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NUR 304 Ch 2

1. Organs
Answer
fully differentiated body parts with specialized functions

2. Tissues
Answer
groups of different cell types that combine to form a specific function

3. Cells
Answer
basic units that make up tissues

4. Plasma Membrane
Answer
protects the cell by creating a barrier that separates intracellular components from extracellular
environment surrounding it

5. Bilayer
Answer
2 interconnected layers

6. Lipid Bilayers
Answer
mainly made up of phospholipids; arrangement of plasma mem- brane

7. Phospholipids
Answer
phosphate [PO4-] bound to lipid; phosphate is the "head", lipid is the "tail"

,8. Polar (hydrophilic)
Answer
having attraction to water; heads of lipid bilayer

9. Nonpolar (hydrophobic)
Answer
lacking an attraction to water; tails of lipid bilayer


10. Glycolipids
Answer
carbohydrate bound to lipid; present in smaller amounts than phospholipids in bilayer

11. Transmembrane Proteins
Answer
Proteins that pass through the membrane; allow communication and transport between
extracellular and intracellular environments

12. Integral Proteins
Answer
specific type of transmembrane protein that becomes part of the membrane; binds to lipid tails;
often form channel proteins

13. Channel Proteins
Answer
allow for the transport of ions across the plasma membrane

14. Ion
Answer
atom with an electrical charge

15. Cytoplasm

, Answer
colloidal substance surrounding the cell nucleus composed of wa- ter, proteins, fats,
electrolytes, glycogen, and pigments


16. Organelles
Answer
structures within a cell that perform a distinct function


17. Smooth ER
Answer
synthesis of lipids, lipoproteins, and steroid hormones; reg. of intracellular Ca

18. Rough ER

Answer
synthesis of proteins via bound ribosomes; production of lysosomal enzymes (acid hydrolases)

19. Golgi Apparatus
Answer
membranous structure; prepares substances produced by ER for secretion out of cell


20. Peroxisomes
Answer
membrane-enclosed sacs smaller than lysosomes; contain en- zymes called oxidases that
neutralize oxygen free radicals; promote survival by neutralizing harmful substances

21. Oxygen Free Radicals
Answer
atoms carrying an unpaired electron and no charge

22. Lysosome
Answer
small membranous sacs; digest cellular debris with hydrolytic enzymes; metabolism of

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