You are on page 1of 49

Chapter 4

Cells

Microscopes
Light microscope Magnification Resolving power: ability to show two distinct objects as separate

Electron microscopes
Scanning EM

Transmission EM
100,000X

Figure 4.2

10 m Human height 1m Length of some nerve and muscle cells Chicken egg 1 cm Frog eggs 1 mm Light microscope Electron microscope

10 cm

100 mm Plant and animal cells

10 mm

Nucleus Most bacteria Mitochondrion

1 mm

100 nm

Smallest bacteria Viruses Ribosomes

10 nm

Proteins Lipids

1 nm

Small molecules Atoms

0.1 nm

Unaided eye

Figure 4.3

Major categories
Prokaryotic cell

Eukaryotic cell

Common features
Plasma membrane Ribosomes DNA and RNA

Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes
Prokaryote 3.5 bya No organelles No distinct nucleus Eukaryote 2.1 bya Organelles Nucleus

Prokaryote features
Pili Cilia or flagella Capsule (not all prokaryotes exhibit these features)

Plasma membrane (encloses cytoplasm) Cell wall (provides rigidity)

Capsule (sticky coating) Prokaryotic flagellum (for propulsion) Ribosomes (synthesize proteins) Nucleoid (contains DNA) Pili (attachment structures)
Figure 4.4a

Eukaryotic cell overview

Cytoplasm
Organelles differ between kingdoms

Ribosomes Cytoskeleton

Centriole Lysosome Flagellum

Not in most plant cells

Plasma membrane Nucleus Mitochondrion Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Golgi apparatus Idealized animal cell Central vacuole Cell wall

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Cytoskeleton Mitochondrion Nucleus Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ribosomes Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Idealized plant cell

Not in animal cells

Chloroplast

Plasma membrane Channels between cells Golgi apparatus

Figure 4.5

Cell membrane
Phospholipid bilayer

Proteins

Fluid mosaic

Outside of cell Hydrophilic head

Hydrophobic tail

Phospholipid Cytoplasm (inside of cell) (a) Phospholipid bilayer of membrane


Figure 4.6a

Outside of cell Hydrophilic region of protein

Proteins

Hydrophilic head Hydrophobic tail

Phospholipid bilayer

Hydrophobic regions of protein

Cytoplasm (inside of cell)

(b) Fluid mosaic model of membrane


Figure 4.6b

Keeping Cells attached


Cell walls (plants and fungi) Extracellular matrix (animal cells) Cell junctions (animal cells)

Nucleus
Nuclear envelope

Nuclear pores

Ribosomes

Chromatin

Nuclear envelope

Nucleolus

Pore

TEM

Surface of nuclear envelope

Nuclear pores

TEM

Figure 4.8

Chromosomes
Chromatin

DNA molecule

Proteins

Chromatin fiber

Chromosome

Figure 4.9

Nucleolus
Ribosomes Protein manufacture centers

Ribosomes Cytoskeleton

Centriole Lysosome Flagellum

Not in most plant cells

Plasma membrane Nucleus Mitochondrion Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Golgi apparatus Idealized animal cell Central vacuole Cell wall

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Cytoskeleton Mitochondrion Nucleus Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ribosomes Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Idealized plant cell

Not in animal cells

Chloroplast

Plasma membrane Channels between cells Golgi apparatus

Figure 4.5

Endomembrane system
Endoplasmiuc reticulum Rough ER Smooth ER

Nuclear envelope

Ribosomes Rough ER

Smooth ER
Figure 4.13a

Proteins are often modified in the ER.

Secretory proteins depart in transport vesicles.

Vesicles bud off from the ER.

Ribosome

Transport vesicle

Protein A ribosome links amino acids into a polypeptide. Rough ER

Polypeptide
Figure 4.14

Ribosomes Cytoskeleton

Centriole Lysosome Flagellum

Not in most plant cells

Plasma membrane Nucleus Mitochondrion Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Golgi apparatus Idealized animal cell Central vacuole Cell wall

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Cytoskeleton Mitochondrion Nucleus Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ribosomes Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Idealized plant cell

Not in animal cells

Chloroplast

Plasma membrane Channels between cells Golgi apparatus

Figure 4.5

Golgi apparatus

Transport vesicle from rough ER

Receiving side of Golgi apparatus

New vesicle forming

Transport vesicle from the Golgi

Shipping side of Golgi apparatus


Plasma membrane
Figure 4.15a

Ribosomes Cytoskeleton

Centriole Lysosome Flagellum

Not in most plant cells

Plasma membrane Nucleus Mitochondrion Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Golgi apparatus Idealized animal cell Central vacuole Cell wall

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Cytoskeleton Mitochondrion Nucleus Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ribosomes Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Idealized plant cell

Not in animal cells

Chloroplast

Plasma membrane Channels between cells Golgi apparatus

Figure 4.5

Vesicles

Ribosomes Cytoskeleton

Centriole Lysosome Flagellum

Not in most plant cells

Plasma membrane Nucleus Mitochondrion Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Golgi apparatus Idealized animal cell Central vacuole Cell wall

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Cytoskeleton Mitochondrion Nucleus Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ribosomes Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Idealized plant cell

Not in animal cells

Chloroplast

Plasma membrane Channels between cells Golgi apparatus

Figure 4.5

Lysosomes

Plasma membrane

Digestive enzymes

Lysosome

Lysosome

Digestion
Food vacuole Vesicle containing damaged organelle Digestion

(a) Lysosome digesting food

(b) Lysosome breaking down the molecules of damaged organelles Organelle fragment

Vesicle containing two damaged organelles

Organelle fragment

TEM

Figure 4.16

Plasma membrane

Digestive enzymes

Lysosome Digestion

Food vacuole

(a) Lysosome digesting food

Figure 4.16a

Lysosome

Digestion Vesicle containing damaged organelle (b) Lysosome breaking down the molecules of damaged organelles

Figure 4.16b

Vacuoles
Contractile vacuole (protozoans) Central vacuole (plants)

Ribosomes Cytoskeleton

Centriole Lysosome Flagellum

Not in most plant cells

Plasma membrane Nucleus Mitochondrion Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Golgi apparatus Idealized animal cell Central vacuole Cell wall

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Cytoskeleton Mitochondrion Nucleus Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ribosomes Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Idealized plant cell

Not in animal cells

Chloroplast

Plasma membrane Channels between cells Golgi apparatus

Figure 4.5

Vacuole filling with water

Vacuole contracting

(a) Contractile vacuole in Paramecium


Colorized TEM

Central vacuole

(b) Central vacuole in a plant cell


Figure 4.17

LM

LM

Chloroplasts

Ribosomes Cytoskeleton

Centriole Lysosome Flagellum

Not in most plant cells

Plasma membrane Nucleus Mitochondrion Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Golgi apparatus Idealized animal cell Central vacuole Cell wall

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Cytoskeleton Mitochondrion Nucleus Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ribosomes Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Idealized plant cell

Not in animal cells

Chloroplast

Plasma membrane Channels between cells Golgi apparatus

Figure 4.5

Inner and outer membranes

Space between membranes Stroma (fluid in chloroplast) Granum

TEM

Figure 4.19

Mitochondria

Outer membrane

Inner membrane

Cristae
Matrix

Space between membranes

Figure 4.20

TEM

Cytoskeleton
Microtubules

LM

(a) Microtubules in the cytoskeleton

(b) Microtubules and movement


LM

Figure 4.21

Cilia and Flagella

(b) Cilia on a protist


Figure 4.22b

Colorized SEM

(c) Cilia lining the respiratory tract


Figure 4.22c

Colorized SEM

You might also like