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Honors Biology Study Guide. Chap. 7&8. © Lg 08/28/05

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light microscope   an optical instrument with lenses that bend visible light to magnify images of specimens.  
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resolving power   a measure of the clarity of an image; the minimum distance that 2 points can be separated and still be distinguished as 2 separate points.  
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transmission electron microscope (TEM)-   a microscope that passes an electron beam through very thin sections, primarily used to study the internal structure of cells.  
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scanning electron microscope (SEM)-   A microscope that uses an electron beam to scan the surface of a sample to study details of its topography  
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cell   The simplest collection of matter that can live. An organism’s basic units of structure and function.  
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organelle   one of several formed bodies with specialized functions, suspended in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells.  
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prokaryote   Type of cell without a membrane enclosed nucleus or membrane enclosed organelles, found in Bacteria and Archaea  
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eukaryote   cell with membrane enclosed nucleus and organelles, in protists, plants, fungi, and animals.  
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plasma membrane   Membrane at the boundary of every cell that acts as a selective barrier, therefore regulating the cell’s chemical composition.  
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chromatin   Complex of DNA and proteins that make up a eukaryotic chromosome. When the cell is not dividing, chromatin exists as a mass of long thin fibers not visible with a light microscope  
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chromosome   Thread like gene carrying structure found in the nucleus. Each chromosome consists of one very long DNA molecule and associated proteins.  
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nucleus   chromosome containing organelle of a eukaryotic cell.  
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nucleolus   a knot of chromatin that produces ribosomes  
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ribosome   A cell organelle constructed in the nucleoluss and functioning as the site of protein synthesis in the cytoplasm; consists of rRNA and protein molecules which make up 2 subunits  
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smooth endoplasmic reticulum   -The portion of the endoplasmic reticulum that is free of ribosomes.  
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rough endoplasmic reticulum-   Portion of the endoplasmic reticulum studded with ribosomes.  
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cytosol   Semi-fluid portion of the cytoplasm  
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Golgi apparatus   an organelle in eukaryotic cells consisting of flat membranous sacs that modify, store, and route products of the endoplasmic reticulum.  
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glycoprotein-   A protein covalently attached to a carbohydrate  
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transport vesicle   A tiny membranous sac in a cell’s cytoplasm carrying molecules produced by the cell.  
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lysosome   a membrane enclosed bag of hydrolytic enzymes found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells.  
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vacuole   A membrane enclosed sac taking up most of the interior of a mature plant cell and containing a variety of substances important in plant reproduction, growth and development  
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mitochondrion   An organelle in eukaryotic cells that serves as the site of cellular respiration.  
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matrix   The nonliving component of connective tissue, consisting of a web of fibers embedded in homogeneous ground substance that may be liquid, jelly-like or solid.  
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cristae   The infoldings of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion that houses the electron transport chain and the enzyme catalyzing the synthesis of ATP.  
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chloroplast   An organelle found only in plants and photosynthetic protists that absorbs sunlight and uses it to drive the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water.  
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plastid   One of a family of closely related plant organelles, including chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and amyloplasts.  
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thylakoid   A flattened membrane sac inside the chloroplast, used to convert light energy to chemical energy.  
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grana   Stacked portions of the thylakoid membrane in the chloroplast. Grana function in the light reactions of photosynthesis.  
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stroma   The fluid of the the chloroplast surrounding the thylakoid membrane; involved in the synthesis of organic molecules from carbon dioxide and water.  
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cytoskeleton   A network of tubules, microfilaments, and intermidiate filaments that branch throughout the cytoplasm and serve a variety of mechanical and transport functions  
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microtubule   A hollow rod of tubulin protein in the cytoplasm of all eukaryotic cells and in cilia, flagella, and the cytoskeleton.  
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microfilament   A solid rod of actin protein in the cytoplasm of almost all eukaryotic cells, making up part of the cytoskeleton and acting alone or with myosin to cause cell contraction.  
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cilia   Short cellular appendages specialized for locomotion, formed from a core of nine outer doublet microtubules and two inner single microtubules ensheathed in an extension of plasma membrane.  
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flagella   Long cellular appendages specialized for locomotion. The flagella of eukaryotes and prokaryotes differ in both structure and function.  
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9+2   9 microtubules outside, 2 microtubules inside eukaryotic flagellum or cilium.  
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pseudopod   A cellular extension of amoeboid cells used in moving and feeding  
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cell wall   A protective layer external to the plasma membrane in plant cells, bacteria, fungi, and some protists. In plant cells, the wall is formed of cellulose fibers embedded in a polysaccharide-protein matrix. The primary cell wall is thin and flexible, whereas  
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cell wall +   the secondary cell wall is stronger and more rigid and is the primary constituent of wood.  
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fluid mosaic model   the currently accepted model of cell membrane structure, which envisions the mebrane as a mosaic of individually inserted protein molecules drifting laterally in a fluid bilayer of phospholipids  
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selective permeability   A property of biological membranes that allows some substances to cross more easily than others.  
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passive transport   the diffusion of a substance across a biological membrane.  
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active transport   The movement of a substance across a biological membrane against its concentration or electrochemical gradient with  
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active transport +   the help of energy imput and specific transport proteins.  
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diffusion   The spontaneous tendency of a substance to move down its concentration gradient from a more concentrated to a less concentrated area.  
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hypertonic   In comparing two solutions, referring to the one with a greater solute concentration.  
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hypotonic   In comparing two solutions, the one with a lower solute concentration.  
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isotonic   Having the same solute concentration as another solution.  
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osmosis   The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane  
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osmoregulation   the control of water balance in organisms living in hypertonic, hypotonic or terrestrial environments.  
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endocytosis   the cellular uptake of micromolecules and particulate substances by localized regions of the plasma membrane that surround the substance and pinch off to form an intracellular vesicle.  
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exocytosis   The cellular secretion of macromolecules by the fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane.  
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phagocytosis   A type of endosytosis involving large, particulate substances.  
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