AY Honors/Cytology/Answer Key

1

What are the three main parts of a eukaryotic cell? Mention some of its functions.

2

What is a prokaryotic cell?

3

Name three differences between an animal cell and a plant cell.

4

What are stem cells? Why they are important?

5

Name three functions of the plasma membrane.

6

Explain the following forms of selective permeability:

6a

Osmosis

6b

Diffusion

7

Explain the following forms of non-selective permeability:

7a

Phagocytosis

7b

Pinocytosis

8

What is active transport and passive transport?

9

What are the parts of the cell nucleus? Why are each of them important?

10

Name the functions of the following plasma organelles:

10a

Mitochondria

10b

Centriole

10c

Golgi complex

10d

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

10e

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

10f

Lysosome

10g

Ribosome

10h

Peroxisome

11

What is the importance of cilia and flagella?

12

Identify, with pictures or drawings, five different types of cells (muscular, bone, cartilaginous, adipose, leukocyte, hematic, neuron, etc.).