by the _____?

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Removal of a water molecule between each two units

front 32

Which statement about enzymes is NOT true?
Enzymes are composed mostly of protein
Enzymes raise the activation energy needed to start a reaction
Enzymes are organic catalysts
Enzymes may be damaged by high temperature

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Enzymes raise the activation energy needed to start a reaction

front 33

What four elements make up about 96% of body matter?

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Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen

front 34

The structure composed of glycerol and 3 fatty acids is what?

back 34

Tryglycerides

front 35

The major function of carbohydrates in humans is what?

back 35

Generation of ATP

front 36

Which of the following is NOT a type of lipid?
Cholesterol
Prostaglandin
Glycogen
Oils

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Glycogen

front 37

The major functions of proteins in the body are what?

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Structures and enzymes

front 38

Having a polar and nonpolar portion is called?

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Amphiphatic

front 39

The plasma membrane on the extracellular side and the cytosolic side are what?

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Not identical in structure

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The hydrophobic portion of the plasma membrane is made up of what?

back 40

Fatty acid tails

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The most abundant substance in the plasma membrane is what?

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Phospholipids

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The cholesterol molecules separate phospholipids, provides an anchoring function in the outer portions of the membrane and what?

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Contributes to fluidity in the inner portion of the membrane

front 43

Glycolipids and glycoproteins are located at which sites in the plasma membrane?

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Extracellular side

front 44

Lipid rafts display what characteristic?

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Less fluid than the rest of the membrane

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The plasma membrane will be disrupted with the removal of what types of proteins?

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Integral proteins

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Most of the integral proteins are positioned such that they what?

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Face both the cytosolic and extracellular side

front 47

Peripheral proteins are associated with which portion of the plasma membrane?

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Hydrophilic portion

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Plasma membrane proteins can move how?

back 48

Laterally in the membrane

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Integral proteins do not function how?

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Exclusively as transport channels

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Glycocalyx is associated with what functions?

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Cell recognition, Maintaining the hydration status of the cell, Making the cell slippery

front 51

The major function of a microvilli is what?

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Increase the surface area of the cell

front 52

What are the characteristics asoociated with passive movement across a plasma membrane?

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Nonpolar and small molecular size

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Give examples of classified passive processes?

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Osmosis, Facilitated diffusion, Diffusion through channels

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What is one example that is not a classified passive process?

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Vesicular transport

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What are examples of passive process simple diffusion?

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Oxygen, alcohol

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What are examples of passive process Facilitated diffusion?

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Glucose, Galactose

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What are examples of passive process Osmosis?

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Water

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Osmosis is the movement of water from?

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An area of low to high solute concentration

front 59

The generation of the resting membrane potential is most associated with what channel?

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Leakage channel

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There are not more leakage channels for sodium in the plasma membrane than for what?

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Potassium

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Gated channels can be opened by what mechanism?

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Ligands, Voltage change, Mechanical stimulation of the plasma membrane

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A cell that is surrounded by a hypertonic extracellular fluid will do what?

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shrink

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A substance that binds to a plasma membrane receptor to trigger a cellular response is what?

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Ligand

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What are some examples of ligands?

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Neurostansmitter, hormones and drugs

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What does the sodium-potassium ATPase pump do?

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3 sodium ions are pumped from the intracellular to the extracellular space

front 66

Active transport does what?

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Release of acetylcholine from a secretory vesicel via exocytosis

front 67

Phagocytosis is best described by what?

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An active process in which lysosomes fuse with the enveloped vesicle

front 68

Membrane-enclosed vesicles formed in the golgi complex that contains strong hydrolytic and digestive enzymes

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Lysosomes

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Network of protein filaments that extend throughout the cytoplasm, providing cellular shape, organization and movement

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Cytoskeleton

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Sites of protein synthesis

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Ribosomes and Rough ER

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Contains enzymes that break apart unneeded, damaged or faulty proteins into smaller peptides

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proteosomes

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Site where secretory proteins and membrane molecules are synthesized

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Rough ER

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Membrane-enclosed vesicle that contains enzymes that oxidize various organic substances

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Peroxisomes

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Short microtubular structures extending from the plasma membrane and involved in movement of materials along the cell's surface

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Cilia

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Modifies, sorts, packages, and transports molecules synthesized in the rough ER

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Golgi complex

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An organizing center for growth of the mitotic spindle

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Centrosome

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Functions in ATP generation

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Mitochondria

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Functions in synthesizing fatty acids and steroids, helping liver cells release glucose into the bloodstream, and detoxification

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Smooth ER

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Membrane-bound sacs that transport, transfer or secrete proteins

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Vesicles

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Long microtubular structures extending from the plasma membrane and involved in the movement of a cell

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Flagellum

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Cristae

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Mitochondria

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Cis and trans face

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Golgi apparatus

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Cisternal system that is located immediately adjacent to the nucleus and is involved in protein synthesis

back 83

Rough ER

front 84

movement of sperm

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Flagellum

front 85

Vesicles that contain oxidases and catalases

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Peroxisome

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Smallest of the cytoskeletal elements; example is actin

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Microfilaments

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Site of attachment of tRNA

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Ribosome

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Exhibits a beating motion for movement of particles in the respiratory and female reproductive tract

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Cilia

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Site of assembly of ribosomes

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Nucleolus

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Associated with the proteins kinesins and dyneins for movement

back 90

Microtubules

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Degradation of damaged or old proteins; peptide chains broken down into amino acids

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Proteosome

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Electron transport chain

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Mitochondria

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Cisternal system that has vesicles budding from its surface

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Golgi apparatus

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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Smooth ER

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Mitotic spindle

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centriole

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Vesicle containing hydrolytic enzymes

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Lysosome

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Conversion of hydrogen peroxide to a non-harmful substance

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Perioxisome

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Transport of substances that have entered the cell via endocytosis to various organelles

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Endosomes

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Opening in double layered membrane by which mRNA exits in route to the cytosol

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Nuclear pore

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Synthesis of fatty acids and steroids and detoxification of some substances (ex: alcohol)

back 100

Smooth ER

front 101

Cytoskeletal element associated with red blood cell structural integrity

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Intermediate filament

front 102

What processes occur in the cell's nucleus?

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Replication and trancription

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How many nucleus' do all cell's contain?

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1 or more

front 104

Double layered and selectively permeable

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Nuclear membrane

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A nucleosome contains how many histone proteins wrapped in the DNA strand?

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8

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When the cell is carrying out normal daily activity the DNA is in what form?

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Extended form(chromatin)

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Deoxyribose and the phosphate group is part of what?

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DNA nucleotide

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The shortest portion of interphase is what?

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G2

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During interphase the cell is doing what?

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Performing its usual metabolic activities

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What is the correct sequence of bases for the complementary strand of DNA formed during replication for the DNA template bases of CGTA?

back 110

GCAT

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Shortest sequences of RNA are needed to initiate the process of replication. These RNA nucleotides are later what?

back 111

Replaced by DNA nucleotides

front 112

The complementary strand of DNA made during replication that is synthesized in segments that are spliced together is what?

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Lagging strand

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What cells do not have the ability to divide in the human adult?

back 113

Cardiac muscle cells and neurons

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What is a trigger for cells to stop dividing?

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Contact inhibition

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What rise and fall in a cyclic pattern during interphase and mitosis?

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Cyclin and MFP

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The longest phase of mitosis is what?

back 116

Prophase

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What is the correct sequence of events in mitosis?

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Prophase, Metaphaose, Anaphase, and Telophase

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During prophase the nuclear membrane disintegrates. It reforms during what stage?

back 118

Telophase

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The phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to opposite poles of the cell is what?

back 119

Anaphase

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The microtubular elements of the mitotic spindle that are attached to the centromere of the chromosomes is what?

back 120

Kinetochores

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The phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes are lined up at the equator of the cell is what?

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Metaphase

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Kinetochores pulls the chromosomes to the middle of the cell. Polar microtubules push the poles of the cell which way?

back 122

apart

front 123

Nucleoli remain visible or nonvisible thoughout mitosis?

back 123

nonvisible

front 124

The shortest phase of mitosis is what?

back 124

Anaphase

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The term chromosomes refers to 2 chromatids connected by a centromere. Once anaphase has occurred and the individual chromatids have separated, each chromatid is now what?

back 125

termed a chromosome

front 126

Telophase is in most ways ________ in reverse?

back 126

Prophase

front 127

The cleavage furrow is most associated with which stage of mitosis?

back 127

Telophase

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The base pair of RNA is what?

back 128

AUCG

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The 3 base pair groupings of mRNA is what?

back 129

Codon

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The RNA that is cloverleaf-shaped and has an end for bases and an end for a specific amino acid is what?

back 130

tRNA

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The process of transcription is best described as what?

back 131

A strand of mRNA and is made from a DNA template

front 132

What type of RNA is used in the process of translation?

back 132

tRNA, mRNA and rRNA

front 133

Transcription factor performs what function?

back 133

Loosens the histones and binds to the promotor region of DNA

front 134

What would be the complementary codon for a DNA template with the bases TAACGA?

back 134

AUUGCU

front 135

What would be the complementary anticodon for a codon with the base ACG?

back 135

UGC

front 136

What would be the anticodon for the DNA bases of ATGC?

back 136

AUGC

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The portion of pre-RNA that is removed is termed what?

back 137

introns

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The mRNA binds to what following translation?

back 138

A site

front 139

The sequence for tRNA to the large ribosomal subunit during translation is what?

back 139

A site....P site....E site

front 140

The basic physical unit of heredity, consisting of a sequence of DNA that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and determines a particular characteristic in an organism is what?

back 140

Gene

front 141

Complex of proteins and enzymes required for replication

back 141

Replisome

front 142

Removes the introns from the pre-mRNA

back 142

Spliceosome

front 143

Microtubules attached to the centrioles

back 143

Asters

front 144

Aids in the attachment of chromatids to each other

back 144

Cohesin

front 145

Protective caps on the ends of chromosomes

back 145

Telomeres

front 146

Histones wrapped together by DNA helix

back 146

Nucleosomes

front 147

Y-shaped area site of replication

back 147

Replication fork

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Enzyme used in transcription

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RNA polymerase

front 149

Enzyme that unwinds the DNA strands during replications

back 149

Helicase

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Enzyme involved in replication by placing the correct nucleotide and creating bonds

back 150

DNA ploymerase III

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Enzyme that splices together the segments of DNA made during replication on the lagging strand

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DNA ligase

front 152

Enzyme that cleaves the cohesin holding the chromatids together

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Separase

front 153

The area surrounding the centrioles

back 153

Centrosomes

front 154

Mitotic spindle

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Centrioles

front 155

Connects to chromatids

back 155

Centromeres

front 156

What is #1 in this picture?

back 156

Nucleus

front 157

What is #2 in this picture?

back 157

Nuclear envelope

front 158

What is #3 in this picture?

back 158

Chromatin

front 159

What is number #4 in this picture?

back 159

Nucleolus

front 160

What is #5 in this picture?

back 160

Smooth ER

front 161

What is #6 in this picture?

back 161

Cytosol

front 162

What is # 7 in this picture?

back 162

Lysosome

front 163

What is #8 in this picture?

back 163

Mitochondrion

front 164

What is #9 in this picture?

back 164

Centrioles

front 165

What is #10 in this picture?

back 165

Microvilli

front 166

What is #11 in this picture?

back 166

Microfilament

front 167

What is #13 in this picture?

back 167

Intermediate Filament

front 168

What is #14 in this picture?

back 168

Peroxisome

front 169

What is #15 in this picture?

back 169

Exocytosis

front 170

What is #16 in this picture?

back 170

Golgi Apparatus

front 171

What is #17 in this picture?

back 171

Ribosomes

front 172

What is #18 in this picture?

back 172

Rough ER

front 173

What is #19 in this picture?

back 173

Plasma Membrane

front 174

What is #12 in this picture?

back 174

Microtubules

front 175

What is #20 in this picture?

back 175

Centrosome Matric

front 176

What does pollex mean?

back 176

Thumb

front 177

What does hallux mean?

back 177

big toe

front 178

What does sural mean?

back 178

calf

front 179

What does Crural mean?

back 179

(front) lower leg

front 180

What does popliteal mean?

back 180

back side of knee

front 181

What does palmar mean?

back 181

palm of hand

front 182

What is a phospholipid?

back 182

1 glycerol, 2 fatty acid chains, and a phosphate group

front 183

What % of plasma lipids do cholesterol have?

back 183

20%

front 184

Cholesterol molecules are aligned with the phospholipid molecules where?

back 184

On both sides of the bilayer

front 185

Glycolipids are found where?

back 185

Only in the portion of the plasma membrane that faces the extracellular fluid space

front 186

Which one gets cut out during transcriptions Introns or exons?

back 186

Introns

front 187

What has a cloverleaf structure?

back 187

tRNA

front 188

What % of body mass makes up fluids in the female?

back 188

55%

front 189

What % of body mass makes up fluids in males?

back 189

60%

front 190

How much of the bodily fluid is in the intracellular cells?

back 190

2/3

front 191

How much of the bodily fluid is in the extracellular fluid?

back 191

1/3

front 192

In our extracellular fluid what % is in the Interstitial fluid?

back 192

80%

front 193

The cytoplasm is what?

back 193

The cellular material inside the plasma membrane and outside the nucleus

front 194

What % of the total cell volume is made up of the cytoplasm?

back 194

55%

front 195

Major functional area of a cell where most cellular activities are accomplished

back 195

Cytoplasm

front 196

What is A in this picture?

back 196

Cytoplasm

front 197

What is B in this picture?

back 197

Cytosol

front 198

What is C in this picture?

back 198

Plasma membrane

front 199

What is D in this picture?

back 199

Nucleus

front 200

What is E in this picture?

back 200

Organelles

front 201

What is A in this picture

back 201

Smooth ER

front 202

What is B in this picture?

back 202

Rough ER

front 203

What is C in this picture?

back 203

Ribosomes

front 204

What is D in this picture?

back 204

Nuclear Envelope

front 205

What is E in this picture?

back 205

Large ribosomal subunit

front 206

What is F in this picture?

back 206

Small ribosomal subunit

front 207

What is A in this picture?

back 207

Cis face "receiving" side of golgi apparatus

front 208

What is B in this picture?

back 208

Transport vesicle from the golgi

front 209

What is C in this picture?

back 209

Secretory vesicle from trans face

front 210

What is D in this picture?

back 210

Trans face "shipping" side of golgi apparatus

front 211

What is E in this picture?

back 211

New vesicles forming

front 212

What is F in this picture?

back 212

Cisternae

front 213

What is G in this picture?

back 213

Transport vesicle from rough ER

front 214

What is H in this picture?

back 214

Golgi apparatus

front 215

What is I in this picture?

back 215

New Vesicles forming

front 216

What is J in this picture?

back 216

Transport vesicle from the golgi

front 217

What does the Cis face do?

back 217

Receives proteins from the rough ER

front 218

What does the medial cisternae do?

back 218

Adds carbohydrates to proteins to form glycoproteins
Adds proteins to lipids to form lipoproteins

front 219

What does the trans face do?

back 219

Modifies the proteins further and packages them in vesicles for transport

front 220

What contains proteins to be exported from the cell?

back 220

Secretory vesicles

front 221

What delivers proteins to the cell plasma membrane to be incorporated there?

back 221

Membrane vesicles

front 222

What carries proteins to another location in the cell other than the plasma membrane?

back 222

Transport Vesicles

front 223

How many different kinds of enzymes are their in lysosomes?

back 223

60

front 224

Lysosomes work best in what kind of environment?

back 224

acidic

front 225

What do lysosomes contain?

back 225

Digestive and hydrolytic enzymes

front 226

What do peroxisome's do?

back 226

Removes hydrogen from organic compounds such as fatty acids and amino acids
Oxidixes toxins such as alcohol

front 227

What does peroxisomes contain?

back 227

Oxidases and catalases

front 228

Where do you find more mitochondria cells?

back 228

Muscle cells, liver and kidney
Cells with large energy needs

front 229

Mitochondria do what kind of replicating?

back 229

self-replicating

front 230

What kind of DNA do Mitochondria have?

back 230

their own distinct kind

front 231

How many genes do Mitochondria have and what pattern is the DNA?

back 231

37 genes and the DNA is circular

front 232

Where does Mitochondrial DNA come from?

back 232

mother

front 233

What is A in this picture?

back 233

Outer mitochondrial membrane

front 234

What is B in this picture?

back 234

Ribosome

front 235

What is C in this picture?

back 235

Mitochondrial DNA

front 236

What is D in this picture?

back 236

Enzymes

front 237

What is E in this picture?

back 237

Matrix

front 238

What is F in this picture?

back 238

Cristae

front 239

What is G in this picture?

back 239

Inner mitochondrial membrane

front 240

What detoxifies toxins such as alcohol in liver cells

back 240

Smooth ER

front 241

What synthesizes fatty acids and steroids such as Estrogen and testosterone

back 241

Smooth ER

front 242

Structural framework for cell shape and for movement of organelles within the cell, chromosomes during mitosis and phagocytosis

back 242

Cytoskeleton

front 243

What forms the mitotic spindle?

back 243

Centrioles

front 244

What is the centrosome?

back 244

Cellular location of the centrioles

front 245

How many clusters of triplets do centrioles have?

back 245

9

front 246

How many centrioles do each cell have and how are they located?

back 246

2 pairs perpendicular to each other

front 247

What is A in this picture?

back 247

Centrosome matrix

front 248

What is B in this picture?

back 248

Centrioles

front 249

What is C in this picture?

back 249

Microtubules

front 250

What is A labeled in this picture?

back 250

DNA double helix

front 251

What is B labeled in this picture?

back 251

Histones

front 252

What is C labeled in this picture?

back 252

Chromatid " beads on a string"

front 253

What is D labeled in this picture?

back 253

Linker DNA

front 254

What is E labeled in this picture?

back 254

Nucleosomes

front 255

What is F labeled in this picture?

back 255

Super coiled structure

front 256

What is G labeled in this picture?

back 256

Tight Helical fiber

front 257

What is H labeled in this picture?

back 257

Chromatid

front 258

What is I labeled in this picture?

back 258

Metaphase chromosome

front 259

DNA base pairs are:
Adinene to _________
Guanine to _________

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Adinene to Thymine
Guanine to Cytosine

front 260

RNA base pairs are:
Adinene to _______
Guanine to ______

back 260

Adinene to Thymine
Guanine to Cytosine

front 261

What is A in this picture?

back 261

Adenine

front 262

What is B in this picture?

back 262

Thymine

front 263

What is C in this picture?

back 263

Cytosine

front 264

What is D in this picture?

back 264

Guanine

front 265

What is E in this picture?

back 265

Replication fork

front 266

What is F in this picture?

back 266

DNA Polymerase III

front 267

What is G in this picture?

back 267

Old template strand

front 268

What is H in this picture?

back 268

Newly made strand

front 269

What is I in this picture?

back 269

Leading strand

front 270

What is J in this picture?

back 270

DNA One chromatid

front 271

What is K in this picture?

back 271

New strand forming

front 272

What is L in this picture?

back 272

DNA Polymerase III

front 273

What is M in this picture?

back 273

Old template strand

front 274

What is N in this picture?

back 274

Lagging strand