Four basic tissues
Epithelium, connective tissue, muscle, nervous tissue
Cell
Starting point for discussing basic tissues
Cell membrane function
To keep the cellular fluid inside and unnecessary foreign materials outside
Cytoplasm
A fluid medium inside the cell membrane
Nucleus
Master control of the cell
DNA found in the
Nucleus
RNA found within the
Nucleolus
The nucleolus
is a circumscribed dense area within the nucleus
Organelles
Small functioning parts the cell
Mitochondria
Responsible for energy production and for the rate at which the cell uses energy (metabolism of the cell)
Cristae
Leaf like projections in the membrane of the mitochondria. The cristae have enzymes on the surface that aid in cell metabolism.
Endoplasmic reticulum
Network within the fluid of the cell.
Ribosomes
Small granules of RNA
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Has ribosomes
Smooth edoplasmic reticulum
No ribosomes
Golgi apparatus or golgi complex
The Golgi apparatus is a series of flattened saccules that produce a thin membrane to surround the material produced by the endoplasmic reticulum so it doesn’t mix into the cells cytoplasm.
Merocrine secretion
Fuses to cell membrane and breaks free of it
Lysosome
Lysosome digests foreign substances or takes care of cell death.. if the lysosome breaks it’ll leak out digestive enzymes and kill the cell.
Microtubles or microfilaments
Hollow rods formed of ball like subunits of proteins called alpha-tubulins and beta-tubulins. Found in all cells except mature erythrocytes or red blood cells. Often bind to the cell membrane.
Centrioles
A pair of multi-tubular rods that function in mitosis aiding in alignment of the poles of dividing cell.
Cellular inclusions
Contents of the inclusions are not produced by the cell but rather are stored in the cell to be used at a later time and another place.
Lipid droplets
Inclusions- little spheres of fat
Glycogen
Multiple units of sugar glucose