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Cellular Communication
Name the four steps to cellular communication.
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2.
3.
4.
2. Another name for a signaling molecule is a ______________________.
3. There is __________________ with the ligand and the receptor protein known as
____________ _____________ __________________.
4. What is Quorum Sensing and who uses it?
5. Prokaryotes are both the ________________ cell and the _______________ cell.
6. Describe the Fight or Flight Response mechanism seen in Eukaryotes.
7. Name three types of cell communication seen in multicellular organisms.
1.
2.
3.
8. Signaling by hormones that travel through the circulatory system is also known as
_________________ _________________ and is a type of _________ ______________
__________________.
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9. A signal between two cells that are close to each other is called
___________ ______________ ________________.
10. The movement of signaling molecules by diffusion is also called
_______________ ________________.
11. What are Growth factors? How do they communicate?
12. What is Sonic Hedgehog and what type of cellular communication does
it use?
13. When the signaling cell and target cell are the same thing it is called
________________ _________________.
14. When two cells must be in contact with each other it is called
______________ _________________ _______________.
15. Animal cells can communicate with passageways called _________
_________________.
16. Describe an example of gap junctions in animals.
[Link] and algae can communicate with each other through
__________________.
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Cellular Communication KEY
Name the four steps to cellular communication.
1. stimulus
2. release of signal
3. signal reception
4. response
2. Another name for a signaling molecule is a ligand.
3. There is specificity with ligand and receptor protein known as ligand-receptor
interaction.
4. What is Quorum Sensing and who uses it?
Quorum sensing is used by bacteria. It is a way for them to communicate when a
high number are present in a given area. It is an example of short distance
signaling specifically autocrine signaling.
5. Prokaryotes are both the signaling cell and the target cell.
6. Describe the Fight or Flight Response mechanism seen in Eukaryotes.
Startled nervous system releases the signaling molecule adrenaline from the
adrenal glands into the bloodstream. Adrenaline travels throughout the circulatory
system binding to adrenaline specific receptors in various organs and tissues.
Heart responds by beating faster, lungs respond by relaxing to make room for more
air flow. It is an example of Long Distance Signaling or Endocrine Signaling.
7. Name three types of cell communication seen in multicellular organisms.
1. Long Distance Signaling (Endocrine Signaling)
2. Short Distance Signaling (Paracrine and Autocrine)
3. Contact Dependent Signaling (Gap Junctions & Plasmodesmata)
8. Signaling by hormones that travel through the circulatory system is also known as
endocrine signaling and is a type of long distance signaling.
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9. Signal between two cells that are close to each other is called short distance signaling.
10. The movement of signaling molecules by diffusion is also called paracrine signaling.
11. What are Growth factors? How do they communicate?
Growth factors are an example of short distance signaling specifically paracrine signaling.
Growth Factors are small, water soluble molecules that cause a cell to grow, divide or
differentiate. Growth factors can influence what type of cell a cell will become.
12. What is Sonic Hedgehog and what type of cellular communication does it use?
Sonic Hedgehog is a type of Growth Factor that uses paracrine signaling to ensure motor
neurons in the spinal cord are in proper locations, bones form correctly and thumb and
pinky are on the correct side.
13. When the signaling cell and target cell are the same thing it is called autocrine signaling.
14. When two cells must be in contact with each other it is called contact dependent signaling.
15. Animal cells can communicate with passageways called gap junctions.
16. Describe an example of gap junctions in animals.
Heart cells have gap junctions with ions that controls the heart’s contraction to produce a
coordinated contraction among all cells.
17. Plants and algae can communicate with each other through plasmodesmata.
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