Lecture 7 Flashcards
Increase in cell size =
Increase in metabolic demands
Which increases at a faster rate: volume or surface area
Volume
Metabolic demands is determined by
Volume of cell
Transport of materials is determined by
Surface area
The smaller an object is,
The more surface area/ the less volume
The smaller an object is, the smaller the volume and larger the surface are which is why
Cells are small
To maintain homeostasis cell must have
Enough surface area
(Can’t work if metabolic demand > exchange of materials)
All cells :
-surrounded by membrane
-cytosol inside cytoplasm
-dna
-ribosomes
Prokaryotic cells have
Dna not in nucleus, lack most organelles
Eukaryotic cells have
Dna in nucleus, organnelles
Cell membrane role
Boundary between outside and inside
Cell membrane functions
-membrane transport (selectively permeable)
-cell signalling (sense changes and react)
-cell adhesion
Components of cell membrane
- Protein molecules
- Lipid molecules
Substance inside cytoplasm
Cytosol
Nucleus stores what
Dna
What is the nuclear envelope
Two membranes (outer and inner), boundary if nucleus