cell properties

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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scale of cells, tissues and organs in order

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cells < tissues < organs

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3 components of intestines

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epithelial tissues, connective tissues, muscle tissues

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how cells are held together (assembly of cells)

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cell-cell adhesions and/or extracellular matrix

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4 types cell junctions and their respective locations across the membrane

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apical: tight junctions lateral: adherens junctions (in the belt), desmosomes and gap junctions basal: hemidesmosomes

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cell junctions that form the junctional complex (3)

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tight junctions, adherens junctions, desmosomes

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cell-matrix anchoring junctions connect ___ to ___

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basal surface of the cell to the basal lamina

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tight junctions form a seal between ___ and a fence between ___

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cells plasma membrane domains

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anchoring junctions respond to ___ from ___

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tension from inside and outside the tissue

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channel forming junctions regulate ___ and ___ between cells gap junctions in particular provide ___

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metabolic and electrical communication between cells a passageway linking cytoplasm of adjacent cells

#10

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function of signal-relaying junctions

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allow communication between cells

#11

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transmembrane proteins link ___ to ___

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cytoskeleton to extracellular structures or other cells

#12

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function of cadherins

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linking a cell to neighbouring cells

#13

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function of integrins

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linking a cell to the extracellular matrix

#14

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an adherens junction allows cells to ___ and ___ by forming ___ around the cells

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respond to tension increase their filament crosslinking a belt

#15

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anchoring junctions: desmosomes provide ___

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additional tensile strength to epithelial tissues

#16

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anchoring junctions: hemidesmosomes

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anchor keratin filaments in the epithelial cell to the basal lamina

#17

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gap junctions provide ___ with a direct channel of ___

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neighbouring cells inter-cytosolic communication

#18

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compound that has a similar function to gap junctions in plant cells, and state a difference

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plasmodesmata, but they are larger channels

#19

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connexons are ___ they facilitate ___ between ___

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fundamental structural and functional units of gap junctions direct communication and transport between the interiors of adjacent cells

#20

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cadherins and their 2 main classifications

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family of adhesion molecules classical and non-classical

#21

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3 cellular adhesion molecules in the immunoglobulin superfamily

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ICAMS - intercellular cell adhesion VCAMS - vascular cell adhesion NCAM - neural cell adhesion molecule

#22

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how integrins can become activated

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binding to an extracellular matrix molecule or to intracellular adaptor proteins that link to the cytoskeleton

#23

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connective tissue

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tissue that surrounds other tissues

#24

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basal lamina is a sepcialised form of ___, it can be found ___, ___ or ___

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specialised form of ECM surrounding cells, underlying epithelia or lying between two cell sheets