Chapter 3- Cells & How they Work Flashcards
Cell Theory
- Cells are the smallest unit with properties of life
- All organisms consist of one or more cells
- Cells come from pre-existing ones
Basic Cell Structure
- Outer plasma membrane
- Cytomplasm
- DNA
Plasma Membrane
- Covering that encloses a cell’s internal parts
- Composed of lipids and lipids–bilayer
- Thin and fluid like
- Encloses the cell
- Controls movement of substances in and out (selectively permeable)
- Proteins in cell membranes carry out many functions (enzymes, receptors, and transport proteins)
Cytoplasm
Contents of cell between the outer plasma membrane and the nucleus. (Hand sanitizer consistency)
Cytosol
Jelly like fluid portion in the cytoplasm
Prokaryotic Cells
- Plasma membrane
- No nucleus
- Cytoplasm: fluid within membrane
- No true organelles
- Bacteria cells are prokaryotic
- BEFORE NUCLEUS
Eukaryotic Cells
- Plasma membrane
- Nucleus: membrane bound information center
- Cytoplasm: fluid within membrane
- Organelles: membrane bound structures with specialized functions
- All human cells are eukaryotic
- TRUE NUCLEUS
Surface-to Volume Ratio
Physical relationship by which the volume of a growing 3D object increases faster than its surface area does.
- Most cells have large surface area compared to their volume which allows for nutrients to easily pas through plasma membrane, into cell. And allows waste products to exit quickly.
- Small size= more surface area= more efficiency moving things into/out of cell and through the cell.
Importance of Membranes
- To be a filter (semi-permeable)
- Made up of phosphate and lipid bilayer
- Hydrophobic tail= water hating (does not dissolve)
- Hydrophilic tail= water loving
- ” Heads” are dissolved in watery fluids in/out of cell
Organelles
- Interior of a eukaryotic cell
- Specialized part of a cell having a specific function
- Outer membrane separates interior of organelle from rest of cytoplasm
- Membrane controls types of substances that enter and leave
- Most organelles surrounded by membranes (not all, through)
- Chemical reaction takes place in organelles
Organelles with Membrane
-Nucleus- protecting controlling access to DNA
Endoplasmic Recticulum (ER)- routing, modifying new polypeptide chains; synthesizes lipids, other tasks (SMOOTH AND ROUGH ER)
- Golgi Body- modifying new polypeptide chains; sorting, shipping proteins, and lipids
- Vesicles- transporting, storing, or digesting substances in a cell; other functions
- Mitochonrion- making ATP by sugar breakdown
- Lysosome– intracellular digestion
- Peroxisome- inactivating toxins
Organelles w/o Membrane
- Ribosomes- assembling polypeptide chains
- Centriole- anchor for cytoskeleton
Nucleus
Function:
- Controls everything/ brain of cell
- Contains genetic information of cell
- Controls all of the activities of the cell
Structural features:
- Doubled- layered nuclear membrane/envelope
- Nuclear pores ( allows material to pass through)
- Chromosomes/chromatin (DNA) ( DNA goes through pores)
- Nucleolus- within nucleus; parts of ribosomes assembled here)
Chromatin
Cell’s DNA and proteins associated with it
Grainy and threadlike, all stretched out
* DNA is organized in chromosomes
Chromsome
Double stranded DNA molecule that carries genetic information, compact
*DNA is organized in chromosomes
Endoplasmic Recticulum
- Flattened channel
- Starts at nuclear envelope and shakes through cytoplasm
- May be rough or smooth
- Lipid assembly and processing of polypeptide chains into proteins
Rough ER
Strutted with ribosomes; newly forming polypeptide chains that have built in signal (string of amino acids) can enter in space inside rough ER or incorporated into ER membranes
Smooth ER
Has no ribosomes, and curves through cytoplasm.
Ribosomes
- Attached to ER
- Platform for building cell proteins
- Ribosomes in rough ER = makes protein
Golgi Bodies
- Refines, packages, and ships
- Series of flattened sacs
Function: - Enzymes inside finish the proteins and lipids
- Package the molecules in yes circles for shipment to specific locations
Vesicles
Membrane-bound storage and shipping containers
Two main types:
- Peroxisomes
- Lysosomes