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Test Bank For The Human Body in Health and Illness
7th Edition By Barbara Herlihy


What is the study of cellular structure and function? - ANSWER: Cytology.

The ____ is the structural and functional unit of all living matter. - ANSWER: Cell.

The cell is encased by a _______. - ANSWER: Cell membrane.

Cell membrane is also called a what? - ANSWER: Plasma membrane.

What does the cell membrane do? - ANSWER: Seperates intracellular material form
extracellular material.

What are the functions of the cell membrane? - ANSWER: To hold the cell together,
and determine what substances are allowed to enter or leave the cell.

The cell membrane is semipermeable -- true or false? - ANSWER: True.

What makes up the cell membrane? - ANSWER: Phospholipids and protein and a
small amount of carbohydrates.

What do the protein molecules in the cell membrane do? - ANSWER: Provide
structural support for the membrane, act as binding sites for hormones, and create
pores through the lipid membrane.

How can substances move across the semipermeable membrane? - ANSWER:
Dissolve in the lipid portion, or cross the membrane by flowing through the pores.

Inside the cell is divided into two compartments: 1,2. - ANSWER: The nucleus and the
cytoplasm.

What is the nucleus? - ANSWER: The control center of the cell.

The nucleus is filled with a fliud substance called ______. - ANSWER: Nucleoplasm.

DNA containing structures are called what? - ANSWER: Chromosomes.

What is cytoplasm? - ANSWER: The gel-like substance found inside the cell, but
outside the nucleus.

, What does the cytoplasm contain? - ANSWER: Cytosol and organelles.

What is the mitochondria? - ANSWER: Tiny, slipper-shaped organelles.

What organ contains a lot of mitochondria? - ANSWER: The liver.

What is the "power plant" of the cell? - ANSWER: Mitochondria.

What does the mitochondria produce? - ANSWER: ATP.

What are ribosomes? - ANSWER: Cytoplasmic organelles involved with protein
synthesis.

Some ribosomes are attached to the ER and are called ______. - ANSWER: Fixed
ribosomes.

Ribosomes that float freely within the cytoplasm are _______. - ANSWER: Free
ribosomes.

What is the ER? - ANSWER: A network of membranes within the cytoplasm.

What are the two types of ER? - ANSWER: Smooth and rough.

What is the RER concerned with? - ANSWER: Protein synthesis.

What is the SER concerned with? - ANSWER: Synthesis of lipids, steriods, glycerides,
and glycogen.

What is the golgi apparatus? - ANSWER: A series of flattened membranous sacs.

What are lysosomes? - ANSWER: Membranous sacs containing powerful enzymes.

What do lysosomes do? - ANSWER: Break down intracellular waste and debris;
"clean house"

Lysosomes participate in the destruction of ingested bacteria, a process called
_________. - ANSWER: Phagocytosis.

The cytoskeleton is composed of threadlike structures called _______ and _______. -
ANSWER: Microfilaments and microtubules.

What does the cytoskeleton do? - ANSWER: Help maintain shape of the cell and
assists the cell in various forms of cellular movement.

What is the primary component of the cytoskeleton? - ANSWER: Microtubules.

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