Cells: Specialization and Membrane

Match the specialized cell with the correct area of the body or part of a plant.

• cardiac

• 
• guard cells

• 
• white blood cells

• 
• trichomes (plant hair cells)

• 
• neurons

• 

cells shaped like tiny, flexible disks that can move through narrow blood vessels

• nerve cells

• xylem cells

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

Describes the arrangement of the cell membrane as bendable and made of many parts. 

• The Fluid Mosaic Model 
• The Major Mobility Model 
• The Crazy Cell Model
• The Maze Model

Which of the following is the function of the cell membrane? Select all that apply.

• Provides instructions to the cell and other organelles.

• Regulates compounds in and out fo the cell.

• Allows cells to communicate and interact with other cells.

• Breaks down wastes and other compounds.

• Protects the cell from its environment.

Some ​ (a)   blood cells are granular in appearance and these granules help in destroying ​ (b)   . (any organism that can produce disease)

• white
• pathogens
• red
• critters

Muscle cells have a lot of ​​ (a)   because they need a lot more ​ (b)   energy than other body cells.

• mitochondria
• ATP
• nuclei
• DNA

​ (a)   muscle cells attach to ​ (b)   in the human body.

• Skeletal
• bone
• Cardiac
• nerves

What does "Selective Permeability" mean?

• It means the cell membraned select the cells they want to surround.

• It means that cells only allow certain things in and certain things out.

• It is an organization the selects permeable membranes.

• It is an idea that is either selected or rejected.

Which of the following describes the phosphate head, at the top of a phospholipid?  Select ALL that apply. 

• hydrophilic

• hydrophobic

• charged

• not charged

• polar

What kind of molecules can move easily through the membrane? (Hint: more than one answer)

• large molecules

• small molecules

• molecules with no charge

• carbohydrates 

• charged molecules