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True or false: Prophase occurs in both mitosis and meiosis |
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True of false: Axons are a part of absorptive cells |
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True or false: Groups of specialized cells are called organs |
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True or false: An end product of mitosis is sperm cells or an egg |
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True or false: The pancreas and pituitary are glands that have large numbers of secretory cells |
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List 5 of the 10 major coponents of a cell |
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Nucleus, Golgi body, Plasma membrane, ribosomes, and microfilaments |
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Name three general functions of all cells |
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maintenance, synthesis of cell products, cell division |
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Identify five general types of tissues |
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Nerve, Epithelial, muscle, connective, fluid |
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What general type of tissue includes fibrous, elastic, cartilaginous, and adipose tissue? |
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Give an example of a fluid tissue |
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What type of information is carried in DNA? |
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Describe six assumptions that make the cell the fundamental unit of life |
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1- all living material is made up of cells 2- All cells are derived from previously existing cells 3- A cell is the most elementary unit of life 4- Every cell is bounded by a plasma membrane 5- all cells have strong biochemical similarities 6- most cells are small |
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Discuss the concept of morphogenesis |
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During this process many major types of cells are formed, including absorptive, secretory, nerve, sensory, muscle, and reproductive cells |
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Explain the difference between mitosis and meiosis |
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Mitosis occurs in both sexual and asexual cells, meiosis only occurs in sexual cells |
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Discuss the difference between skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle |
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skeletal- controlled by the central nervous system and at will smooth- activated by the autonomic nervous system cardiac- characterized by its ability to contract rhythmically |
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Describe the two events that cell division depends on |
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1- the copying of the DNA molecules 2- the orderly separation of the products of this copying |
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What is the importance of ATP? |
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acts as an energy carrier for those reactions in the cell that release energy and those reactions that consume energy |
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What is the importance of ATP? |
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acts as an energy carrier for those reactions in the cell that release energy and those reactions that consume energy |
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