CTSI050 - Chapter 3 Quiz

Animal cells are surrounded by a semirigid covering called the cell wall.

Apoptosis is a natural process by which cells in the body die.

In a colloid, individual atoms or ions are distributed throughout the medium.

Eukaryotic cells do not have membrane-bound organelles.

Cells arise only from preexisting cells through the process of cell division.

Which type of plastids store food?

The assembly of flat saclike cisternae where compounds to be secreted by the cell are collected and concentrated is called the ____.

Cells that line the respiratory tract are covered with ____ on their free edge that move the mucus-dust package upward away from the lungs.

Channels within the endoplasmic reticulum are known as ____.

Which structures form the spindle fibers during cell division and guide the duplicated chromosomes to their daughter cells?

Which type of RNA has three nitrogen bases at one end that are known collectively as an anticodon?

What are the basic units of organization of all organisms?

All organisms are composed of one or more ____.

DNA molecules that shorten and thicken during cell division are known as ____.

Robert Hooke was an English scientist who first described ____ by looking at a thin slice of cork under his primitive microscope.