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Chapter 4: Cellular Form and Function


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Chapter 4: Cellular Form and Function

term

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protoplasm

107

spontaneous generation

107

squamous

107

cuboidal

107

columnar

108

spheroid

108

ovoid

108

discoid

108

fusiform

108

fibers

108

stellate

108

basal surface

108

lateral surface

108

apical surface

108

cytoplasm

108

transmission electron microscope (TEM)

108

cytosol

108

intracellular fluid (ICF)

108

light microscope (LM)

108

resolution

109

organelles

109

scanning electron microscope (SEM)

111

unit membrane

111

cell membrane

111

fluid-mosaic model

111

integral (transmembrane) protein

112

peripheral protein

112

receptor

113

G protein

113

second messenger

113

channel protein

113

gates

113

ligand-gated channel

113

voltage-gated channel

113

carrier

114

pump

114

brush border

116

terminal web

116

power stroke

116

recovery stroke

116

axoneme

117

9+2 structure

117

dynein arms

117

nuclear envelope

117

cisterna

118

secretory vesicle

118

programmed cell death

118

apoptosis

119

autophagy

119

crista

120

mitochondrial matrix

120

cytoskeleton

121

membrane skeleton

121

tubulin

123

selectively permeable membrane

123

hydrostatic pressure

125

concentration gradient

125

osmotic pressure

126

tonicity

127

hypotonic

127

hypertonic

127

isotonic

127

normal saline

127

carrier-mediated transport

128

specificity

128

saturation

128

transport maximum (Tm)

128

secondary active transport

130

sodium-potassium (Na+-K+) pump

130

Na+-K+ ATPase

130

pseudopod

131

vacuole

132

phagosome

132

phagolysosome

132

pinocytotic vesicle

132

clathrin

132

clathrin-coated vesicle

132

transcytosis

132



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