Describe the functional components of the cell.
Explain the central dogma of molecular biology.
Differentiate between microtubules, and microfilaments.
Explain the cell membrane and what substances are able to get through the cell membrane easily.
Differentiate between replication, transcription, and translation.
Discuss the 4 ways cells communicate: autocrine, paracrine, endocrine and synaptic.
Differentiate between up-regulation and down-regulation.
Compare and contrast the different cell surface receptors: G-protein, enzyme-linked, and ion channel receptors, and intracellular receptors.
Compare and contrast the different ion channels: leak, ligand, voltage-gated, and mechanical.
Explain the processes of passive transport, diffusion, facilitated diffusion, osmosis, and active transport.
Differentiate between symport and antiport.
Define endocytosis, exocytosis, pinocytosis and phagocytosis.
Recognize all cell types fall into 4 basic categories: epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissue.
Identify the different types of epithelial tissue.
Recognize skeletal, cardiac, and nervous tissue as highly differentiated and unable to divide.
Compare and contrast aerobic and anaerobic metabolism.
Identify how many ATP are produced with aerobic and anaerobic metabolism.
Recognize that without oxygen, the cell cannot produce enough ATP to allow cellular processes to function appropriately.
Discuss the electrochemical changes in the plasma membrane that results in an action potential and response by the cell.
Describe each of the membrane potentials: diffusion, equilibrium, resting membrane, and action potentials.
Describe the three stimuli that can produce an action potential: chemical, electrical, and physical.
Describe the basics of cell firing.
Identify muscle contraction and muscle relaxation both need ATP.