Chapter 3:
Cellular Form and Function

 

  1. Understand all of the key terms in chapter 3.
  2. Know about spontaneous generation.
  3. Understand the principles of the modern cell theory.
  4. Know the cell shapes.
  5. Understand the importance of cell size.
  6. Understand the functions of the plasma membrane.
  7. Know the general structure and components that make up the plasma membrane and know the functions of these components.
  8. Know what intracellular and extracellular mean and know the difference between the intracellular face and extracellular face of the plasma membrane.
  9. Know the different types of channel proteins and understand the types of stimuli that are required to open gated channels.
  10. Understand the importance of membrane carriers.
  11. Understand the importance of cell identity markers.
  12. Know the structure and functions of microvilli, cilia and flagella.
  13. Understand the entire section on Cystic Fibrosis.
  14. Understand the different mechanisms of membrane transport (Table 3.3 page 115).  Understand the different requirements of each and how the processes work.
  15. Understand the meaning and importance of diffusion and osmosis related to the plasma membrane.  Understand the properties of the plasma membrane as they relate to permeability.
  16. Understand the factors that affect diffusion rates.
  17. Understand what the terms hypotonic, hypertonic and isotonic mean and know what effect each type of solution has on a cell and why.
  18. Understand how the different types of membrane carriers work.
  19. Understand the difference between active and passive transport.
  20. Understand the difference and similarity between facilitated diffusion and active transport.
  21. Know what “concentration gradient” means.
  22. Understand how the sodium-potassium pump works.
  23. Understand how the SGLT carrier works.
  24. Understand the types of vesicular transport.
  25. Know what they cytoplasm is.  Know what organelles are.
  26. Know the structure and functions of all organelles: Smooth ER, Rough ER, ribosomes, Nucleus, nucleolus, chromatin, golgi complex, vesicles, lysosomes, peroxysomes, mitochondria, centrioles.  See table 3.4 on pages 123-124.
  27. Know the general structure and function of the nucleus.  Know the parts of the nucleus and know the function of each.
  28. Know the general structure and function of the cytoskeletal elements.
  29. Know the relationship between chromatin, chromosomes and DNA.
  30. Know what cellular inclusions are.
  31. Be prepared to label the cell on page 98.