Table of Contents
- 1. Organelles in Eukaryotic Cells
- 1.1. An Introduction.
- 1.2. Chloroplast and Mitochondria
- 1.3. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) and Smooth ER
- 1.4. Ribosomes and Golgi apparatus
- 1.5. Cell Wall and Plasma Membrane
- 1.6. Cytosol, Cytoplasm and Cytoskeleton
- 1.7. Nucleus and Nucleolus
- 1.8. Lysosomes and Food Vacuoles
- 1.9. Cytoskeleton and Microtubules
- 1.10. Flagella and Cilia
1 Organelles in Eukaryotic Cells
1.1 An Introduction.
Many organells exist in a cell — often more in Eukaryotic cells — that help execute the cell's functions. They serve a variety of purposes, and help form the basics of cellular systems. Categorizing them based on whether or not they have membranes KBhBIO101OrganellsBasedOnMembranes
1.2 Chloroplast and Mitochondria
- Chloroplast — found in plants + does photosynthesis
- Mitochondria — found in animals + store ATP and extract energy from ATP
1.3 Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) and Smooth ER
- Rough ER — covered by ribosomes and folds KBhBIO101Proteins proteins
- Smooth ER — not covered by ribosomes and makes KBhBIO101Lipids lipids
1.4 Ribosomes and Golgi apparatus
- Ribosomes => synthesizes proteins
- Golgi apparatus => packs, modifying, and moving proteins
1.5 Cell Wall and Plasma Membrane
- Cell Wall — found in plants => surround the cell: hard
- Plasma membrane — found in animals => surround the cell: soft KBhBIO101Lipids lipids
1.6 Cytosol, Cytoplasm and Cytoskeleton
- Cytosol => liquid found inside cells; the "cytoplasm" floats within it
- Cytoplasm => all the stuff within the cell
1.7 Nucleus and Nucleolus
- Nucleus => centre of the cell, stores DNA
- Nucleolus => largest part of the nucleous that makes ribosomes
1.8 Lysosomes and Food Vacuoles
- Lysosomes => vesticles that contains enzymes that breaks down biomolecules
- Food Vacoules => vesticels that stores food and other resources
1.9 Cytoskeleton and Microtubules
- Cytoskeleton => complex network of proteins + fibres that organize the rest of the cell
- Microtubulues => Polymers of tubulin protein that provides the main structure of eukarotic cells
1.10 Flagella and Cilia
- Flagella => a bacteria's tail — allow them to move and also act as an sensory organ. longer than a cilla, and moves in sinosoidial pattern.
- Cilium => a cell's "hair" — provides sensory and communications functions. Motil cilla could move about to "grab" things, and non-motile cilla can't move. more abundant that the flagella, and moves in circular pattern if they do move, and moves in circular pattern if they do move