The study of the structure of an individual cell is called
cytology
the development of unspecialized cells into more specialized ones is called
differentiation
The first person to produce a comprehensive, accurate atlas for the teaching of human anatomy was
maimonides
in ___ a requirement is mutation in DNA structure also the presence
evolution
humans exhibit ___ meaning that have varied teeth.
heterodonty
A chemical reation that consumes water to break a covalent bond in a larger molecule is called
hydrolysis
enzymes called ____ add phosphate groups to other organic molecules
kinases
bonds between atoms formed by the sharing of electrons are called
covalent bonds
___ organic compounds are lipids
hydrophobic
All of the bodies steroids are synthesized from
cholesterol
water has surface tension because of its ___.
Hydrogen bonds
____ molecules that form a major part of cell membranes are called phospholipids
amphiphilic
What are three classes of biological macro molecule
lipids, nucleic acid, proteins, carbohydrates
___ can move in and out of a cell through passages called nuclear pores
Macromolecules
in the process called _______ molecules in the ECF bind to receptors on the cell surface and are taken into the cell in a membrane bound vesicle.
receptor mediated endocytosis
The spaces between the membranes of rough or smooth ER are called
cisternae
All contents between the plasma membrane and nuclear enevelope are called the
cytoplasm
the "sense" portions of a pre-mRNA strand made in transcription are called
exons
The base pairs for DNA and mRNA are
T-A, C-G, A-U, C-G
Skin and eye color are examples of
polygenic inheritance
An allele is said to be ____ if it is not phenotypically expressed in the presence of another allele of the same gene
recessive
A new DNA helix is synthesized in short segments that must be put together end to end by an enzyme called
DNA ligase
A person with the blood type IA and IB shows characteristics of both blood types A and B bc these alleles are___
codominant
ABO blood groups is a trait that demonstrates
multiple allele inheritance
DNA wound together around a cluster of 8 proteins from a granule in the nucleus called a
nucleosome
males are more likely than females to inherit a genetic disease if the gene for it is
X-linked
The peroid in which a cell is preparing to divide is the
G2 phase
Different forms of a gene at the same locus on homologous chromosomes are called ___ in genetics
alleles
X chromosomes that is not expressed in a cell, it is located right outside the nucleus ; the number present in an individual is one less that the number of X chromosomes in somatic cell