Biochemistry
Oxygen is carried throughout the body by these.
Red blood cells
The term for polar heads in a membrane that "love water" is ______________.
Short phase where chromosomes line up at the midline of a cell.
Metaphase
The process of transforming from an unspecialized stem cell into a specialized cell is called _________.
Differentiation
Cells without a nucleus are called ___________.
Prokaryotic (prokaryotes)
When we exhale we are primarily getting rid of this waste product of respiration.
Carbon Dioxide
In a cell's membrane ____________ form channels or pumps to move things into and out of the cell.
Proteins
Phase of the cell cycle where cells grow and prepare for division.
Interphase
When eggs are fertilized in a lab, outside of the body.
In vitro
The watery matrix that organelles float in.
Cytosol
Salts in our blood function as ___________ because they can conduct a charge.
Electrolytes
The molecule that provides most of the energy for active transport.
ATP
Name of the small region that holds two sister chromatids together.
Centromere
The process of creating a multicellular organism that is genetically identical to another.
Cloning
Organelles that make proteins based on DNA instructions.
Ribosomes
This class of biomolecules is used for protection and long term energy storage.
Lipids
General term for when a cell engulfs something and brings it into the cell.
Endocytosis
Phase of the cell cycle where chromatin condenses into chromosomes.
Prophase
Name for adult stem cells that differentiate to make up the body tissues.
Somatic
This organelle distributes and transports various molecules in vesicles.
Golgi Apparatus
What is the polysaccharide animals store in their muscles?
Glycogen
These biomolecules act as cellular identification cards in cellular membranes.
Carbohydrates
Name for chemicals that cause cancer.
Carcinogens
A blastocyst is an ____________ stem cell that is totipotent.
Embryonic
Whip-like structures that aid in the movement of some cells, like sperm cells.
Flagella