Structures

Question 1

What is the structure of an egg cell?

Answer 1

I am one of the largest cells in the female body, I have a round shape and have a nucleus and I have lots of mitochondria and cytoplasm.

Question 2

What is the structure of a sperm cell?

Answer 2

I am the smallest cell in a man’s body. I have a streamline shape and have a flagellum (tail). My head has an acrosome which contains many digestive enzymes. I have lots of mitochondria.

Question 3

What is the structure of a red blood cell?

Answer 3

I am very small and bright red because I contain a chemical called haemoglobin.

Question 4

What is the structure of a nerve cell?

Answer 4

My cytoplasm is stretched out to form a long and thin axon. My axon is covered in a fatty sheath (myelin sheath).

Question 5

What is the structure of a muscle cell?

Answer 5

I have many mitochondria. This is where respiration happens and is how energy is released.

Question 6

What is the structure of a palisade cell?

Answer 6

I have a tall narrow shape with many chloroplasts. I have a large vacuole and all of the organelles that you would expect to find in a plant.

Question 7

What is the structure of a root hair cell?

Answer 7

I have a long thin extension called my root hair. I have a large vacuole and contain many of the organelles that you would expect to find in a plant cell.

Question 8

What is the structure of a ciliated epithelial cell?

Answer 8

I have tiny hairs called cilia on my surface. I contain many of the organelles that you would expect to see in an animal cell.

Question 9

What is the structure of a xylem cell?

Answer 9

Long, continuous columns of hollow, dead cells.

Question 10

What is the structure of a phloem cell?

Answer 10

Long columns of cells