Microscopy
What is a microscope that is most common in our labs?
Light microscope
What is the function of Ribosomes?
Make proteins
What is the simplest form of carbohydrates?
monosaccharides or simple sugars
what is two fatty acids and a phosphate group attached to a glycerol?
phospholipid
What is a biologically functional molecule that consits of one or more polypeptides?
Protein
What are the microscopes called that study subcellular structures?
Electron Microscope
What are the two types of Endoplasmic reticulum?
Smooth ER, Rough ER
What is the most common monosaccharide?
Glucose
What are the two types of fatty acids?
Saturated fatty acids and Unsaturated fatty acids
Amino acids are linked by a type of covalent bond called what?
peptide bond
What is the microscope that focuses a beam of electrons onto the surface of a specimen, providing a 3-D image?
Scanning electron microscope
What are the 3 types of cell junctions?
Tight junctions, Desmosomes, Gap junctions
What are the names of the three main disaccharides?
Maltose, Lactose, Sucrose
What is it called when there are 3 fatty acids joined to a glycerol?
triglyceride
What type of bonds create the secondary structure?
Hydrogen bonds
What is the microscope that focuses a beam of electrons through a specimen?
Transmission electron microscope
What are the 4 functions of smooth ER?
Synthesizes lipids, Metabolizes carbohydrates, Detoxifies drugs and poisons, stores calcium ions
What is the name for three-carbon sugar, five-carbon sugar, and six-carbon sugar?
Triose, Pentose, Hexose
What are the two families of nitrogenous bases?
Pyrimidines and Purines
What are the four levels of protein structure?
Primary structure, Secondary structure, Tertiary structure, Quaternary structure
What are the three important parameters of microscopy?
Magnification, Resolution, Contrast
What are the 6 things that consist of the endomembrane system?
Nuclear envelope, Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, Lysosomes, Vacuoles, Plasma Membrane
What are the four main polysaccharides humans consume?
Starch, cellulose, chitin, glycogen
What is a carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings?
a Steroid
What does x-ray crystallography determine?
A protein's structure