Human body cells
Hello, my blog viewers. Today we are going to learn about the tiny building blocks that make up us and other animals. Can you guess what it is? It’s cells! The cell is made out of different parts. Let’s look at them now.
If you were shrunk to a
size that lets you fit through the cell and you found one, the first thing you would see is the cells outer shell. We call it the cell membrane. The cell membrane only lets specific things in. If you could somehow get in, you would see the different parts of the cell.
The different parts of the cell are called organelles. The organelles that you would see are the Nucleus, some Mitochondria, the Endoplasmic reticulum, some Lysosomes and the Golgi apparatus, but when you walk you will realise that there is one more part, and it is the most important. It’s the Cytoplasm! It provides a surface for the organelles to live on.
Let’s learn more about the organelles.
The Nucleus decides and controls most of the functions going on in the cell. The Mitochondria are the sites for cellular respiration in the cell. The Mitochondria are also the powerhouses of the cell because they release energy rich compounds called ATP. ATP is needed for the functioning, growth and maintenance of the body. Let’s now learn about the Endoplasmic reticulum. The Endoplasmic reticulum is a large network of membrane bound sheets. They help in transporting and exchanging materials between the various regions of the cytoplasm. The Endoplasmic reticulum comes on 2 different types. The smooth Endoplasmic reticulum and the rough Endoplasmic reticulum. The smooth Endoplasmic reticulum helps in the formation of lipids. Lipids are essential components of the cell membrane. The rough Endoplasmic reticulum contains ribosomes. Ribosomes help in building proteins within the rough Endoplasmic reticulum.
The proteins go to the Golgi apparatus. The proteins get processed inside the Golgi apparatus. Inside the Golgi apparatus the proteins are packaged and sent outside. The Golgi apparatus in involved in the creation of lysosomes. The lysosomes have some powerful digestive enzymes. When the cell is damaged, the lysosome bursts. After the lysosome bursts, the digestive enzymes that were within the lysosome get released. The digestive enzymes digest their own cell. So, lysosomes are called suicide bags of the cell. Here are some of the different types of cells in our human body.
If you were shrunk to a
size that lets you fit through the cell and you found one, the first thing you would see is the cells outer shell. We call it the cell membrane. The cell membrane only lets specific things in. If you could somehow get in, you would see the different parts of the cell.
The different parts of the cell are called organelles. The organelles that you would see are the Nucleus, some Mitochondria, the Endoplasmic reticulum, some Lysosomes and the Golgi apparatus, but when you walk you will realise that there is one more part, and it is the most important. It’s the Cytoplasm! It provides a surface for the organelles to live on.
Let’s learn more about the organelles.
The Nucleus decides and controls most of the functions going on in the cell. The Mitochondria are the sites for cellular respiration in the cell. The Mitochondria are also the powerhouses of the cell because they release energy rich compounds called ATP. ATP is needed for the functioning, growth and maintenance of the body. Let’s now learn about the Endoplasmic reticulum. The Endoplasmic reticulum is a large network of membrane bound sheets. They help in transporting and exchanging materials between the various regions of the cytoplasm. The Endoplasmic reticulum comes on 2 different types. The smooth Endoplasmic reticulum and the rough Endoplasmic reticulum. The smooth Endoplasmic reticulum helps in the formation of lipids. Lipids are essential components of the cell membrane. The rough Endoplasmic reticulum contains ribosomes. Ribosomes help in building proteins within the rough Endoplasmic reticulum.
The proteins go to the Golgi apparatus. The proteins get processed inside the Golgi apparatus. Inside the Golgi apparatus the proteins are packaged and sent outside. The Golgi apparatus in involved in the creation of lysosomes. The lysosomes have some powerful digestive enzymes. When the cell is damaged, the lysosome bursts. After the lysosome bursts, the digestive enzymes that were within the lysosome get released. The digestive enzymes digest their own cell. So, lysosomes are called suicide bags of the cell. Here are some of the different types of cells in our human body.
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