Transportation is an essential activity in our day to day life. It is needed for moving oneself or one’s goods from one place to another. Amazingly, certain substance move …
CELL TRANSPORT
CELL SIGNALLING
It is surprising, yet interesting to note that cells communicate with one another in a process known as cell signalling. Just as humans communicate by speaking, fowls by cocking, …
CELL DIVISION: MITOSIS
Mitosis is a type of cell division occurring in the somatic cells (body cells). The brain, eye, heart, skin cells all multiply by mitosis. Emphasis will be laid on …
CELL ORGANELLES: THE MITOCHONDRION
Ever wondered where you get the energy you use for breathing, eating, drinking, talking and walking?. Meet mitochondria, the organelle which convert the fats, proteins and sugars in ingested food …
CELL ORGANELLES: THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
Inside the eukaryotic cell is an organelle called endoplasmic reticulum which is responsible for packaging and sending proteins and lipids around the cells. It is an interconnected network of flattened …
CELL ORGANELLES: THE GOLGI APPARATUS
Golgi apparatus is a stack of flattened membrane bound vesicles that functions in the storage, modification and repackaging of manufactured biochemical substances in the cell. This organelle was discovered by …
CELL ORGANELLES: THE CHLOROPLAST
Anyone that has ever been to the grocery store or market to purchase vegetables will testify to the importance of green. Anyone that has ever been in a car …
CELL ORGANELLES: THE CYTOPLASM
The cytoplasm is a portion of the cell surrounding the cell genetic material (Nucleoid in prokaryotes or nucleus in eukaryotes).
CELL ORGANELLES: THE CELL MEMBRANE
The cell membrane is the external cover of the living cells that regulates what goes in and out of the living cell. Not to be confused with Cell wall
CELL ORGANELLES: THE CELL WALL
All living organisms are made up the smallest structural, functional unit of life called Cell. There are two major types of cell: the prokaryotic cells and the eukaryotic cells. …