Cell and Tissue Types

MCAT Basics (from MedSchoolCoach)

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🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Cells and tissues form the building blocks of life, which are crucial for mastering key concepts in the MCAT’s biology and biochemistry sections.

In this episode, host Sam Smith breaks down the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, exploring animal, plant, and bacterial cell structures alongside unique cell types like erythrocytes. You’ll gain insights into the various tissue types—epithelial, muscle, connective, and nervous—along with their roles in the body. Plus, Sam highlights essential details on ribosome size, cell reproduction methods, and structural elements like vacuoles and cell walls. This episode equips you with strategies to distinguish cell and tissue types confidently, setting you up for success on exam day.

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(00:00) Intro

(01:03) Cell types overview

(02:44) Prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic cells

(09:53) Animal, plant, and Ffungi cells

(16:20) Bacteria and archaea characteristics

(19:09) Erythrocytes: Structure and function

(20:15) Tissue types intro

(23:35) Epithelial tissue types and functions

(33:17) Connective and nervous tissues

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0:00.0	Welcome to MCAT Basics, your ultimate guide to the essential topics you need to master for the MCAT,
0:07.0	brought to you by the physicians at Med School Coach.
0:10.0	Every week, Sam Smith breaks down high-yield MCAT topics, ensuring you're primed for success on test day.
0:17.0	Join Sam as we explore the most crucial subjects outlined by the AAMC pulled from official practice materials and third-party resources.
0:24.8	Get ready to elevate your MCAT game with topics tailored to maximize your score potential.
0:30.0	Hello, I'm Sam Smith.
0:32.5	This podcast is going to cover cell and tissue types.
0:35.9	The first thing I'm going to go into is the difference
0:38.1	between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. And then within each of these different sets of
0:43.8	cells, I'm going to bring up even more cells. So I'll talk about what's the difference between
0:47.2	animal cells, plant cells, gram positive and gram negative bacteria, just some kind of things like
0:54.0	that.
0:54.8	Then I'll talk a little bit about erythrocytes.
0:57.3	And then once I get past the different types of cells, I'm going to get into the different
1:01.2	types of tissue.
1:02.3	And there's four main types of tissue that is muscle tissue, connective tissue, epithelial
1:07.7	tissue, and nervous tissue.
1:09.5	And this material is going to show up on two out of the four MCAT sections,
1:13.3	which is going to be the bio-biocam section and then also potentially in the physics chemistry
1:19.9	section.
1:21.0	The main purpose of this podcast is to really have you understand the difference between
1:25.1	these really common cell types or these different
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