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CSET Science: Subtest I Cell And Organismal Biology
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1. Connections between plant cells that allow fluids and nutrients to be shared
Daughter Cell
Rectum
Protists
Plasmodesmata
2. Discovered meiosis
Stomach
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Oscar Hertwid
Muscle tissue
3. Attaches to bones and is responsible for voluntary movements
Vascular bundles
Anaphase
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Animal tissue
4. Supportive layer of tissue (sapwood or heartwood in trees) that carries water and nutrients up from the roots; dead cells
Epithelial tissue
Xylem
Eukaryotes
Daughter Cell
5. Covers organ surfaces (skin - airways - reproductive tract - inner lining of the digestive tract)
Stem cells
Epithelial tissue
Circulatory System
Nervous tissue
6. Your first line of defense against disease and helps regulate body temperature; skin - glands - hair - nails
Peripheral Nervous System
Mitochondria
Hair
Integumentary system
7. Responsible for transporting materials throughout the body: heart - blood (red - white - platelets) - blood vessels (arteries - vein - capillaries)
Endoplasmic reticulum
Epithelial tissue
Circulatory System
Endocrine System
8. Region of condense chromosome that looks pinched; where spindle fibers attach during meiosis and mitosis.
Mitochondria
Centromere
Ground tissue (plant)
Gamete
9. 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.
Mitochondria
Spore
Chromosome
Cell Differentiation
10. Eukaryotic organism that is not an animal - a plant - or a fungus.
Telophase
Protists
Ovaries
Nonvascular plant
11. All of the nerves leading to and from the central nervous system
Peripheral Nervous System
Stomata
Cell
Spore
12. Organelle composed of microtubules within the nucleus that helps ensure that duplicated chromosomes are evenly distributed to the daughter cells
Totepotent
Centriole
Epithelial tissue
Cell
13. Located in the neck area. Releases thyroxin - which regulates the body's metabolic rate.
Xylem
Glands
Stomach
Thyroid gland
14. Responsible for digesting and absorbing the extracted vital nutrients from food
Monerans
Integumentary system
Large intestine
Small intestine
15. Discovered mitosis
Immune system
Walther Flemming
Pancreas
Rectum
16. The spore - producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Meiosis
Smooth muscle
Daughter Cell
Sporophyte
17. Pores underneath plant leaves used to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen
Stomata
Gametophyte
Vesicle
Ribosomes
18. Produce testosterone and sperm
Thymus Gland
Plant Tissue
Testes
Plasmodesmata
19. Plant with specialized tissue for conducting water and nutrients
Pluripotent
Testes
Vascular plant
Somatic Cell
20. Cells that are able to differentiate into any type of cell in an organism
Totepotent
Peripheral Nervous System
Nervous System
Vascular cambium
21. Connective - muscle - nervous - epithelial
Ground tissue (plant)
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Animal tissue
Prokaryotes
22. Last stage of mitosis - in which the cell membrane begins to pinch the cell in two - cytokinesis begins - and the nuclear membrane forms around the chromosomes
Muscle tissue
Telophase
Nonvascular plant
Lignin
23. A cell that can differentiate into many different cell types
Adrenal gland
Peripheral Nervous System
Stem cells
Vascular (plant) Tissue
24. Organelles critical to protein synthesis found in the cytoplasm - joined to the endoplasmic reticulum - and within the mitochondria
Vacuoles
Chloroplasts
Ribosomes
Nails
25. Process that results in cell division to produce gametes
Vascular plant
Lysosome
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Meiosis
26. The gamete - producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Epithelial tissue
Xylem
Gametophyte
Anaphase
27. Release of water from plants through stomata
Monerans
Peripheral Nervous System
Adrenal gland
Transpiration
28. Produces digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagons
Vascular cambium
Nervous System
Pancreas
Ground tissue (plant)
29. Responsible for storing food and initiating the digestion of proteins
Vacuoles
Nervous tissue
Stomach
Plasmodesmata
30. Cells that form the outer surface of plants
Glands
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Vacuoles
Pituitary gland
31. Brain and spinal cord
Transpiration
Eukaryotes
Protists
Central Nervous System
32. Produce progesterone and estrogens - in addition to eggs
Plasmodesmata
Ovaries
Cell Cycle
Peripheral Nervous System
33. Organisms with cells that lack membranous - structurally discrete organelles
Prophase
Prokaryotes
Central Nervous System
Skeletal (striated) muscle
34. Structure within a cell that is responsible for a specific function
Skin
White blood cells
Organelle
Gametophyte
35. So named because it lacks striations. Involuntary muscle found along the walls of the digestive tract - bladder - arteries - and other internal organs.
Nucleolus
Chromatid
Smooth muscle
Meristematic cells
36. xylem and phloem; transport fluid and nutrients internally
Peripheral Nervous System
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Nucleolus
Vascular (plant) Tissue
37. Nutrient conducting plant tissue; formed like small tubules; living cells
Phloem
Gamete
Spore
Golgi body
38. The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Totepotent
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Cell
Chromatid
39. Strands of plant tissue containing xylem and phloem - sometimes surrounded by a fiber covering
Vascular bundles
Rectum
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Central Nervous System
40. Continuous sequence of growth (interphase) and division (mitosis) in a cell
Lymph nodes
Cell Cycle
Skin
Thyroid gland
41. Organelle in which proteins are synthesized
Endoplasmic reticulum
Totepotent
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Transpiration
42. Responsible for the breakdown and absorption of food and the removal of solid waste; include the alimentary canal (mouth - esophagus - stomach - small intestine - large intestine - colon/ rectum) and the accessory organs (liver - pancreas - gall blad
Mitochondria
Digestive System
Monerans
Testes
43. Thin layer of plant tissue just below the bark which produces the xylem
Circulatory System
Vascular cambium
Glands
Ground tissue (plant)
44. Stage in which chromosomes are aligned in the center of the cell
Smooth muscle
Photoautotrophs
Spindle Fiber
Metaphase
45. Organelle containing enzymes used in cell digestion
Endoplasmic reticulum
Meiosis
Vascular cambium
Lysosome
46. Organelle in which lipids and steroids are produced - carbohydrates and steroids are metabolized - and calcium concentration - drug detoxification - and attachment of cell membrane receptors are regulated.
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Centriole
Cell Cycle
White blood cells
47. Tiny nodules found all over the body. They contain a colorless fluid called lymph.
Chromosome
Meristematic cells
Stomach
Lymph nodes
48. The process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific structure or function
Gamete
Animal tissue
Lysosome
Cell Differentiation
49. 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
Cell
Nervous System
Vesicle
Vacuoles
50. Ability of a cell to differentiate into multiple different types of cells
Spore
Pluripotent
Centriole
Spindle Fiber