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Cell Structure & Functions: References
Cell Structure & Functions: References
Cell Structure & Functions: References
References:
Text book of Medical Physiology Guyton & Hall
Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology
Understanding Medical Physiology - RL Bijilani
Evolution to Cell
Nucleic Acid
Membrane, Cytosol
Nucleus Eukaryote
Organization of Cell – Chemical
Composition
• Water 70-85%
Unit membrane of
• Endoplasmic reticulum
• Lysosome
• Peroxisome
• Secretory vesicles
• Golgi Body
• Mitochondria
• Nucleus
Cell Membrane
Cell Membrane
Cell Membrane – ‘ Skin’
• Boundary, Vital, Dynamic, Heterogeneous,
Asymmetrical & Semi permeable.
• Phospholipids bilayer – Fluid Mosaic Model.
• Amphipathic- Hydrophilic phosphate head,
Hydrophobic Fatty acyl tails.
• O2, Co2 & alcohol – Fat soluble - diffuse
• Ions, Glucose & urea – via Structural proteins
Proteins: 50% of mass;
Carbohydrates:
• Detoxification
• produces Peroxisomes ?
Golgi Body – Camillo Golgi
Golgi Apparatus – Post office
• Concentrates, Stores, Processes, Sorts out,
Packs, Labels, address & Delivers as
Lysosomes & Secretory granules.
• Melanin in melanocytes
• Fat in adipocytes
• Chlorophyll in Chloroplasts
• Detoxification of Alcohol
Clathrin mediated
Caveolin ( rafts of cholesterol &
Sphingomyelin ) mediated
Non Clathrin, Non Caveolin mediated.
Endocytosis & Exocytosis
Amoeboid motion by a Cell
WBCs, Fibroblasts, Germinal cells of skin, Basal cells of taste buds, olfactory &
GIT epithelium, Embryonic cells during organogenesis
Structure & Function of Cilium