Cell Signaling

Which two terms describe this image?

• long distance signal

• local signal

• synaptic

• paracrine

After a cellular response, how is it terminated?

• separate the ligand and receptor

• block the transduction pathway

• it will keep responding

• send out a different signal

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What kind of cell communication involves 2 cells physically touching?

• Direct Contact

• Local Signaling

• Long-distance Signaling

• Endocrine Signaling

What kind of cell communication involves a cell releasing a signal molecule over a short distance?

• Direct Contact

• Local Signaling

• Long-distance Signaling

• Endocrine Signaling

What kind of cell communication involves a cell releasing a signal molecule into the blood?

• Direct Contact

• Local Signaling

• Long-distance Signaling

What is another name for the signal molecule?

• Ligand

• Centromere

• Spindle Fiber

• Receptor

What is the name of the step of the signal transduction pathway where the signal molecule first binds to a receptor?

• Transduction

• Reception

• Response

• Signal

What is the name of the step where the signal is carried to specific parts of the cell in an understable means?

• Transduction

• Reception

• Response

• Signal

What is the name of the step where the cell carries out the task that the signal molecule initiated (started)?

• Transduction

• Reception

• Response

• Signal

What changes conformation (shape) in the reception step of the signal transduction pathway?

• Signal

• Ligand

• Receptor

• Transduction