Cell Communication
What type of cell communication involves communication with themselves?
Autocrine
Interphase
Alternate versions of a gene are called what?
Alleles
Where in the body does digestion begin?
Mouth
What is the term for an animal that spreads disease?
Vector
What hormone is released when you consume sugar? This is part of endocrine communication.
Insulin
Sister chromatids
What scientist founded the Gene Idea?
Mendel
Liver
Smallpox, influenza, and the common cold are disease caused by what category of pathogen?
Virus
What is the term for a molecule or ion that binds to a target molecule to form a larger structure, acting as a signaling molecule?
Ligand
During which phase of interphase are chromosomes duplicated?
S phase (synthesis)
What is the term for the ordered display of the pairs of chromosomes from a cell?
Karyotype
What macromolecule does amylase break down?
Carbohydrate
Lysozyme
Juxtacrine
What is the term for a type of chromosomal mutation that occurs when homologous chromosomes do not separate properly during meiosis?
Nondisjunction
Mendel's law of _____ states that two alleles for a trait separate during gamete formation.
Segregation
What is the flap of connective tissue the closes over the opening of the trachea to prevent food from blocking the airway to the lungs?
Epiglottis
What is the name of proteins produced by the immune system that interfere with virus growth?
Interferons
What is the term for channels in animal cells that can form between cell membranes, allowing for signaling molecules and other material to be exchanged between their cytoplasm?
Gap junctions
What is another name for the G0 phase (cell arrest)?
Mendel's law of _____ states that genes for different traits are inherited separately of each other.
Independent assortment
What is the name of the muscle that opens and closes to let chyme flow from the stomach into the small intestine?
Pyloric Sphincter
What type of immunity involves T cells providing defense against abnormal cells and pathogens?
Cell-mediated immunity