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Cell Architecture
“Of the things of nature there are … two kinds:
those which are brought into being and perish, and those which are
free from these processes throughout all ages. The latter are of the highest
worth and are divine…
Aristotle 384-322 BC from Parts of Animals
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Techniques to view cells & fractionate cellular components
-Microscopy
- Differential Centrifugation
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LE 6-2
10 m
Human height
1m
When object becomes too small to see by eye ~1 mm
Length of some
nerve and
muscle cells
0.1 m
Chicken egg
When is resolving power or resolution important?
1 cm
When details become blurry=
the difference between two points is unclear
Frog egg
1 mm
100 µm
Most plant and
animal cells
Nucleus
Most bacteria
1 µm
What is the relationship between resolution and
Mitochondrion
Wavelength ) of light (electromagnetic spectrum)?
Smallest bacteria
PowerPoint Lectures for
Biology,
Seventh Edition
Higher resolution (more details) at shorter 
100 nm
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
10 nm
Viruses
Ribosomes
Proteins
Lipids
1 nm
Small molecules
Lectures by Chris Romero
0.1 nm
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Atoms
Electron microscope
10 µm
Light microscope
Measurements
1 centimeter (cm) = 10–2 meter (m) = 0.4 inch
1 millimeter (mm) = 10–3 m
1 micrometer (µm) = 10–3 mm = 10–6 m
1 nanometer (nm) = 10–3 µm = 10–9 m
Unaided eye
When is magnification important?
LE 6a
Forms of Light Microscopy
Brightfield
What is different about (a) vs (b)?
Brightfield
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Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Phase-contrast
Lectures by Chris Romero
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50 µm
LE 6-3b
Differential-interference-contrast (DIC)
(Nomarski)
Fluorescence
(Specific structures labeled with fluorescent tag)
50 µm
Confocal
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Biology, Seventh Edition
(laser beam)
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Any difference?
Lectures by Chris Romero
Conventional fluorescence
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LE 6-4
Cilia
Scanning electron
microscopy (SEM)
1 µm
Surface of rabbit tracheal cells
(cilia)
Transmission electron
microscopy (TEM)
Longitudinal
section of
cilium
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Section
of tracheal
Biology,
Seventh
Edition tissue
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
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Cross section
of cilium
1 µm
Surface area increases while
Total volume remains constant
LE 6-7
Why do cells tend to be small?
5
1
1
Total surface area
(height x width x
number of sides x
number of boxes)
6
150
750
Total volume
(height x width x length
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Lectures for
X number of boxes)
1
125
125
6
1.2
6
Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Surface-to-volume
ratio
(surface by
area
 volume)
Lectures
Chris
Romero
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Isolating Organelles by Cell Fractionation
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LE 6-5a
Homogenization
Tissue
cells
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Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Differential centrifugation
Lectures by Chris Romero
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Homogenate
LE 6-5b
1000 g
(1000 times the
force of gravity)
10 min
Supernatant poured
into next tube
20,000 g
20 min
80,000 g
60 min
Pellet rich in
nuclei and
cellular debris
150,000 g
3 hr
Pellet rich in
mitochondria
(and chloroplasts if cells
are from a plant)
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Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
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Pellet rich in
“microsomes”
(pieces of plasma
membranes and
cells’ internal
membranes)
Pellet rich in
ribosomes
Cells Exhibit Evolutionary Relatedness
by their Similarities & Differences
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LE 6-6
Pili
Nucleoid
Ribosomes
Plasma
membrane
Bacterial
chromosome
Cell wall
Capsule
0.5 µm
Flagella
Prokaryote
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Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
A typical
rod-shaped
bacterium
Lectures
by Chris Romero
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A thin section through the
bacterium Bacillus
coagulans (TEM)
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (ER
LE 6-9a
Nuclear envelope
Flagellum
Rough ER
Smooth ER
Nucleolus
NUCLEUS
Chromatin
Centrosome
Plasma membrane
CYTOSKELETON
Microfilaments
Intermediate filaments
Microtubules
Ribosomes:
Microvilli
PowerPoint Lectures for
Biology, Seventh Edition
Golgi apparatus
Peroxisome
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Mitochondrion
Non-plant
cell
Lectures
by Chriseukaryotic
Romero
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Lysosome
In animal cells but not plant cells: Lysosomes
Centrioles
Flagella (in some plant sperm)
Nuclear
envelope
LE 6-9b
NUCLEUS
Nucleolus
Rough
endoplasmic
reticulum
Chromatin
Smooth
endoplasmic
reticulum
Centrosome
Ribosomes
(small brown dots)
Central vacuole
Golgi
apparatus
Microfilaments
Intermediate
filaments
Microtubules
CYTOSKELETON
Mitochondrion
Peroxisome
Chloroplast
Plasma
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for
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wall
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Plasmodesmata
Wall of adjacent cell
Plant
cellRomero
Lectures
by Chris
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In plant cells but not animal cells: Chloroplasts
Central vacuole and tonoplast
Cell wall
Plasmodesmata
• Basic features of ALL cells:
– Plasma membrane
– Semifluid substance called the cytosol
– Chromosomes (carry genes)
– Ribosomes (make proteins)
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LE 6-8
Plasma membrane
Outside of cell
Carbohydrate side chain
Hydrophilic
region
Inside of cell
0.1 µm
Hydrophobic
region
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Hydrophilic
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
region
TEM of aby
plasma
Lectures
Chrismembrane
Romero
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Phospholipid
Proteins
Structure of the plasma membrane
LE 6-10
Nucleus
Nucleus
1 µm
Nucleolus
Chromatin
Nuclear envelope:
Inner membrane
Outer membrane
Nuclear pore
Pore
complex
Rough ER
Surface of nuclear envelope
PowerPoint Lectures for
0.25
µm
Biology,
Seventh Edition
Ribosome
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
1 µm
Close-up of nuclear
envelope
Lectures by Chris Romero
Pore complexes (TEM)
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Nuclear lamina (TEM)
LE 6-12
Smooth ER
Nuclear
envelope
Rough ER
ER lumen
Cisternae
Ribosomes
Transitional ER
Transport vesicle
Smooth ER
PowerPoint Lectures for
Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
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Rough ER
200 nm
Functions of Smooth ER
• The smooth ER
– Synthesizes lipids
– Metabolizes carbohydrates
– Stores calcium
– Detoxifies poison
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Functions of Rough ER
• The rough ER
– Has bound ribosomes that make proteins
targeted for membranes or to be transported
across membranes
– Is a membrane factory for the cell
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LE 6-11
Ribosomes
ER
Cytosol
Endoplasmic
reticulum (ER)
Free ribosomes
Bound ribosomes
TEM showing ER
and ribosomes
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Large
subunit
Small
subunit
0.5 µm
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Part of protein synthesis machinery
Lectures by Chris Romero
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Ribosome
LE 6-13
Golgi Apparatus
Golgi
apparatus
cis face
(“receiving” side of
Golgi apparatus)
Vesicles also
transport certain
proteins back to ER
Vesicles move
from ER to Golgi
Vesicles coalesce to
form new cis Golgi cisternae
0.1 µm
Cisternae
Cisternal
maturation:
Golgi cisternae
move in a cisto-trans
direction
PowerPoint Lectures for
Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Vesicles transport specific
proteins backward to newer
Golgi cisternae
Lectures by Chris Romero
Vesicles form and
leave Golgi, carrying
specific proteins to
other locations or to
the plasma membrane for secretion
trans face
(“shipping” side of
Golgi apparatus)
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TEM of Golgi apparatus
Lysosomes: Digestive Compartments
• Membranous sac of hydrolytic enzymes
• Hydrolyzes (breaks down) proteins, fats,
polysaccharides, and nucleic acids
• Recycle organelles and macromolecules
(autophagy)
• Hydrolyzes food taken up by the cell
(phagocytosis)
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Lysosomes: Digestive Compartments
• Formation of lysosomes with hydrolytic enzyme
Animation: Lysosome Formation
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LE 6-14a
1 µm
Nucleus
Lysosome
Lysosome contains
active hydrolytic
enzymes
Food vacuole
fuses with
lysosome
Hydrolytic
enzymes digest
food particles
Digestive
enzymes
Plasma
membrane
PowerPoint Lectures
for
Lysosome
Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Food vacuole
Lectures by Chris Romero
Phagocytosis: lysosome digesting food
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Digestion
Lysosome containing
two damaged organelles
LE 6-14b
1 µm
Mitochondrion
fragment
Peroxisome
fragment
Hydrolytic enzymes
digest organelle
components
Lysosome fuses with
vesicle containing
damaged organelle
Lysosome
PowerPoint Lectures for
Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Digestion
Vesicle containing
damaged mitochondrion
Autophagy:
Lectures
by Chrislysosome
Romerobreaking down
damaged organelle
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Vacuoles: Diverse Maintenance Compartments
• Vesicles and vacuoles (larger versions of vesicles)
are membrane-bound sacs with varied functions
• A plant cell or fungal cell may have one or several
vacuoles
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• Food vacuoles: form by phagocytosis
• Contractile vacuoles: pump excess water out of
cells (in many freshwater protists)
• Central vacuoles (plant cells): hold organic
compounds and water, maintain turgor pressure
Video: Paramecium Vacuole
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LE 6-15
Central vacuole
Cytosol
Tonoplast
Nucleus
Central
vacuole
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Cell wall
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Chloroplast
Lectures by Chris Romero
5 µm
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Mitochondria and chloroplasts change energy from
one form to another
• Mitochondria are the sites of cellular respiration
• Chloroplasts, found only in plants and algae, are
the sites of photosynthesis
• Mitochondria and chloroplasts are not part of the
endomembrane system
• Peroxisomes are oxidative organelles
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LE 6-17
Mitochondrion
Intermembrane space
Outer
membrane
Free
ribosomes
in the
mitochondrial
matrix
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Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Inner
membrane
Cristae
Matrix
Mitochondrial
Lectures
by Chris Romero
DNA
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100 nm
LE 6-18
Chloroplasts move with plant cells: cytoplasmic streaming
video
Chloroplast
Ribosomes
Stroma
Chloroplast
DNA
Inner and outer
membranes
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Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Thylakoid
Lectures by Chris Romero
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Granum
1 µm
Peroxisomes: Oxidation
• Specialized metabolic compartments bounded by
a single membrane
• Peroxisomes produce hydrogen peroxide and
convert it to water
How does the the cell protect itself from the toxic effects
of hydrogen peroxide?
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LE 6-19
Chloroplast
Peroxisome
Mitochondrion
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Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
1 µm
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Summary
-Microscopy and differential centrifugation are two powerful
methods to examine cellular structure and function.
-Optimal size for most cells is generally low to optimize
surface area:volume ratio.
-All cells have plasma membrane, cytosol, DNA and ribosomes.
-Prokaryotic cells tend to be smaller than eukaryotic,
and lack nuclei, cytoplasmic membranes
systems and organelles.
-Eukaryotic cells have evolved or acquired many membrane
bound compartments for specialized functions.
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Please,
ask questions.
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Eukaryotic Cell Structure: Part II
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The Cytoskeleton
-Intermediate Filaments
-Microfilaments
-Microtubules
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Dynamic: shorten and lengthen
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LE 6-27b
Cortex (outer cytoplasm):
gel with actin network
Inner cytoplasm: sol
with actin subunits
Extending
pseudopodium
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Biology, Seventh Edition
Speculate
on the how actin causes movement?
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Amoeboid movement
Lectures by Chris Romero
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LE 6-26
Microvillus
Intestinal cell
Plasma membrane
Function of MF?
Microfilaments
(actin filaments)
Intermediate filaments
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0.25 µm
LE 6-27a
Muscle cell
Actin filament
Myosin filament
Myosin arm
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Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Myosin motors in muscle cell contraction
Lectures by Chris Romero
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LE 6-27c
Nonmoving
cytoplasm (gel)
Chloroplast
Streaming
cytoplasm
(sol)
Vacuole
Parallel actin
filaments
PowerPoint Lectures for
Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells
Lectures by Chris Romero
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Cell wall
Dynamic: shorten and lengthen
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LE 6-21b
Microtubule
Vesicles
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Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
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0.25 µm
LE 6-21a
Vesicle
ATP
Receptor for
motor protein
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for
Motor
Biology, Seventh Edition
protein
(ATP powered)
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
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Microtubule
of cytoskeleton
LE 6-23a
Motile sperm
Direction of swimming
Undulating movement
flagellum
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Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Motion of flagella
Lectures by Chris Romero
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5 µm
LE 6-23b
Direction of organism’s movement
Direction of
active stroke
Direction of
recovery stroke
Motion of
cilia for
PowerPoint
Lectures
Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
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protozoan
15 µm
Microtubules:
Power Flagella & Cilia Movement
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LE 6-25a
Microtubule
doublets
ATPATP
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Dynein arm
Molecular motor
Dynein “walking”
Lectures by Chris Romero
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Cross-linking
LE
6-25b
proteins inside
outer doublets
ATP
Anchorage
in cell
Effect of cross-linking proteins
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Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
Wavelike motion
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LE 6-24
MT organization in Flagella and Cilia
0.1 µm
Outer microtubule
doublet
Dynein arms
Central
microtubule
Cross-linking
proteins inside
outer doublets
Microtubules
Plasma
membrane
Basal body
9+2
0.5 µm
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Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
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Radial
spoke
Plasma
membrane
Basal body
Microtubule-containing structure at base of flagellum
and cilium
Organization: Nine triplets
In contrast:
MT organization in cilia and flagella is?_____________
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LE 6-24
Basal body anchors each flagellum and cilium
9 doublets+2
Plasma
membrane
Basal body
0.5 µm
Basal Body
Triplet
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Cross section of basal body
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Nine triplets
Centrioles
• Occur in pairs oriented at right angle
• Similar nine triplet organization as basal body
• Present in animal cells
• Contained in centrosome:microtubule organizing
center (MTOC)
• Note: plants cells have centrosomes but lack
centrioles
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LE 6-22
Centrosome
Microtubule
Centrioles
0.25 µm
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Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures
by Chris Romero
Longitudinal section
of one centriole
Microtubules
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Cross section
of the other centriole
Extracellular structures
• Secreted materials on the outside surface of
plasma membrane:
– Cell walls (cellulose) of plants
– Extracellular matrix (ECM) of animal cells
– Intercellular junctions
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Cell Walls of Plants
Mixture of cellulose fibers plus other polysaccharides
and protein
• Distinctive to plants. Not present on animal cells
• Protection against physical stress, predators and
disease
• Maintainance of cell shape
• Prevention of excessive water uptake
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LE 6-28
Central
vacuole
of cell
Plasma
membrane
Secondary
cell wall
Primary
cell wall
Central
vacuole
of cell
Middle
lamella
1 µm
Central vacuole
Cytosol
Plasma membrane
Plant cell walls
Plasmodesmata
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Extracellular Matrix (ECM) of Animal Cells
• Proteoglycan complexes and other macromolecules
• Functions:
– Support
– Adhesion to other cells or surfaces
– Movement
– Regulation (influences binding of hormones or
other factors to receptors on plasma membrane)
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LE 6-29a
Collagen
fiber
EXTRACELLULAR FLUID
Fibronectin
Plasma
membrane
Integrin
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CYTOPLASM
Microfilaments
Proteoglycan
complex
LE 6-29b
Proteoglycan
complex
Polysaccharide
molecule
Carbohydrates
Core
protein
Proteoglycan
molecule
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Intercellular Junctions
• Between adjacent cells
– Adhesion
– Communication
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Plants: Plasmodesmata
- Channels that perforate plant cell walls
- Allow passage of water & small solutes between
adjacent cells
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LE 6-30
Plasmodesmata
Cell walls
Interior
of cell
Interior
of cell
0.5 µm
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Plasma membranes
Animals: Tight Junctions, Desmosomes, and Gap Junctions
Tight junctions: on membranes of neighboring cells
prevent leakage of extracellular fluid between cells
Desmosomes (anchoring junctions):
fasten cells together into strong sheets
Gap junctions (communicating junctions) provide
cytoplasmic channels between adjacent cells
Animation: Tight Junctions
Animation: Desmosomes
Animation: Gap Junctions
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LE 6-31
Tight junctions prevent
fluid from moving
across a layer of cells
Tight junction
0.5 µm
Tight junction
Intermediate
filaments
Desmosome
1 µm
Space
between
cells
Gap
junctions
Plasma membranes
of adjacent cells
Gap junction
Extracellular
matrix
0.1 µm
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The Cell: A Living Unit Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
• Cells rely on the integration of structures and
organelles in order to function
Think of the structures and organelles involved in the function of
the following cell
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LE 6-32
5 µm
Macrophage: patrols for & destroys foreign objects
bacteria
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