Lab 1 - The Cell

Function: controls what enters and exits the cell

Function: increases cell surface area for absorption

Function: controls cellular activity

Function: produces ribosome components

Function: contains hereditary information; condenses into chromosomes during cell division

Function: allows movement of substances between nucleus and cytoplasm

Function: intracellular organelles and cytosol that surround nucleus; aka all materials between plasma membrane and nucleus

Function: a part of the cytoplasm, this component of cytoplasm that provides support to internal cell structures

Function: processes amino acid chains made by attached ribosomes

Function: detoxification; also makes lipids and steroid hormones

Function: site of protein synthesis

Function: packages and ships proteins and lipids

Function: transports substances within a cell

Function: digests damaged organelles and substances brought inside cell

Function: energy (ATP) production

Function: gives shape to cell; supports/anchors cell structure; involved in cell division

Function: involved with cell division

Function: creates external currents to move substances past cell

Function: moves the cell