Cellls

TOPICS: Cells

nuclear membrane

surrounds the nucleus, made of two layers, its openings allow material to enter and leave nucleus.

Mitosis

\= nuclear division

Bioremediation

What method is used to degrade organic matter in sewage and detoxify pollutants such as oil spills with the use of microorganisms?

Inoculation

One of the methods in culturing microorganisms that includes introduction of tiny sample into a container of nutrient medium.

Mal-

Bad; Abnormal

Tachy-

Fast

Cell wall

Supports and protect cells.

Cell

It is called as the fundamental unit of life.

Carolous Linnaeus

He is a Swedish scientist established binomial system of nomenclature in 18th century. He is the father of Taxonomy.

Pathy-

Disease

Cancer cells

Result of uncontrolled cell division of cells that have lost ability to regulate cell cycle.

Woes-Fox system

What system is the 3-domain system of classification is based on the sequence of nucleotides bases in their ribosomal RNA molecules; The 3 domain are bacteria, archaea, eukarya.

Disinfection

The process of disinfecting places and utensils used by the public to reduce the number of pathogenic microbes to meet accepted public health standard.

Antisepsis

Is the process of removing of pathogens from living tissue

Urine

Ur/o

Red

erythr/o

Macrophage

can change shape so it can crawl through tissue to reach infection sites, contain many lysosomes to digest infection microorganisms.

Osmosis

is the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.

Haloduric

Are organisms that do not prefer to live in salty environments but are capable of surviving there.

Phycology

study of algae

Virology

study of viruses

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

He is the first person to observe microscopic organisms using single-lensed microscope of his own design.

Mitosis

is the somatic cell division that preserves the somatic chromosome number.

archaeo-

The prefix means ancient.

Lysosomes

Cell breaks down if \________ explode.

Chromosomes

Found inside of the nucleus, made of DNA, contains instructions for traits and characteristic.

Serology

What is the study and use of immunology tests to diagnose and treat disease or identify antibodies or antigens.

Joseph Lister

He is a British surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery.

binary fission

What bacterial reproduction process that involves the copying of the DNA and the splitting into two new cells.

Cytokinesis

Follows mitosis. The cytoplasm divides, forming 2 cells.

Cytoplasm

Gel-like mixture, surrounded by cell membrane, contains hereditary material.

Mitosis

Process that divides cell nucleus to produce two new nuclei each with compete set of chromosomes.

Chemotrophs

are organisms that obtain energy from organic and inorganic chemical compounds.

mortality statistics

Is concerned with death and causes of death, indicate more or less clearly the healthfulness of a community and the failure of health work.

daughter cells

Cell division is the process by which a cell divides to form two new cells called \_________.

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (RER)

Moves materials around in cell and embedded with ribosomes.

oocytes

Largest cell in the body.

Risk

It is defined as the probability that something undesirable will happen as a consequence of exposure to hazard.

Varicella Zoster

What is the causative agent of the disease chickenpox.

Occupational health personnel

Refers to the qualified first-aider, nurse, dentist, or physician, whose service have been engaged by the employer in order to provide occupational health services in the establishment/undertaking roadways and outside thoroughfare.

Streptococcus pyogenes

What is the causative agent of the disease, Scarlatina, or scarlet fever?

2 ft candles

The min. provision for yards, roadways and outside thoroughfare.

Meiosis

Eukaryotic cells division where formation of sex cells, or gametes takes place.

Chloroplast

contains chlorophyll

Cell

are the smallest working units of all living things.

nerve cells

a.k.a neuron

cell membrane

A cell structure that controls which substances can enter or leave the cell.

Nucleus

Control center of the cell

Cytoplasm

Where most of the cells metabolic reactions occur

Endoplasmic reticulum

Form a transport network of tubles and flatten sacs within the cytoplasm

Ribosomes

Makes proteins

Golgi Body

Membranous sacs completes the transformation of newly synthesized protiens into mature, functional ones and packages them into small, membrane enclosed vescicles for storage within the cell or export outside the cell

Lysosomes and Peroxisomes

specialized metabolic compartments for the digestion of macromolecules and for various oxidative reactions

Mitochondria

An organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur.

Plastid

_____ are membrane bound structures containing various photosynthetic pigments, they are the sites of photosynthesis

cell wall

A rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell

Polysaccharides and cellulose

Cell wall of algae

Polysaccharides and chitin

Cell wall of fungi

Flagella

whiplike tails found in one-celled organisms to aid in movement

Cilia

Hairlike projections that extend from the plasma membrane and are used for locomotion

Chromosomes

a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

Glycocalyx

The external surface of a plasma membrane that is important for cell-to-cell communication

Spores

* single-celled reproductive bodies highly resistant to cold and heat damage;
* capable of new organisms

Fimbriae

* hair-like structures that are shorter, thinner, and straighter than flagella
* used for attachment, not movement