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Active transport - Answers -✔✔ Energy-requiring process that moves material across a
cell membrane against a concentration difference
Passive Transport (Diffusion) - Answers -✔✔ a process that requires no energy to move
molecules down their concentration gradient (from high to low concentration)
Gene - Answers -✔✔ a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
Genome - Answers -✔✔ the complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell
or organism
Parts of a cell - Answers -✔✔ Cell membrane, cell wall, centriole, chloroplasts,
chromatin, cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum, flagella, Golgi complex/apparatus,
lysosome, mitochondria, nucleolus, nucleus, ribosomes, vacuole
Cell membrane - Answers -✔✔ the semipermeable membrane surrounding the
cytoplasm of a cell. Contains mostly lipids and proteins
Nucleus - Answers -✔✔ A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for
growth and reproduction
Golgi apparatus - Answers -✔✔ Packages proteins for transport out of the cell
Mitochondria - Answers -✔✔ Powerhouse of the cell (ATP)
Lysosomes - Answers -✔✔ Uses chemicals to break down food and worn out cell parts
Flagella - Answers -✔✔ whip like tails found in one-celled organisms to aid in movement
DNA - Answers -✔✔ a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes
up the chromosomes.
Mitosis - Answers -✔✔ the division of the nucleus of a cell
Mitosis steps - Answers -✔✔ prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
1st degree burn - Answers -✔✔ only epidermis is damaged; redness, swelling, and pain
, 2nd degree burn - Answers -✔✔ epidermis and part of dermis (blistered)
3rd degree burn - Answers -✔✔ charring of the skin, all layers damaged
type 1 diabetes - Answers -✔✔ the body doesn't produce insulin, the patient is
dependent on insulin for survival
type 2 diabetes - Answers -✔✔ - Insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency with
progressively lower insulin secretion over time
- Can be managed with lifestyle modificaitons, oral medicaitons, and/or injections
including insulin
- Strongly associated with obesity, physical inactivity and family history of diabetes
thyroid hormones - Answers -✔✔ T3, T4, calcitonin
Thymus - Answers -✔✔ thymosin
adrenal cortex hormones - Answers -✔✔ aldosterone, cortisol, androgens
adrenal medulla hormones - Answers -✔✔ epinephrine and norepinephrine
Pancreas hormones - Answers -✔✔ insulin and glucagon
anterior pituitary hormones - Answers -✔✔ Growth hormone (GH)
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
Luteinizing hormone (LH)
Prolactin (PRL)
posterior pituitary hormones - Answers -✔✔ antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin
pineal gland - Answers -✔✔ melatonin
joint classification - Answers -✔✔ fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial
joint classification by function - Answers -✔✔ Synarthrosis (immovable)
Amphiarthrosis (slightly movable)
Diarthrosis (freely movable)
Synarthrotic - Answers -✔✔ immovable joint
Amphiarthrotic - Answers -✔✔ slightly movable joints