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4 - Cell Structure
4 - Cell Structure
• LARGER IN SIZE
• CELL WALL
• ORGANELLES, CHLOROPLASTS
• AEROBIC
• CYTOSKELETON
• LINEAR DNA
• CHROMOSOMES, REPRODUCTION
CELL SHAPES
1. SQUAMOUS
2. CUBOIDAL
3. COLUMNAR
4. POLYGONAL
5. STELLATE
6. SPHEROID
7. DISCOID
8. FUSIFORM
9. FIBROUS
BASIC STRUCTURE
1. PLASMA (CELL) MEMBRANE
2. CYTOPLASM
3. EXTRACELLULAR FLUID
PLASMA MEMBRANE
• SUPPORT AND
PROTECTION
• SEMI-PERMEABLE
• MAINTAIN PH LEVEL
• MAINTAIN TURGOR
• AUTOPHAGY
• DESTROY BACTERIA
• DIGESTION
NUCLEUS
• COMMAND CENTRE
• GENETIC INFORMATION
• SITE OF TRANSCRIPTION
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
• MOVEMENT OF ORGANELLES
• ROUGH AND SMOOTH
• ROUGH- PROTEIN GENERATION,
TRANSPORT AND QUALITY CHECK.
PHOSPHOLIPIDS PRODUCTION
• SMOOTH- SYNTHESIS OF CARBOHYDRATES
AND LIPIDS
GOLGI APPARATUS
• COMPLEX, BODY
• STACKS OF CISTERNAE
GENERATED BY ER
• TRANSPORT OF PROTEINS
• TRANSPORT OF LIPIDS
• CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS
MITOCHONDRIA
• PRODUCTION
OF ENERGY
• APOPTOSIS
• BREAK DOWN
FOOD
LYSOSOMES
• CLEAN UP
• CATALYSE HYDROLYSIS
REACTIONS
• COULD DIGEST THE CELL
ITSELF (MEMBRANE)
• CONTAIN ENZYMES
(ACID HYDROLASES)
CENTRIOLE
• CELL DIVISION
• THEY SEPARATE
CHROMOSOME
PAIRS DURING
MITOSIS
• IN ANIMAL CELLS
PEROXISOME
• DETOXIFY CELLS
• SIMILAR TO
LYSOSOMES BUT WITH
DIFFERENT ENZYMES
• PRODUCED BY THE ER
• PHOTOSYNTHESIS
• CONTAIN PLASMIDS
• STORAGE OF STARCH
• COMMUNICATION