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Cell Specialization
Cell Specialization
Recap
• Cells are “like” tiny factories
• Design and shape of a cell is
dictated by it’s:
• function
• conditions
• Most cells have the same
collection of organelles
“All by myself”
www.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk/pictures/superfood/redbloodcells.jpg
Examples
• No nuclei - No DNA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/2383172799/
tp://www.rheology.org/sor/publications/Rheology_B/Jul04/FlowingRedBloodCells.jpg
No DNA?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/2383172799/
Nerve Cells
• Rapid conduction of
messages
• Long and many branches
that connect to other nerve
cells
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_cell
Gland Cells
• Many Golgi
apparati
• Secrete oils
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/muscle-smooth-contracted.jpg
Other Vesicle
Examples
• After packaging the vesicles bud off and are
stored in the cell until a signal is given for
their release. When the appropriate signal is
received they move towards the membrane
and fuse to release their contents.
• Oil Glands
• Antibody release
• microfibers
Big mitochondria and many
http://www.cellsbewell.com/images/mitochondria.jpg
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/muscle-smooth-contracted.jpg
p://faculty.etsu.edu/forsman/Histology%20of%20musclefor%20web_files/image009.jpg
Green Cells
• Plant cells with chloroplasts to carry out
photosynthesis
• http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/
4h.asp
• http://health.howstuffworks.com/blood1.
• http://www.newton.dep.ani.gov/askasci/m