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CSET Science: Subtest I Cell And Organismal Biology
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1. Organelle composed of microtubules within the nucleus that helps ensure that duplicated chromosomes are evenly distributed to the daughter cells
Vascular plant
Meristematic cells
Mitochondria
Centriole
2. Responsible for transporting materials throughout the body: heart - blood (red - white - platelets) - blood vessels (arteries - vein - capillaries)
Circulatory System
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Totepotent
Endoplasmic reticulum
3. Include macrophages - B- cells - and T- cells
White blood cells
Cell Differentiation
Telophase
Centriole
4. Produces and stores nutrients through photosynthesis
Spindle Fiber
Testes
Ground tissue (plant)
Integumentary system
5. Organelle containing enzymes used in cell digestion
Hair
Glands
Lysosome
Plant Tissue
6. Located close to the kidneys. Responsible for releasing adrenaline - a hormone that produces the flight or fight response.
Adrenal gland
Photoautotrophs
Plasmodesmata
Gametophyte
7. Your first line of defense against disease and helps regulate body temperature; skin - glands - hair - nails
Phloem
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Adrenal gland
Integumentary system
8. Plant with specialized tissue for conducting water and nutrients
Nonvascular plant
Vascular cambium
Vascular plant
Xylem
9. One of the cells formed from a parents cell after mitosis
Stem cells
Daughter Cell
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Testes
10. An extensive membrane network of cisternae (sac - like structures) held together by the cytoskeleton that encloses the cisternal space (or lumen) from the cytosol and is continuous with the perinuclear space. Three types: RER - SER - SR
Nervous tissue
Pituitary gland
Endoplasmic reticulum
Endocrine System
11. Cells that form the outer surface of plants
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Photoautotrophs
Lymph nodes
Adrenal gland
12. Holds tissues together
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Vascular plant
Connective tissue
Circulatory System
13. Responsible for defending the body against disease - causing agents; white blood cells (macrophages - B- cells and T- cells) - lymph nodes
Immune system
Integumentary system
Daughter Cell
Ribosomes
14. Responsible for extracting water and essential vitamins from the digested food
Digestive System
Xylem
Large intestine
Somatic Cell
15. Stores solid waste products
Rectum
Plasmodesmata
Somatic Cell
Ground tissue (plant)
16. In the life cycle of a plant or alga undergoing alternation of generations - a meiotically produced haploid cell that divides mitotically - generating a multicellular individual - the gametophyte - without fusing with another cell.
Eukaryotes
Gall bladder
Spore
Large intestine
17. Stage in which chromosomes are aligned in the center of the cell
Metaphase
Animal tissue
Cell Differentiation
Circulatory System
18. Structure within a cell that is responsible for a specific function
Immune system
Organelle
Lignin
Nervous System
19. The spore - producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Thyroid gland
Central Nervous System
Cell
Sporophyte
20. Dense portion of the nucleus; contains RNA and is involved in protein synthesis
Skin
Rectum
Cell
Nucleolus
21. Connections between plant cells that allow fluids and nutrients to be shared
White blood cells
Liver
Plasmodesmata
Muscle tissue
22. Useful for tearing and scratching
Transpiration
Protists
Gametophyte
Nails
23. Protects the body and holds in heat
Metaphase
Monerans
Protists
Hair
24. Process that results in cell division to produce gametes
Skin
Meiosis
Lysosome
Tissue
25. Organelle containing genetic material
Lysosome
Muscle tissue
Nucleus
Ovaries
26. Sweat glands and sebaceous glands
Lignin
Glands
Pancreas
Vesicle
27. Process that results in cell division
Centriole
Lysosome
Mitosis
Cell Differentiation
28. Nutrient conducting plant tissue; formed like small tubules; living cells
Gamete
Chloroplasts
Endocrine System
Phloem
29. Detoxifies the blood - produces bile - and stores many vitamins and minerals
Cell Wall
Vascular bundles
Liver
Cell
30. Largest organ in terms of surface area
Cytokinesis
Skin
Oscar Hertwid
Totepotent
31. Responsible for providing voluntary and involuntary movement; cardiac - skeletal - smooth
Vacuoles
Cell Cycle
Muscular system
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
32. Any cell in a multicellular organism except the gametes
Somatic Cell
Cell Cycle
Vascular bundles
Photoautotrophs
33. Membrane - bound and fluid filled organelle in plant of fungal cells; also found in some bacterial - protist - and animal cells
Thymus Gland
Vacuoles
Daughter Cell
Chromosome
34. Small sac within a cell formed by pinching of some membrane; can contain waste - products the cell is taking in - and secretions the cell is exporting
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Vesicle
Lymph
Vascular plant
35. Thin layer of plant tissue just below the bark which produces the xylem
Muscular system
Gamete
Vascular cambium
Peripheral Nervous System
36. Organelle in eukaryotic cells that produces chemical energy; have their own DNA and may have evolved from a symbiotic relationship between a primitive eukaryotic organism and a primitive bacteria
Mitochondria
Endoplasmic reticulum
Immune system
Epithelial tissue
37. Third phase of mitosis and of meiosis I and II - in which the sister chromatids separate and move toward the poles of the spindle
Connective tissue
Anaphase
Organelle
Totepotent
38. Division of the cytoplasm during cell division
Large intestine
Lymph
Cytokinesis
Liver
39. Organelles critical to protein synthesis found in the cytoplasm - joined to the endoplasmic reticulum - and within the mitochondria
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Ribosomes
Animal tissue
Stem cells
40. Continuous sequence of growth (interphase) and division (mitosis) in a cell
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Peripheral Nervous System
Pluripotent
Cell Cycle
41. Supportive layer of tissue (sapwood or heartwood in trees) that carries water and nutrients up from the roots; dead cells
Cell Cycle
Xylem
Connective tissue
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
42. Ability of a cell to differentiate into multiple different types of cells
Prophase
Pluripotent
Meiosis
Ground tissue (plant)
43. A cell that can differentiate into many different cell types
Animal tissue
Stem cells
Lymph nodes
Metaphase
44. Made up of celluolose - protein - and lignin - and allows pressure in plant cells to increase without the cell bursting.
Protists
Xylem
Epithelial tissue
Cell Wall
45. Responsible for releasing several tropic hormones - which regulate the activity of other endocrine glands
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Pituitary gland
Pancreas
Stomach
46. Responsible for storing food and initiating the digestion of proteins
Thymus Gland
Smooth muscle
Stomach
Prokaryotes
47. In plants - a form of undifferentiated embryonic cell; exists in areas of plant growth like the root and shoot tips
Prophase
Xylem
Meristematic cells
Centriole
48. Stores and releases bile
Gall bladder
Meiosis
Cell Wall
Hair
49. Contracts or shortens making body parts move
Muscle tissue
Lysosome
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Sporophyte
50. Organisms with cells that lack membranous - structurally discrete organelles
Large intestine
Prokaryotes
Cell Wall
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum