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- 1. Solutions with a higher osmotic pressure than body fluids are called
- 5. The organelle essential to reproduction is the
- 6. a part of a cell that performs a specialized function
- 9. In cancers, uncontrolled cell division is known as
- 11. solution that has the same osmotic pressure as body fluids
- 12. means "cell skeleton"
- 13. The shape of cells in the body vary based on their
- 15. The "garbage disposals of the cell" are the
- 16. process by which a cell takes in solid particles
- 19. The process by which cells develop different characteristics in structure and function is called
- 21. Chromosomes first appear during
- 22. a form of cell death
- 23. apparatus The organelle that plays a central role in the transport of new molecules from inside to outside the cell is the
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- 2. process by which a cell takes in tiny droplets of liquid
- 3. motile extensions from the cell
- 4. reticulum Flattened sacs and elongated canals that may contain ribosomes are part of
- 7. Chromatin fibers coil into rod-like structures known as
- 8. a state of balance between two opposing forces
- 10. Energy released from glucose and other nutrients is made useful to cells by the
- 13. When fluid is forced through a membrane by hydrostatic or blood pressure, the mechanism is called
- 14. The substance that moves through the cell membrane during osmosis is
- 17. The phase of the cell cycle in which cell contents grow and duplicate is
- 18. The mechanism in which molecules or ions spread randomly from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration is
- 20. the contents of a cell excluding the nucleus and cell membrane