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The centermost region, which includes the umbilicus
Umbilical
Immediately superior to the umbilical region; overlies most of stomach
Epigastric region
Immediately inferior to the umbilical region; encompasses the pubic area
Hypogastric (pubic) region
Lateral to the hypogastric region and overlying the superior parts of the hip bones
Iliac (inguinal) regions
Between the ribs and the flaring portions of the hip bones; lateral to the umbilical region
Lumbar regions
The basic unit or building block of all living things is the..
Cell
A ___ is a group of cells that are similar in structure and function.
Tissue
An ____ is a structure composed of two or more tissue types that performs a specific function for the body. For ex: the small intestine which digests and absorbs nutrients, is composed of all four tissue types.
Organ
An ____ ____ is a group of organs that act together to perform a particular body function
Organ System
Supports the microscope
Base
Light passes directly upward through the microscope. Located in the base.
Substage light
The platform the slide rests on while being viewed.
Stage
Small substage lens that concentrates the light on the specimen. The ..... may have a rack and pinion knob that raises and lowers the condenser to vary light delivery
Condenser
Arm attached to the base of the condensor that regulates the amount of light passing throught the condensor. the ..... ....... permits the best possible contrast when viewing the specimen
Iris diaphragm lever
Used to focus on the specimen
Coarse adjustment knob
Used for precise focusing once coarse focusing has been completed.
Fine adjustment knob
Supports the objective lens system and the ocular lens
Head
Vertical portion of the microscope connecting the base and head.
Arm
An ocular lense has the magnification of ___
10x
Rotating mechanism at the base of the head. Generally carries three or four objective lenses and permits sequential positioning of these lenses over the light beam passing through the hole in the stage.
Nosepiece
The ____ lens has a magnification between 4x and 5x
Scanning
The _____ lens has a magnification of 10x
Low power
The ____ objective lens has a magnification range form 40x to 50x
High power
The ___ image is projected to the ocular.
Real
This real image is magnified by the ocular lens to produce the ____ image seen by your eye.
Virtual
Any specimen being viewed is equal to the power of the ocular lens mutipied by the power of the objective lens used. Ex: If the ocular lens magnifies 10x and the objective lens being used magnifies 45x the ___ ____ is 450x
Total Magnification
The ability to discriminate two close objects as separate
Resolution
The area you see through is the...
Field
How far the bottom of the objective lens is from the specimen
Working Distance
Today most good lab microscopes are ____ that is, the slide hsould be in focus at the higher mag once you have properly focused
Parfocal
The specimen clearly in focus is geater at lower magnifations
Depth of field
In preparing a wet mount you use...
Physiological Saline, iodine, or methylene blue.
When the cell is not dividing, the genetic material is loosely dispersed throughout the nucleus in a threadlike form called ____
Chromatin
When the cell is in the process of dividing to form daughter cells, the chromatin coils and condenses, forming dense, darkly staining rodlike bodies called ____
Chromosomes
The nucleus also contains one or more small round bodies called ____ composed primaily of proteins and RNA
Nucleoli
The nucleus is bound by double-layered porous membrane called the ____ ____
Nuclear Envelope
The nuclear envelope is distinguished by its large ___ ___. Although they are spanned by diaphragms, these pores permit easy passage of protein and RNA molecules.
Nuclear Pores
The ___ ___ separates the cell contents from the surrounding evironment. Its main structural building blocks are phospolipids and globular protein molecules,
Plasma Membrane
Metabolic machinery of the cell
Organelles
___, are densely staining, roughly spherical bodies composed of RNA and protein. They are actual sites of protein sythesis. They are seen floating free in the cytoplasm or attached to a membranous structure.
Ribosomes
The ___ ____ is a highly folded system of membranous tubules and cisternae that extends throughout the cytoplasm. The __ is continuous with the nuclear envelope. Thus, it is assumed that the __ provides a system of channels for the transport of cellular substances (proteins) from one part of the cell to the other.
Endoplasmic Reticulum
___ ___ is studded with ribosomes. Its cisternae modify and store the newly formed proteins and dispatch them to other areas of the cell.
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
The ___ ___ does not participate in protein synthesis but is preseint in conspicuous amounts in cells that produce steroid-based hormones. It is very active in lipid metabolism.
Smooth E.R
The ___ ____ is a stack of flattened sacs with bulbous ends that is generally found close to the nucleus. Within its cisternae, the proteins delivered to it by transport vesicles from the rough ER are modified and packaged into membranous vesicles that ultimately (1) are incorporated into the plasma membrane, (2) become secretory vesicles that release their contents from the cell, or (3) become lysosomes.
Golgi Apparatus
Various-sized membranous sacs containgin degestive enzymes; funtion to digest worn-out cell organelles and foreign substances that enter the cell; have the capacity of total cell destruction if ruptured.
Lysosomes
Small lysosome-like membranous sacs containing oxidase enzymes that detoxify alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and other harmful chemicals.
Peroxisomes
Generally rod shaped bodies with a double-membrane wall; inner membrane is thrown into folds, or cristae; contain enzymes that oxidize foodstuffs to produce cellullar energy (ATP); powerhouse of the cell! has its own DNA
Mitochondria
____ elements ramify throughout the cytoplasm, forming an internal scaffolding ccalled the ____ that supports and moves substanceswithin the cell.
Cytoskeleton
The ____ are slender tubules formed of proteins called tubulins.
Microtubules
____ ____ are stable proteinaceous cytoskeltal ements that act as internal guy wires to resist mechanical (pulling) forces acting on cells
Intermediate Filaments
ribbon or cordlike elements, are formed of contractile proteins, primarily actin.
Microfilaments
The paired ___ lie close to the nucleus in all animal cells capable of reproducing themselves. They are rod shaped bodies that lie at right angles to each other.
Centrioles
Each ___ is composed of nine triplets of microtubules.
Centrioles
During cell division, the ___ direct the formation of the mitotic spindle.
Centrioles
____ form the cell projections called cilia and flagella, and in that role are called basal bodies.
Centrioles
Stored food, pigment granules, crystals, and ingested foreign materials are not part of the active metabolic machinery of the cell and are therefore called ___
Inclusions
The longer period during which the cell grows and carries out its usual activities.
Interphase
When the cell reproduces itself by dividing.
Cell Division
___ is nuclear division
Mitosis
____ is the division of the cytoplasm, which begins after mitosis is nearly complete.
Cytokinesis
The product of ___ is two daughter nuclei that are genetically identical to the mother nucleus.
Mitosis
A specialized type of nuclear division that occurs only in the reproductive organs.
Meiosis
____, which yeilds 4 daughter nuclei that differ genetically in composition from the mother nucleus, is used only for the production of gametes for sexual reproduction.
Meiosis
The funtion of cell division, including ____ & ____ in the body, is to increase the number of cells for growth and repair while maintaining their genetic heritage.
Mitosis & Cytokinesis
____: At the onset of cell division, the chromatin threads coil and shorten to form densely staining, short, barlike chromosomes.
Prophase
The phases of mitosis are?
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
*Cleavage furrow formed in late anaphase by contractile ring
Cytokinesis
Cytoplasm is pinched into two parts after mitosis ends
Cytokinesis
*Asters are seen as chromatin condenses into chromosomes
* Nucleoli disappear
*Centriole pairs separate and the mitotic spindle is formed
Early and Late Prophase
*Chromosomes cluster at the middle of the cell with their centromeres aligned at the exact center, or equator, of the cell.
Metaphase
This arrangement of chromosomes along a plane midway between the poles is called the _____ plate
Metaphase
*Centromeres of the chromosomes split
*Motor proteins in kinetochres pull chromosomes toward poles.
Anaphase
*New sets of chromosomes extend into chromatin
*New nuclear membrane is formed from the rough ER
*Generally ____ completes cell division
Telophase and Cytokinesis
Cell proteins and other substances are kept within the cell, and wastes pass to the exterior. This is known as ____ or ____ ____
Differential, or selective, permeability
In ___ ___ the cell provides energy (ATP) to power the transport process.
Active processes
Two important passive processes of membrane transport are ___ & ___.
Diffusion & Filtration
____ is an important transport process for every cell in the body.
Diffusion
____ usually occurs only across capillry walls.
Filtration
The random motion of small particles suspended in water can be observed. This is called the ___ ___.
Brownian Movement
When ___ ___ exists, the net effect of this random molecular movement is that the molecules eventually become evenly distributed throughout the environment.
Concentration Gradient
___ is the movement of molecules from a region of their higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Its driving force is the kinetic energy of the molecules themselves.
Diffusion
___ ____ - nonpolar and lipid-soluble substances
* Diffuse directly through the lipid bilayer
* Diffuse through channel proteins
Simple diffusion
The diffusion of solutes (particles dissolved in water) through a differentially permeable membrane is called ___ ___
Simple Diffusion
___ ___
* Transport of glucose, amino acids, and ions
* Transported substances bind carrier proteins or pass through protein channels.
Facilitated Diffusion
The transported substance either (1) binds to protein carriers in the membrane and is ferried across or (2) moves through water-filled protein channels.
Facilitated Diffusion
___ ___ the substance moves down its concentration gradient
Simple diffusion
A solution surrounding a cell is ____ if it contains more nonpenetrating solut particles than the interior of the cell.
Hypertonic
Water moves from the interior of the cell into a surrounding hypertonic solution by ___
Osmosis
A solution surrounding a cell is ____ if it contains fewer nonpenetrating soute particles than the interior of the cell.
Hypotonic
Red blood cell suspended in an ___ solution, where the cells retain their normal size and shape.
Isotonic
RBC suspended in ___ solution, as the cells lose water to the external environment they shrink and become prickly.
Hypertonic
___ means that cells have shrunk and become prickly
Crenation
RBC's suspended in a ___ solution, notice thier spherical bloated shape, a result of excessive water intake.
Hypotonic
____ is what happens when the cell swells and bursts
Hemolysis
___ is a passive process by which water and solutes are forced through a membrane by hydrostatic pressure.
Filtration
Whenever a cell uses the bond energy of ATP to move substances across its boundaries, the process is an ___ ___
Active Process
___ ____ requires carrier proteins that combine specifically with the transported substance.
Active Transport
*Uses ATP to move solutes across a membrane
* Requires carrier proteins
Active Transport
When cell must move materials in an opposite direction--against a concentration gradient. It requires energy
Active Transport
TYPES OF ACTIVE TRANSPORT
-two substances are moved across a membrane in the same direction
Symport System
TYPES OF ACTIVE TRANS
- Two substances are moved across a membrane in opposite directions.
Antiport System
TYPES OF ACTIVE TRANS
- Hydroloysis of ATP phosphorylates the transport protein causing conformational change.
Primary active Transport
TYPES OF ACTIVE TRANS
- use of an exchange pump (such as the Na+ -K pump) indirectly to drive the transport of other solutes.
Secondary active transport
Transport of large particles and macromolecules across plasma membranes.
Vesicular Transport
____ - moves substance from the cell interior to the extracellular space.
Exocytosis
___ - enables large particles and macromolecules to enter the cell.
Endocytosis
____- Moving substances into, across, and then out of a cell
Transcytosis
___ ___- Moving substances from one area in the cell to another.
Vesicular Trafficking
_____- pseudopods engulf solids and bring them into the cells interior
Phagocytosis
__ ___ ____- the plasma membrane infolds, bringing extracellular fluid and solutes into the interior of the cell
Fluid-phase endocytosis
___ ___ ____- clathrin-coated pits provide the main route for endocytosis and transcytosis
Receptor-mediated endocytosis
__ ___ ___ ____- caveolae that are platforms for a variety of signaling molecules.
Non-clathrin-coated vesicles