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Cell Physiology Module
Vocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
Absorption
Acid/base
Actin
Activation energy
Activation state
Active site
Adenosine triphosphate
Adenylate cyclase
Adequate stimulus
Aerobic
Amino acid
Amphipathic
Anaerobic
Anabolism
Anemia
Anion
Antibody
Anticodon
Antigen
Antiport
Apical membrane
Apoptosis
Autocrine
Basement membrane
Basolateral membrane
Brush border
Buffer
Bulk flow
Calcium-induced calcium release
Carbohydrate
Carbonic anhydrase
Carrier protein/transporter
Catabolism
Cation
Cell cycle
Channel protein
Chemiosmotic mechanism
Chemoreceptor
Chloride shift
Cholesterol
Chromosome
Citric acid cycle
Cilia
Collagen
Colloid osmotic pressure
Competitive inhibitor
Concentration gradient
Cell Physiology
Vocabulary - continued
Weeks 1 & 2
Connexin
Cotransporter
Covalent bond
Cyclic AMP
Cytoplasm
Cytoskeleton
Cytosol
Deamination
DNA
Depolarization
Dextrose
Diacylglycerol
Diffusion
Digestion
2,3 diphosphoglycerate
Down-regulation
Edema
Electrolyte
Electron transport chain
Endocrine gland
Endocytosis
Endoplasmic reticulum
Endothelium
Enzyme
Epithelium
Erythrocyte
Essential amino acid
Excretion
Exocrine gland
Exocytosis
Extracellular fluid
Facilitated diffusion
Fatty acid
Feedback
First messenger
Fluid mosaic model
G protein
Gap junction
Golgi complex
Glycerol
Glycogen
Glycogenesis
Glycogenolysis
Glycolysis
Hemoglobin
Hemolysis
Homeostasis
Cell Physiology
Vocabulary - continued
Weeks 1 & 2
Hormone
Hydrogen bond
Hydrolysis
Hydrophillic molecule
Hydrophobic molecule
Hydrostatic pressure
Hyperplasia
Hypertonic solution
Hypertrophy
Hypotonic solution
Hypoxia
Intercalated disk
Interstitial fluid
Inositol triphosphate
Intrinsic factor
Ion
Ionic bond
Isotonic solution
Ketone body
Kinase
Lactic acid
Ligand-gated channel
Lipids
Lipolysis
Lipogenesis
Lysis
Lysosome
Macrophage
Mechanically-gated channel
Mechanoreceptor
Mediated transport
Membrane potential difference
Membrane-spanning protein
Messenger RNA
Metabolism
Microfilament
Microtubule
Microvilli
Mitochondrion
Mitosis
Molecule
Myoglobin
Myosin
Negative feedback
Neuron
Neurotransmitter
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
Cell Physiology
Vocabulary - continued
Weeks 1 & 2
Nitric oxide
Nonpolar molecule
Nucleotide
Nucleus
Organelle
Organic compound
Osmolality
Osmolarity
Osmosis
Oxidation/reduction reaction
Oxidative phosphorylation
Oxygen consumption
Paracrine
Passive transport
Peptidase
Peroxisome
pH
Phagocytosis
Phosphocreatine
Phospholipase C
Phospholipid
Phosphorylation
Plasma membrane
Polar molecule
Primary active transport
Prostaglandins
Protease
Protein conformation
Protein kinase
Receptor
Ribosome
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Saturation
Second messenger
Signal transduction
Sodium-potassium ATPase
Solubility
Specificity
Standard free energy change
Steroid
Stimulus
Structural formula
Surface tension
Surfactant
Symport
Synapse
Tight junction
Tissue
Translation
Transport maximum
Transverse tubule
Tyrosine kinase
Van der Waals bond
Vesicle
Viscosity
Vitamin
Voltage-gated channel
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