Answer the Following Questions About Plasma Membrane Terms Flashcards

Plasma membranes are found in what types of cell(s)?

This cytoskeletal element is organized within flagella and cilia.

You examine a cell under a light microscope that has been treated with a stain that makes the Golgi complex appear red. The cell has taken up the red stain. What type of cell is it?

What type of intercellular junctions involves the cadherins?

What organelle helps keep lettuce crisp?

Considered the basic unit of life.

If the function of the centrosome were affected, what would the cell be unable to perform?

As a cell increases in size, what happens to its surface area-to-volume ratio?

Certain smooth muscle to cardiac muscle can contract in unison due to this junction.

In prokaryotes, polysaccharides are an important component of which cellular component?

Which organelle is involved in the digestion of macromolecules?

The shape of the cell is predominately maintained by..?

Ribosomes are involved in the formation of...?

The sarcoplasmic reticulum is a specalized type of ER found in muscle which releases...?

Long distance runners and bikers would have a higher abundance of which organelle for metabolism?