Lesson Overview 7.2 Cell Structure
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Cell Organization – The eukaryotic cell can be divided into two major parts: the nucleus and the cytoplasm. – The cytoplasm is the fluid portion of the cell outside the nucleus. – Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus
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Cell Organization – Organelles “little organs.” – Example: mitochondria, golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum
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The Nucleus – the nucleus is the control center of the cell. – It contains nearly all the cell’s DNA.
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The Nucleus – The nucleus is surrounded by a nuclear envelope composed of two membranes.
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The Nucleus – The nuclear envelope is dotted with thousands of nuclear pores, which allow material to move into and out of the nucleus.
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The Nucleus – Proteins and RNA, move through the nuclear pores to and from the rest of the cell.
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The Nucleus – Chromosomes contain the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next. – They are found in the nucleus. – chromatin—DNA bound to proteins.
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The Nucleus – a small, dense region in the nucleus is called the nucleolus. – The nucleolus is where the assembly of ribosomes begins.
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Vacuoles – Vacuoles large, saclike, membraneenclosed structures – They store water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates.
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Vacuoles In plant cells the pressure of the vacuole increases their rigidity, making it possible for plants to support heavy structures such as leaves and flowers.
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Vacuoles – The paramecium contains an organelle called a contractile vacuole which pumps excess water out of the cell.
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Vesicles – Vesicles are used to store and move materials between cell organelles, as well as to and from the cell surface.
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Lysosomes – Lysosomes are small organelles filled with enzymes that function as the cell’s cleanup crew. – Lysosomes remove “junk” that might accumulate and clutter up the cell.
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Lysosomes – breakdown of lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins into small molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell.
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Lysosomes – Break down organelles that have outlived their usefulness.
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Helps break down endometrial lining of the uterus to cause menstrual flow
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The Cytoskeleton – Gives eukaryotic cells their shape and internal organization. – Microfilaments and microtubules are two of the principal protein filaments that make up the cytoskeleton.
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Microfilaments – Threadlike structures made up of a protein called actin. – Helps support the cell. – Help cells move.
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Microtubules – Hollow structures made up of proteins known as tubulins. – Maintain cell shape. – Important in cell division.
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Ribosomes – small particles of RNA and protein found in the cytoplasm; they produce proteins. – The instructions to make proteins come from DNA.
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Endoplasmic Reticulum – internal membrane system of the cell is known as the endoplasmic reticulum, or ER. – This is where lipid components of the cell membrane are assembled, along with proteins and other materials that are exported from the cell. – The ER is divided into smooth ER & rough ER.
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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum or Rough ER – involved in the synthesis & modification of proteins – It is called rough because of the ribosomes found on its surface.
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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum or Smooth ER – Is called smooth ER because ribosomes are not found on its surface. – It contains enzymes that make membrane lipids and the detoxify drugs.
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Golgi Apparatus – Proteins produced in the rough ER move to the Golgi apparatus – It appears as a stack of flattened membranes.
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Golgi Apparatus – It modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the ER for storage in the cell or release outside the cell.
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Golgi Apparatus –
From the Golgi apparatus, proteins are “shipped” to their final destination inside or outside the cell.
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Organelles That Capture and Release Energy – The primary source of energy for plants is the SUN – Your body cells get energy from food (plants and animals). – Chloroplasts and mitochondria are both involved in energy conversion processes within the cell.
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Chloroplasts Plants and some other organisms contain chloroplasts. Chloroplasts capture energy from sunlight and convert it into food that contains chemical energy.
CHLOROPLASTS are the biological equivalents of solar power plants
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Photosynthesis Photosynthesis process where plants make carbohydrates and oxygen using sunlight energy, carbon dioxide, and water.
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Chloroplasts – Two membranes surround chloroplasts. – Inside the organelle are large stacks of other membranes, which contain the green pigment chlorophyll.
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Mitochondria – Nearly all eukaryotic cells, including plants, contain mitochondria. – Mitochondria are the power plants of the cell. – They convert the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use.
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Mitochondria – Two membranes— an outer membrane and an inner membrane —enclose mitochondria. The inner membrane is folded up inside the organelle.
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Mitochondria – In humans, all or nearly all of our mitochondria come from the cytoplasm of the ovum, or egg cell. You get your mitochondria from Mom!
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Mitochondria – Chloroplasts and mitochondria contain their own genetic information in the form of small DNA molecules. – The endosymbiotic theory suggests that chloroplasts and mitochondria may have descended from independent microorganisms.
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Cellular Boundaries – The barrier surrounding the cell is the cell membrane – It (1) regulates what enters and leaves the cell and also (2) protects and (3) supports the cell.
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Cellular Boundaries – Plant cells and most prokaryotes have a strong supporting layer around the membrane known as a cell wall. – The main function of the cell wall is to provide support and protection for the cell.
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Cell Walls – Many prokaryotes, plants, algae, and fungi, have cell walls. Animal cells do not have cell walls. – Cell walls lie outside the cell membrane and most are porous enough to allow water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and certain other substances to pass through easily.
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Lipid bilayer – It is a double-layered sheet found in nearly all cell membranes. – It gives cell membranes a flexible structure and forms a strong barrier between the cell and its surroundings
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Lipid bilayer – Composed of phospholipids – The fatty acid portions of such a lipid are hydrophobic, or “water-hating,” while the opposite end of the molecule is hydrophilic, or “waterloving.”
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The Fluid Mosaic Model – Most cell membranes contain protein molecules that are embedded in the lipid bilayer. – Carbohydrate molecules are attached to many of these proteins.
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The Fluid Mosaic Model – Fluid- because the proteins in the lipid bilayer can move around and “float” among the lipids.
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– Mosaic- because so many different kinds of molecules make up the cell membrane The Fluid Mosaic Model of the cell membrane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKN5sq 5dtW4
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The Fluid Mosaic Model – Some of the proteins form channels and pumps that help to move material across the cell membrane. – Many of the carbohydrate molecules act like chemical identification cards, allowing individual cells to identify one another.
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The Fluid Mosaic Model – If a substance is unable Although many substances can cross to cross a membrane, the biological membranes, some are too large or too strongly charged to cross the lipid membrane is said to be bilayer. impermeable to it. – If a substance is able to cross a membrane, the membrane is said to be permeable to it.
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– Most biological membranes are selectively permeable, meaning that some substances can pass across them and others cannot. – Selectively permeable membranes are also called semi-permeable membranes.
