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General Features of Cells

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This deck covers key concepts related to the structure and function of various cellular components, including vacuoles, prokaryotic cells, and the endomembrane system.

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The function of vacuoles include:

Storage, regulation of cell volume, and degradation of macromolecules.
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Definition
The function of vacuoles include:
Storage, regulation of cell volume, and degradation of macromolecules.
What are the functions of the central vacuole in plants
Storage of pigments, maintenance of turgor pressure, and water storage.
Which of these groups of organisms have prokaryotic cells?
Bacteria and Archaea
Granum
A stack of thylakoids
Stroma
Fluid- filled space enclosed by the inner membrane but outside the thylakoid membrane.
Thylakoid lumen
Compartment enclosed by the thylakoid membrane.
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General Features of Cells
TermDefinition
The function of vacuoles include:
Storage, regulation of cell volume, and degradation of macromolecules.
What are the functions of the central vacuole in plants
Storage of pigments, maintenance of turgor pressure, and water storage.
Which of these groups of organisms have prokaryotic cells?
Bacteria and Archaea
Granum
A stack of thylakoids
Stroma
Fluid- filled space enclosed by the inner membrane but outside the thylakoid membrane.
Thylakoid lumen
Compartment enclosed by the thylakoid membrane.
Microtubules
Are long, hollow, cylindrical structure about 25 nm in diameter and composed of the protein tubulin.
Vacuoles
Specialized cellular compartments that are filled with fluid, sometimes solids.
Which of the following structures are part of the endomembrane system?
Golgi apparatus, lysosome, endoplasmic reticulum, the nuclear envelop.
System biology
Approach refers to a way of looking at organisms in terms of the complex interaction of its components rather then the properties of each component separately.