Module 4: Cell Biology
The movement of solutes from high concentration to low concentration is which type of transport?
Diffusion
Where does translation occur at within the cell?
Cytoplasm
The removal of a tissue sample for diagnostic purposes is referred to as?
Biopsy
What does the basement membrane seperate?
Epidermis and dermis
What was Taylor Swift's first song to go number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100?
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
What will happen to a healthy red blood cell when placed into a hypertonic solution?
Cell will crenate (shrink)
Which phase of mitosis involves chromatids separating and moving to opposite poles?
Anaphase
What are the two types of fluid connective tissue?
Blood and hematopoietic
Which type of sweat gland secretes water and salt through pores to help cool body temperature?
Eccrine gland
What is the most common last name (surname) in the United States?
Smith
How are the phospholipid bilayers of cell membranes arranged?
Polar heads are hydrophilic, so they face the cytoplasm and extracellular substances. Non-polar fatty acids are hydrophobic so they face inward.
What is the nucleotide sequence of the start codon in translation?
AUG
Which type of tissue membrane is the only one that is an external membrane?
Cutaneous
Which epidermal strata gives off a clear & transparent appearance?
Stratum lucidum
Which author wrote the book The Old Man and the Sea?
Ernest Hemingway
What is the function of the Golgi Apparatus?
Collects, modifies, packages, and distributes proteins and lipids made by ER through vesicle formation
What happens during the second gap phase of interphase?
Cell prepares for division
What type of epithelium would be described as having multiple layers with cells being taller than they are wide?
Stratified columnar epithelium
Which pressure receptor in the dermis detects deep pressure?
Pacinian corpuscle
What is the only mammal capable of flight?
Bat
Active transport in the Na+-K+ pump moves potassium into the cell and sodium out of it. During secondary active transport, sodium binds with another transporter to move which molecule into the cell?
Glucose
What is the role of splicesomes during transcription?
Removes introns from pre-mRNA
Intercalated disks
Name all 5 layers of the epidermal strata starting from deepest to superficial.
Stratum basale, spinosum, granulosum, lucidum, corneum
What was the name of the world's first artificial satellite?
Sputnik 1