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Cell Structure And Microscopy: Cell Ultrastructure Flashcards

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What is Chromatin?

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is the DNA (with associated histone proteins). Contains the genetic code which controls the activity of the cell.

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Function of Cilia

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  • Sensory function, beat creating a current to waft fluid/mucous
  • For locomotion
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Structure of the Large Permanent Vacuole:

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  • Single membrane bound (membrane is called a tonoplast)
  • Contains a fluid called cell sap
  • Selectively permeable barrier
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Function of Chloroplasts:

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For photosynthetic reactions

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Structure of Golgi apparatus/body:

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  • Stacks of flattened, membrane-bound sacs (cisternae).
    These are continuously formed from the ER at one end and budding off as Golgi vesicles at the other.
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Function of Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum:

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Responsible for lipid, carbohydrate, and steroid synthesis and storage.

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Function of Golgi apparatus/body

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  • Allows internal transport
  • Recieves proteins from RER
  • Modifies and processes molecules and packages them into vesicles
  • These may be secretory vesicles or lysosomes
  • Makes lysosomes
  • Lipid synthesis
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Function of the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum:

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Site of protein synthesis

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Function of Cellulose Cell Wall:

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  • Gives the plant mechanical strength
  • Gives the plant cell support and it’s shape
  • Contents of plant cell can ‘push’ against the cell wall. This gives the cell (and whole plant) good support.
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Structure of lysosomes:

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Spherical sacs surrounded by a single membrane

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Function of Cell Surface Membrane

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  • Regulates the movement of substances into and out of the cell
  • Contains receptor molecules which allow it to respond to chemical like hormones
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What is the Double Nuclear Envelope?

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A double membrane which compartmentalises the nucleus and prevents damage. Protects the DNA.

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Structure of Mitochondria:

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  • Surrounded by two membranes
  • The inner membrane forms finger-like structures called cristae which increases surface area.
  • The solution inside is called a matrix which contains enzymes for respiration.
  • Mitochondrial DNA - small amounts of DNA, enable mitochondrion to reproduce and create enzymes.
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What do intermediate fibres do?

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They give strength to cells and help maintain integrity.

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Structure of Flagella

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  • Similar to Cilia but longer
  • They protrude from the cell surface and are surrounded by the plasma membrane
  • Like cilia they have a 9 +2 arrangement.
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Function of Cell Surface Membrane

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  • Regulates the movement of substances into and out of the cell
  • Contains receptor molecules which allow it to respond to chemical like hormones
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Structure of Centrioles:

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  • Component of the cytoskeleton - composed of many microtubules.
  • Small hollow cylinders that occur in pairs next to the nucleus in animal cells only.
  • Each centriole contains a ring of 9 triplet microtubules.
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Function of Nucleus:

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  • Controls all the activity of the cell
  • Where the DNA of the cell is stored, replicated and copied into RNA (transcribed)
  • The nucleus is attached to the Rough ER so the mRNA can easily get to ribosomes.
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Structure of Cell Surface Membrane:

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  • The membrane found on the surface of animal cells and inside the cell wall of plant and prokaryotic cells.
  • A phospholipid bilayer
  • Composed of proteins and lipids
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What are microtubules?

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Formed by the globular protein tubulin. They polymerise to form tubes that determine the shape of the cell. They also act as tracks for organelles moving around the cell.

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Function of the Ribosomes:

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These are where proteins are made and they assemble amino acids into proteins in chains using mRNA.

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Function of Large Permanent Vacuole

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  • Stores cell sap
  • Support herbaceous plants by making cells turgid
  • Helps maintain shape and gives support by maintaining turgor pressure
  • Sugars and amino acids act as a temporary food store
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Structure of Cellulose Cell Wall:

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  • Made of B-cellulose microfibrils - complex carbohydrate
  • Cell wall is fully permeable to substances
  • Thin layer called the middle lamella which marks the boundary between adjacent cell walls and ‘cements’ adjacent cells together.
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Structure of Cell Surface Membrane:

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  • The membrane found on the surface of animal cells and inside the cell wall of plant and prokaryotic cells.
  • A phospholipid bilayer
  • Composed of proteins and lipids
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Structure of Chloroplasts

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  • Double membrane which encloses the stroma
  • Series of membrane-bound flattened sacs called thylakoids in the stroma. Thylakoids stacked together are called grana.
  • Grana are linked together by lamellae
  • The grana contain chlorophyll
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Function of Flagella:

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  • (whip-like) enables a cells mobility
  • The microtubules contract to make the flagellum move
  • Propel cells forward e.g. sperm cells
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Structure of Cilia:

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  • ‘Hair-like’ extensions that protrude from some animal cell types.
  • In cross section they have an outer membrane and a ring of nine pairs of protein microtubules inside with two microtubules in the middle (known as the 9 +2 arrangement)
  • Arrangement allows movement
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Function of Centrioles:

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Makes a copy of itself during cell division and then helps to form the spindle in cell division.

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Function of lysosomes:

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  • They contain powerful hydrolytic digestive enzymes called lysozymes
  • They break down worn out components of the cell or digest invading cells
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Function of Mitochondria

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  • Site of aerobic respiration
  • As a result of respiration, they release ATP (source of energy for use at cellular level)
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Function of the Ribosomes:

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These are where proteins are made and they assemble amino acids into proteins in chains using mRNA.

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Structure of Ribosomes:

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  • Made from RNA and protein
  • Not membrane bound
  • Very small organelles: 22nm in diameter
  • Found free floating in the cytoplasm or attached to the Rough ER
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Structure of the Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum:

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Similar to RER but lacks ribosomes - it’s a system of interconnected tubules.

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Structure of the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum:

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Stacks of membrane bound sacs which form sheets called cisternae. Attached to the nucleus and covered in ribosomes. It consists of an interconnected system of flattened sacs.

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Function of Nucleus:

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  • Controls all the activity of the cell
  • Where the DNA of the cell is stored, replicated and copied into RNA (transcribed)
  • The nucleus is attached to the Rough ER so the mRNA can easily get to ribosomes.
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Parts of the nucleus:

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  • Double Nuclear Envelope
  • Nuclear Pores
  • Nucleolus
  • Chromatin
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What is the nucleolus?

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Part of the nucleus - Site of ribosome production. Composed of RNA and proteins.

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What are microfilaments?

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Fibres made from the protein actin. They are responsible for movement of the cell and cytoplasm during cytokinesis.

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What are the Nuclear Pores?

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Part of the nucleus that allows molecules to enter (e.g. nucleotides for DNA replication) and leave the cell e.g. mRNA leaves the cell.

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What are microtubules?

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Formed by the globular protein tubulin. They polymerise to form tubes that determine the shape of the cell. They also act as tracks for organelles moving around the cell.

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Function of the Cytoskeleton

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  • Provides mechanical strength to cells
  • Aiding transport within cells
  • Enabling cell movement
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The 3 structural components of the cytoskeleton:

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  • Microfilaments
  • Microtubules
  • Intermediate fibres

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