NSG 5003 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔ Differentiation - ✔✔(maturation) process in which cells become specialized in
structure and function
✔✔The eight specialized cellular functions are - ✔✔movement, conductivity, metabolic
absorption, secretion, excretion, respiration, reproduction, communication
✔✔Eukaryotic cells - ✔✔Contain a nucleus and other organelles that are bound by
membranes.
✔✔The eukaryotic cell consists of three general components - ✔✔plasma membrane,
cytoplasm, and intracellular organelles
✔✔Nucleus - ✔✔A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth
and reproduction
✔✔Vaults - ✔✔cytoplasmic organelles that are carrying messengers of ribonucleic acid
(mRNA) from the nucleus to the ribosomal sites of protein synthesis
✔✔plasma membrane (cell membrane) - ✔✔It's function is to protect the cell and
control what goes in and out. It is not a solid structure. It is made of millions of smaller
molecules so it is flexible and porous (allows things to pass through it).
✔✔cellular receptors - ✔✔protein molecules on the plasma membrane, in the
cytoplasm, or in the nucleus that can recognize and bind with specific smaller molecules
called ligands
✔✔Ligands - ✔✔A molecule that binds specifically to a receptor site of another
molecule.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔ Differentiation - ✔✔(maturation) process in which cells become specialized in
structure and function
✔✔The eight specialized cellular functions are - ✔✔movement, conductivity, metabolic
absorption, secretion, excretion, respiration, reproduction, communication
✔✔Eukaryotic cells - ✔✔Contain a nucleus and other organelles that are bound by
membranes.
✔✔The eukaryotic cell consists of three general components - ✔✔plasma membrane,
cytoplasm, and intracellular organelles
✔✔Nucleus - ✔✔A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth
and reproduction
✔✔Vaults - ✔✔cytoplasmic organelles that are carrying messengers of ribonucleic acid
(mRNA) from the nucleus to the ribosomal sites of protein synthesis
✔✔plasma membrane (cell membrane) - ✔✔It's function is to protect the cell and
control what goes in and out. It is not a solid structure. It is made of millions of smaller
molecules so it is flexible and porous (allows things to pass through it).
✔✔cellular receptors - ✔✔protein molecules on the plasma membrane, in the
cytoplasm, or in the nucleus that can recognize and bind with specific smaller molecules
called ligands
✔✔Ligands - ✔✔A molecule that binds specifically to a receptor site of another
molecule.
