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TEAS 7 Nursing Entrance Exam Practice
Questions & Answers
What are vacuoles? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Sacs used for storage, digestion
and waste removal
How many vacuoles does a plant cell have? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1 large
vacuole
Can animal cells have more than one vacuole? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Yes
What is a vesicle? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----It is a small organelle within a
cell.
What does the membrane of a vesicle do? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Moves
materials within a cell
What is the cytoskeleton made up of? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Microtubules
that help shape and support the cell.
,What is a microtubule? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Part of the cytoskeleton to
support the cell.
What are microtubules made up of? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Protein
What is cytosol? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Material inside of the cell.
What is cytosol made up of? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Mostly water, but can
have other floating molecules.
What is the cell membrane? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Defines the cell by
acting as a barrier
What does the cell membrane do? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Helps keep the
cytoplasm inside and foreign substances outside.
What are the two types of endoplasmic reticulum? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----
Smooth and Rough
, What does rough endoplasmic reticulum have? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER---
Ribosomes on the outside
What is the endoplasmic reticulum? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A tubular
network that acts as a transport system.
Fused to the nuclear membrane and extends into cytoplasm.
What does the mitochondria do? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Develops ATP,
assists cell growth/death
Do mitochondria contain their own DNA? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Yes! it is
separate from the nucleus.
List the 4 functions of the mitochondria - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1. Cell
energy
2. Cell signaling
3. Cellular differentiation
4. Cell cycle/growth regulation
In what kind of cells are mitochondria numerous? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER---
Eukaryotic Cells
TEAS 7 Nursing Entrance Exam Practice
Questions & Answers
What are vacuoles? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Sacs used for storage, digestion
and waste removal
How many vacuoles does a plant cell have? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1 large
vacuole
Can animal cells have more than one vacuole? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Yes
What is a vesicle? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----It is a small organelle within a
cell.
What does the membrane of a vesicle do? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Moves
materials within a cell
What is the cytoskeleton made up of? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Microtubules
that help shape and support the cell.
,What is a microtubule? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Part of the cytoskeleton to
support the cell.
What are microtubules made up of? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Protein
What is cytosol? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Material inside of the cell.
What is cytosol made up of? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Mostly water, but can
have other floating molecules.
What is the cell membrane? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Defines the cell by
acting as a barrier
What does the cell membrane do? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Helps keep the
cytoplasm inside and foreign substances outside.
What are the two types of endoplasmic reticulum? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----
Smooth and Rough
, What does rough endoplasmic reticulum have? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER---
Ribosomes on the outside
What is the endoplasmic reticulum? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----A tubular
network that acts as a transport system.
Fused to the nuclear membrane and extends into cytoplasm.
What does the mitochondria do? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Develops ATP,
assists cell growth/death
Do mitochondria contain their own DNA? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Yes! it is
separate from the nucleus.
List the 4 functions of the mitochondria - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1. Cell
energy
2. Cell signaling
3. Cellular differentiation
4. Cell cycle/growth regulation
In what kind of cells are mitochondria numerous? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER---
Eukaryotic Cells
