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Extant - ✔✔cells that exist and are alive currently
extinct - ✔✔dead species, no longer exist
ATP - ✔✔energy commodity of cell, driving force for reactions of life
paramecium - ✔✔swims by multiple rows of cilia that beat in a synchronized pattern,
rotating along the long axis. Eat bacteria, yeast, and other small microorganisms
oral groove - ✔✔stuff is scooped into it while swimming, particles then enter the gullet
where it is digested and nutrients are absorbed
anal pore - ✔✔undigested particles go out here
rotifer - ✔✔predator, eats paramecia
paramecia escape tactic - ✔✔shed all cilia to confuse predator, must sit in mud for
several days to allow cilia to grow back
contractile vacuole - ✔✔in paramecia, it spits out excess water in the cell
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, Why are cells small? - ✔✔At a certain diameter, oxygen and nutrients can't diffuse into
interior of cell, nor can waste products be removed
How do social systems help cells? - ✔✔They divide up labor by specializing certain
cells for special functions. Form precursors of different tissues.
How does division of labor help cells? - ✔✔Enables the organism to be more robust, can
engage in many activities
Totipotent embryonic stem cell - ✔✔Can become an endoderm, mesoder, or ectoderm
endoderm - ✔✔lung, pancreas
mesoderm - ✔✔heart muscle, red blood cell
ectoderm - ✔✔skin, neuron
Induced pluripotent stem cells - ✔✔adult bone marrow, skin, cord blood, and
deciduous teeth
Cell shape is related to ___________ - ✔✔cell function
Cell type - ✔✔a means of recognizing the subdivision of labor in the social system of a
multicellular organism (diff phenotype and a diff function of the cell)
Neuron - ✔✔present in the nervous system of the body, a principle function is to
provide pathway for action potentials used in cell communication
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