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Explore the fascinating world of cells, the basic units of life. Learn about the Cell Theory, different types of cells, membrane structure and function, as well as the regulation of molecule traffic within cells.
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I. The Cell Theory • In 1655 Robert Hooke observed “compartments” in a thin slice of cork which he named cells • In 1700 Anton van Leeuwenhoek had developed light microscopes to observe tiny living organisms which he named “animalcules”
The Cell Theory C. Cell theory is the generalization that all living things are composed of cells, and that cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things, and all cells make other cells.
II. Microscopes as Windows to Cells • Light microscopes can magnify objects up to about 1,000 X • Electron microscopes can magnify objects up to about 1,000,000 X C. A photograph of the view taken through a microscope is called a micrograph
Microscopes SEM- scanning electron microscope TEM- transmission Both must use preserved specimens.
III. An Overview of Animal and Plant Cells • Each part of a cell with a specific job to do is called an organelle B. The plasma membrane defines the boundary of the cell and regulates traffic in and out of the cell
Overview of animal and plant • The nucleus stores the genetic material of the cell D. The region of the cell between the nucleus and the plasma membrane is called the cytoplasm
IV. Two Major Classes of Cells • A prokaryotic cell lacks a nucleus and most other organelles B. A eukaryotic cell has a membrane bound nucleus and organelles
I. Membrane Structure • Membranes regulate the transport of substances across it • Membranes are composed mostly of proteins and phospholipids
Membrane structure • The phospholipids form a two-layer sandwich called a “phospholipid bilayer” which surrounds the organelle or cell D. The membranes are fluid-like rather than sheets of molecules locked rigidly into place
II. The Many Functions of Membrane Proteins • Many types of proteins are embedded in the membranes phospholipid bilayer B. Some proteins carry out some of the cells important chemical reactions, others helps cell communicate and recognize each other, other proteins move substances like sugar and water across the membrane
I. Diffusion • Diffusion is the net movement of the particles of a substance from where they are more concentrated to where they are less concentrated B. Equilibrium is reached when the movement of particles in one direction is equal to the number of particles moving in the other
II. Passive Transport • A selectively permeable membrane allows some substances to cross the membrane more easily than others and blocks the passage of some substances altogether
Passive transport • Diffusion across a membrane is called passive transport because no energy is expended by the cell, only the random motion of molecules is required to move them across C. Facilitated diffusion is when transport proteins provide a pathway for certain molecules to pass
Passive transport Carbon dioxide, oxygen- nonpolar Water, glucose - polar molecules
III. Osmosis • The passive transport of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called osmosis • A solution with a higher concentration of solute is called hypertonic hyper = “above” C. A solution with a lower concentration of solute is called hypotonic hypo = “below”
III. Osmosis D. A solution that has an equal concentration of solute is called isotonic iso = “equal” • When an animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution it swells • - When an animal cell is placed in a hypertonic solution it shrinks
IV. Active Transport • When a cell expends energy to move molecules or ions across a membrane it is called active transport B. A specific transport protein pumps a solute across a membrane, usually in the opposite direction it travels in diffusion
Active Transport Sodium / potassium pump
V. Transport of Large Molecules • Large molecules have to be packed into vesicles, which are small membrane sacs that specialize in moving products into, out of and within a cell
Transport of large molecules • When a cell exports its protein products, a vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane and spills its contents outside the cell-a process called exocytosis • The reverse process, endocytosis, takes materials into the cell within vesicles that bud inward from the plasma membrane
Exocytosis/ Endocytosis Transport of large molecules
I. Structure and Function of the Nucleus A. The nucleus in a cell contains DNA which controls all of the activities inside the cell B. The nucleus is surrounded by the nuclear envelope which has hole in it which allow substances to pass in and out of the nucleus C. Inside the nucleus is the nucleolus which contains parts necessary to make ribosomes
II. Ribosomes • DNA codes for the production of proteins which are made in the ribosomes B. The ribosomes are either bound to the surface of the endoplasmic reticulum or suspended in the cytoplasm
III. The Endoplasmic Reticulum • The endoplasmic reticulum is an extensive network of membranes which functions as the main manufacturing and transportation facility in the cell 1. Rough ER-The rough ER has ribosomes which insert proteins right into or through the ER membrane or packaged in vesicles and transported outside the cell
Endoplasmic Reticulum 2. Smooth ER-The smooth ER lacks ribosomes but enzymes in the smooth ER allow it to make lipid molecules
IV. The Golgi Apparatus A. The golgi apparatus receives products from the ER and modifies, stores and routes proteins and other products to their final destination B. This organelle is analogous to a processing a shipping center of the cell
V. Vacuoles • The cytoplasm has large, membrane bound sacs called vacuoles B. Some vacuoles contain undigested nutrients, some pump out excess water that diffuses into a cell, others store chemicals that contribute to cell growth
VI. Lysosomes • Membrane bound sacs called lysosomes contain digestive enzymes that can break down such molecules like proteins, nucleic acids and polysaccharides B. Lysosomes will digest food, destroy bacteria and digest damaged organelles
V. Membrane Pathways in a cell • The membranes inside a cell are transferable from one organelle to another B. Products may leave a cell without ever crossing a membrane