Biology Questions and Answers

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Biology Questions and Answers



  1. Where in the cell can
    ribosomes be found? What is
    the main biological function of
    ribosomes?


Ribosomcytoplasm, ades can be found free in thehered to the outer side of (^)
the nuclear mthe endoplasmicembrane or associated to reticulum membrane
defining the rough endoplasmic
reticulum. Ribosomes arwhere protein synthesis takes place.e the structures



  1. What is the difference
    between smooth and rough
    endoplasmic reticulum?


The endoplasmicmembranous structure reticulum iscontiguous to a delicate
the nuclear membrane and present in


the cytoplasm. It net of channels thrforms aoughout the cell andn extensive (^)
is classified into rough or smooth types.
The rough endoplasmic reticulum has a
great number of ribosomes attachethe external side of its membrane. d toThe
smooth endoplasmic reticulum does not
have ribosomes attachemembrane. d to its
The main functions oendoplasmic reticulum arf the roughe synth (^) esis
and storage of proteins made in the
ribosomes. Treticulum plays a rhe smooth eole in the lipidndoplasmic
synthesis and, in muscle cells, it is
important in tcontraction stimulus.he conduction of the



  1. A netlike membranous
    complex of superposed flat
    saccules with vesicles
    detaching from the
    extremities seen in electronic
    microscopy. What is the
    observed structure? What is
    its biological function?
    What is being observed is the Golgicomplex, or Golgi apparatus. This
    cytoplasmicchemical processing organelle is associated withand modification of
    proteins made by the cell and with
    storage and branding of these proteinsfor posterior use or secretion. Vesicles
    seen under the electronic microscope


contain materialready to be exported (secreted already processed,) by the (^)
cell. The vesiclesapparatus, travel across th detach from the Golgie cytoplasm
and fuse with the plasma membrane
then secreting exterior. their substances to the



  1. On which organelle of the
    cell structure does
    intracellular digestion
    depend? What is the chemical
    content of those organelles?
    Intracellular digestion occurs by the


action odigestive enzymes (hydrolases) that arf lysosomes. Lysosomes have (^) e
made in the rough endoplasmic
reticulum anapparatus. Lysosomes ard stored in the Golgie hydrolase-
containing vesicles that detach from the
Golgi apparatus.
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