This chapter explores cellular organelles, their structure, and functions essential to life processes.
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Plasma membrane: structure and function.
A semipermeable lipid bilayer that protects the cell, allowing selective material exchange.
Fluid Mosaic Model definition.
Proposed by Singer and Nicolson, describing membranes as dynamic with lipids and proteins.
Role of ribosomes in cells.
Sites for protein synthesis; can be free or bound to rough ER, differing functionally.
Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) types.
Rough ER synthesizes proteins; Smooth ER synthesizes lipids, detoxifies, and stores calcium.
Golgi Apparatus functions.
Packaging and modifying proteins and lipids for secretion or delivery to organelles.
Lysosomes: purpose.
Contain digestive enzymes to break down macromolecules, recycling cellular debris effectively.
Vacuoles definitions and functions.
Storage organelles for nutrients, waste, and maintaining cell turgor, especially in plants.
Mitochondria: powerhouse of the cell.
Sites of ATP production via the TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation in the inner membrane.
Chloroplast functions.
Conduct photosynthesis, containing chlorophyll; have double membranes and thylakoids.
Cytoskeleton structure.
Network of protein filaments (microtubules, actin filaments) supporting cell shape and transport.
Centrosome role in cell division.
Contains centrioles, organizes mitotic spindles for separating chromosomes during mitosis.
Differences in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Prokaryotic cells lack organized nuclei; eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles.
Cell wall composition.
Rigid structure in plants (cellulose), fungi (chitin), and bacteria (peptidoglycan) providing support.
Microbodies: types and functions.
Includes peroxisomes (detoxification) and glyoxysomes (fat metabolism in germinating seeds).
Function of cilia and flagella.
Motility structures; cilia are short and numerous, while flagella are long and fewer in number.
Chromosomes: definition.
Thread-like structures made of DNA and protein, carrying genetic information in eukaryotic cells.
Nuclear envelope characteristics.
Double membrane surrounding nucleus with nuclear pores regulating molecule transport.
Nucleolus function.
Ribosome assembly site synthesizing rRNA, vital for protein production.
Active vs. passive transport.
Active uses energy (ATP) to move substances against gradients; passive does not.
Autophagy explained.
Lysosomal process recycling damaged cell components, maintaining cellular homeostasis.
Fluidity's significance in membranes.
Fluid nature of membranes allows movement for growth, signaling, and transport.
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