Animal cell

• Animal cells


  • Eukaryotic cells, or cells with a membrane-bound nucleus
• Organelles


  Different parts of a cell
• Cell Membrane


  • Composed of phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins and carbohydrates
  • Semipermeable - allows Oxygen and CO2 to enter
• Microvilli


  • Finger-like folds of cell membrane that boost the cell's absorption function
  • Increases the cell's surface area
• Cytoplasm


  Fluid containing cytosol that fills the cell, where molecules first pass through after entering or before exiting the cell membrane, and where organelles are found and move freely
• Cytosol


  Fluid that contains electrolytes, the site of cytosolic activities like signal transduction, DNA transcription and replication, glycolysis, enzyme activities, etc.
• Electrolytes


  Substances that produce electrically conducting solutions, metabolites, and other substances produced during metabolism
• Cytoskeleton


  • Provides the structure or shape of the cell, has three major filaments (microfilament, microtubule, and intermediate filament), and is about 7 nanometer
• Glycolysis


  Conversion of glucose into another form
• Microfilament


  • Composed of actin (contractile protein)
• Microtubule


  • Composed of tubulin (globular proteins) and is about 25 nanometer
• Intermediate Filament


  • Provides tensile strength in the cell and is about 10 nanometer
• Centrioles


  • Come in pairs and are at right angles with each other, help in the separation and transfer of chromosomes
• Centrosome


  • Where microtubules get organized
• Spindle Fibers


  • Essential to separating chromosomes during cell division
• Nucleoplasm


  The substance inside the nuclear envelope
• Nucleus


  • The control center of the cell
• Nuclear Envelope


  • The outer boundary of the nucleus
• Chromatin


  The substance within the nucleoplasm, a combination of DNA and proteins
• DNA


  Deoxyribonucleic acid
• Nuclear Pore


  • The entry and exit point of cell substances
• Nucleolus


  • The membrane-free organelle found inside the nucleus, usually spherical in shape and important in creating the ribosomes
• Ribosomes


  Help in protein synthesis
• Animal cells


  Eukaryotic cells, or cells with a membrane-bound nucleus
• Organelles


  • Different parts of a cell
• Cell Membrane


  Composed of phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins and carbohydrates
• Semipermeable Membrane


  Allows Oxygen and CO2 to enter
• Microvilli


  • Finger-like folds of the cell membrane that boost the cell's absorption function
  • Increases the cell's surface area
• Cytoplasm


  Fluid containing cytosol that fills the cell, where molecules first pass through after entering or before exiting the cell membrane, and where organelles are found and move freely
• Cytosol


  Fluid that contains electrolytes, the site of cytosolic activities like signal transduction, DNA transcription and replication, glycolysis, enzyme activities, etc.
• Electrolytes


  Substances that produce electrically conducting solutions, metabolites, and other substances produced during metabolism
• Glycolysis


  Conversion of glucose into another form
• Cytoskeleton


  • Provides the structure or shape of the cell, has three major filaments (microfilament, microtubule, and intermediate filament)
• Microfilament


  Composed of actin (contractile protein), about 7 nanometer
• Microtubule


  Composed of tubulin (globular proteins), about 25 nanometer
• Intermediate Filament


  Provides tensile strength in the cell, about 10 nanometer
• Centrioles


  • Come in pairs and are at right angles with each other, help in the separation and transfer of chromosomes during cell division
• Centrosome


  • Where microtubules get organized
• Spindle Fibers


  • Essential to separating chromosomes during cell division
• Nucleus


  The control center of the cell