AP Bio Unit 4 Vocabulary

What is the name of the signal/message that neurons send?

• Neurotransmitters

• Ligands

• Axons

• Dendrites

Communication through cell junctions

• Direct Contact

• Local Signaling - Paracrine

• Local Signaling - Synaptic

• Long-distance signaling

In direct contact communication, animals cells communicate through _____ junctions.

• hormones

• gap

• plasmodesmata

• tight

In direct contact communication, plant cells communicate through ______.

• gap junctions

• neurons

• plasmodesmata

• stomata

Animals and plants use ________ for long distance signaling.

• neurons

• gap junctions

• plasmodesmata

• hormones

Insulin signaling is an example of local signaling.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The detection and receiving of a ligand by a receptor in the target cell is __________.

• Transduction

• Reception

• Response

A macromolecule that binds to a signal molecule (ligand) is called a _________.

• Ligand

• Protein

• Receptor

• Carbohydrate

The conversion of an extracellular signal to an intracellular signal that will bring about a cellular response is _________.

• Reception

• Transduction

• Response

The final molecule in the signaling pathway converts the signal to a response that will alter a cellular process.

• Reception

• Transduction

• Response