Biology 112

Posted: September 28, 2012

Test Tuesday All material covered to date including the cellparts and functions, abiogenesis and biogenesis, the parts of the scientific method, parts of the compound microscope, how to determine field of view size, specimen size, prepare a wet mount, two types of cells, specifics about the cell membrane, active and passive transport   Last slide of notes Exocytosis In the process of exocytosis, cells release large amounts of material from the cell.  THe membrane of the vacuole surrounding the material fuses with the cell membrane forcing the contents out of the cell.   The removal of water by a contractile vacuole is an example of this type of transport.