Cytology: Answer Key
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:
6a. Osmosis
6b. Diffusion
7. Explain the following forms of non-selective permeability:
7a. Phagocytosis
7b. 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:
10a. Mitochondria
10b. Centriole
10c. Golgi complex
10d. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
10e. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
10f. Lysosome
10g. Ribosome
10h. 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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