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CSET Science: Subtest I Cell And Organismal Biology
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1. Makes up the brain - cranial nerves - spinal cord - and peripheral nervous system
Adrenal gland
Cytokinesis
Nervous tissue
Circulatory System
2. So named because it lacks striations. Involuntary muscle found along the walls of the digestive tract - bladder - arteries - and other internal organs.
Cell
Smooth muscle
Lymph
Photoautotrophs
3. xylem and phloem; transport fluid and nutrients internally
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Stem cells
Spore
Organelle
4. Produces hormones directly into the blood; pituitary gland - thyroid gland - adrenal glands - pancreas - ovaries - testes - thymus gland
Vascular cambium
Endoplasmic reticulum
Oscar Hertwid
Endocrine System
5. Responsible for releasing several tropic hormones - which regulate the activity of other endocrine glands
Nervous tissue
Pituitary gland
Epithelial tissue
Chromosome
6. Microtubule within a cell's nucleus; joined to one of the poles during cell division
Digestive System
Mitosis
Spindle Fiber
Cell
7. Stores and releases bile
Mitosis
Centriole
Gall bladder
Plant Tissue
8. 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.
Spore
Large intestine
Cell Differentiation
Totepotent
9. Supportive layer of tissue (sapwood or heartwood in trees) that carries water and nutrients up from the roots; dead cells
Xylem
Liver
Chromosome
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
10. Produces digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagons
Thymus Gland
Pancreas
Centriole
Nervous tissue
11. One of two identical 'sister' parts of a duplicated chromosome
Nails
Muscle tissue
Lysosome
Chromatid
12. In plants - a form of undifferentiated embryonic cell; exists in areas of plant growth like the root and shoot tips
Meristematic cells
Nails
Immune system
Endocrine System
13. Located in the neck area. Releases thyroxin - which regulates the body's metabolic rate.
Thyroid gland
Cell
Lymph
Thymus Gland
14. Involuntary muscle that forms the contractile walls of the heart
Nucleolus
Mitochondria
Cardiac muscle
Anaphase
15. Detoxifies the blood - produces bile - and stores many vitamins and minerals
Prokaryotes
Liver
Gamete
Vesicle
16. Organelle composed of microtubules within the nucleus that helps ensure that duplicated chromosomes are evenly distributed to the daughter cells
Vacuoles
Meiosis
Centriole
Vascular plant
17. Stores solid waste products
Adrenal gland
Rectum
Hair
Nucleolus
18. All of the nerves leading to and from the central nervous system
Liver
Pituitary gland
Peripheral Nervous System
Phloem
19. Discovered meiosis
Peripheral Nervous System
Testes
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Oscar Hertwid
20. Responsible for the collection - transference - and the processing of external and internal information throughout the body; central nervous system - peripheral nervous system
Organelle
Walther Flemming
Nervous System
Thyroid gland
21. Plant with specialized tissue for conducting water and nutrients
Cytokinesis
Adrenal gland
Nucleolus
Vascular plant
22. Responsible for transporting materials throughout the body: heart - blood (red - white - platelets) - blood vessels (arteries - vein - capillaries)
Mitosis
Circulatory System
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Animal tissue
23. Connective - muscle - nervous - epithelial
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Animal tissue
Vascular bundles
Spindle Fiber
24. Useful for tearing and scratching
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Nails
Mitosis
Connective tissue
25. Include macrophages - B- cells - and T- cells
Circulatory System
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Walther Flemming
White blood cells
26. Process that results in cell division
Muscular system
Smooth muscle
Meiosis
Mitosis
27. Covers organ surfaces (skin - airways - reproductive tract - inner lining of the digestive tract)
Stem cells
Spore
Epithelial tissue
Vascular cambium
28. Any cell in a multicellular organism except the gametes
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Somatic Cell
Nucleolus
Adrenal gland
29. Produce progesterone and estrogens - in addition to eggs
Ground tissue (plant)
Endoplasmic reticulum
Epithelial tissue
Ovaries
30. 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
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Lignin
Nucleus
Digestive System
31. Contracts or shortens making body parts move
Muscular system
Liver
Muscle tissue
Skin
32. A complex polymer that fills the spaces in the cell wall - conferring mechanical strength to the cell wall and the plant as a whole.
Adrenal gland
Thymus Gland
Lignin
Phloem
33. Located close to the kidneys. Responsible for releasing adrenaline - a hormone that produces the flight or fight response.
Adrenal gland
Monerans
Pluripotent
Oscar Hertwid
34. Process that results in cell division to produce gametes
Lignin
Meiosis
Cell Differentiation
Cell Cycle
35. Continuous sequence of growth (interphase) and division (mitosis) in a cell
Transpiration
Vascular cambium
Mitosis
Cell Cycle
36. Protects the body and holds in heat
Daughter Cell
Hair
Mitosis
Large intestine
37. Ability of a cell to differentiate into multiple different types of cells
Xylem
Centromere
Pluripotent
Somatic Cell
38. Eukaryotic organism that is not an animal - a plant - or a fungus.
Animal tissue
Pancreas
Photoautotrophs
Protists
39. Organisms with cells that have a membrane - bound nucleus and other well - structured organelles
Small intestine
Chloroplasts
Eukaryotes
Endocrine System
40. Strands of plant tissue containing xylem and phloem - sometimes surrounded by a fiber covering
Vacuoles
Chromosome
Vascular bundles
Gametophyte
41. Membrane - bound and fluid filled organelle in plant of fungal cells; also found in some bacterial - protist - and animal cells
Adrenal gland
Vacuoles
Immune system
Muscular system
42. A haploid reproductive cell that unites with another haploid reproductive cell to form a zygote
Animal tissue
Thyroid gland
Chromosome
Gamete
43. Is actually a lymphoid organ in the neck or upper chest of all vertebrates. It is essential in the normal development of the immune system.
Thymus Gland
Gall bladder
Hair
Pituitary gland
44. Made up of celluolose - protein - and lignin - and allows pressure in plant cells to increase without the cell bursting.
Integumentary system
Cell Wall
Epithelial tissue
Chromatid
45. Stage in which chromosomes are aligned in the center of the cell
Cytokinesis
Ground tissue (plant)
Metaphase
Ribosomes
46. Produce testosterone and sperm
Plasmodesmata
Testes
Xylem
Connective tissue
47. The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Immune system
Cell
Pancreas
Adrenal gland
48. Organelle in which calcium levels are regulated
Animal tissue
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Vascular plant
Mitosis
49. Organelle containing genetic material
Telophase
Peripheral Nervous System
Nucleus
Cytokinesis
50. Organism that harnesses light energy to produce organic materials from carbon dioxide and water
White blood cells
Organelle
Chromosome
Photoautotrophs