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Big Brain Time
100
What contribution to science did Fritz Zernike make that earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics? 

Phase Contrast Microscope

100

FTIR uses radiation in this wavelength range.

mid-infrared

100

What are lysosomes? 

BONUS: During endocytosis, the lysosome and the vesicle it endocytoses combine to dorm a(n) ________.  

Contain lysozymes that are capable of breaking down waste, cell parts, and foreign invaders. 

BONUS: Endosome

100

Programmed cell deaths are called? 

Uncontrolled cell deaths are called? 

Apoptosis 

Necrosis

100

The difference between M1 and M2 macrophages is? 

M1 - Pro-inflammation

M2 - anti-inflammation

200

Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering positrons?

BONUS: PET stands for? 

Carl David Anderson

BONUS: Positron Emission Tomography

200
These cells are responsible for constructing the type of connective tissue found in skin and tendons

Fibroblasts

200

Integral proteins, such as channel proteins, are ______ proteins that span the thickness of the cell membrane.

Transmembrane

200

Chemical messengers that act on neighboring cells are classified as _____________. 

Paracrine

200

Which of the following statements is/are true about steroid hormones?

a. They have a profound effect on physiological functions.

b. They affect the transcription process of genes by binding to promoters.

c. They freely pass the plasma membrane of the target cell

d. They bind to intracellular receptors.

All True

300

Using a device designed by _______, ________ perfected the apparatus now known as the _______ trough for studying (BONUS) _________. 

Agnes Pockels, Irving Langmuir, Langmuir

BONUS: Monolayers 

300

____ are star shaped cells whose endfeet are crucial in the establishment and maintenance of the blood brain barrier (BBB)

Astrocytes

300

Usually found in newborns or hibernating animals, ________ dissipates most of the energy produced by food as heat. 

BONUS: what organelle does this contain a lot of.

Brown Adipose Tissue

BONUS: Mitochondria

300

(HAT) adds acetyl groups to lysine residues in histone, resulting in the _______ of DNA

BONUS: What does HAT stand for? 

Loosening

BONUS: Histone acetyltransferase

300

Match the following cell types with the tissue they are found in: 

1. Bone, 2. Cartilage, 3. Connective Tissues, 4. Fat Tissues

a. Fibroblast, b. Osteoblast, c. Chondrocytes, d. Adipocytes

1B 2C 3A 4D

400

Hans _______ _______ initially developed his staining technique to visualize _____ in the lung tissue of pneumonia patients.

Christian Gram

Coccia 

400

____ form a myelin sheath in peripheral nerves.

Schwann cells
400

A molecule that is both hydrophilic and hydrophobic is _____ in nature, which is a characteristic of phospholipid bilayer. 

Amphipathic

400

Phosphorylation is when _______________.

Phosphate is transferred to an amino acid.

400

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to ___________. 

Observe bacteria and protozoa using a microscope. 

500
Keith Porter is considered the "father of cell biology". What did he do? 

Discovered microtubules

Obtained high resolution microscopy images of the ER

Named cell organelles (ER)

500

What are the members of the white blood cell group?Bonus Point for 4th!

Monocytes, Neutrophils, Lymphocytes

BONUS: Polymorphonuclear cells

500

True or False: Peroxisomes are ubiquitous in almost all eukaryotes. 

BONUS: What does peroxisomes do?

True

BONUS: They act as the metabolic and detoxification of cells.

500

What increases transcription by changing by changing the structure of nucleosomes? 

BONUS: Which one inhibits transcription? 

Coactivator Protein

BONUS: Corepressor Protein

500

All of the following can be found in the cytosol EXCEPT: 

cilia, proteins, carbohydrates, calcium, solutes

cilia