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Cytology

Requirements

1. What are the three main parts of a eukaryotic cell? Mention some of its functions.

2. What is a prokaryotic cell?

3. Name three differences between an animal cell and a plant cell.

4. What are stem cells? Why they are important?

5. Name three functions of the plasma membrane.

6. Explain the following forms of selective permeability:

  • a. Osmosis
  • b. Diffusion

7. Explain the following forms of non-selective permeability:

  • a. Phagocytosis
  • b. Pinocytosis

8. What is active transport and passive transport?

9. What are the parts of the cell nucleus? Why are each of them important?

10. Name the functions of the following plasma organelles:

  • a. Mitochondria
  • b. Centriole
  • c. Golgi complex
  • d. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • e. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • f. Lysosome
  • g. Ribosome
  • h. Peroxisome

11. What is the importance of cilia and flagella?

12. Identify, with pictures or drawings, five different types of cells (muscular, bone, cartilaginous, adipose, leukocyte, hematic, neuron, etc.).

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