Questions and Answers
Cell - answer- Living structural and functional units enclosed by membrane
(200 types of specialized cells in body)
Cell biology - answer- study of cellular structure and function
has 3 main components
1. plasma membrane
2. cytoplam & organelles
3. nucleus
Plasma Membrane - answer- -Phospholipid bilayer
-head is hydrophillic/ polar
- body is fatty acid tails/ non-polar/hydrophobic
flexible support
structural support
Membrane proteins - answer- -Fluid mosaic model: Proteins distributed unevenly in
cell membrane, like a mosaic
Integral protein - answer- full
peripheral protein - answer- partial
Cell junctions: - answer- 1. Tight ( adhesive, never getting apart)
2. Desmosome ( velcro, still together but hard to take apart still)
3. gap ( gate)
cilia - answer- hair like structures that beat in unison
microvilla - answer- increase surface area of cell membrane : allows for rapid
diffusion of digested foods from GI tract into blood stream
Cytoplasm - answer- - has organelles
-cytosol is the water around it
8 organelles - answer- 1. cytoskeleton
2. lysosomes
3. periosomes
4. mitochondria
5. ribosomes
6. ER (2)
7. Golgi
8. Nucleus