Anatomy & Physiology › Section C · The cellular level › Topic C.2
Cytoplasm and organelles
A liver cell, a muscle fibre and a white blood cell share the same basic kit of internal parts, but each stocks them in different amounts. Learning what each organelle does lets you read a cell's job from its contents, and explains several inherited diseases.
In this topic
- Inside the membrane
- Rough and smooth ER
- The Golgi apparatus
- Lysosomes
- Worked example: following a digestive enzyme out
- Mitochondria
- Peroxisomes and reactive oxygen
- Oxidative stress and ageing: what is debated
- The cytoskeleton
- Worked example: reading a cell's job from its organelles
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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