Bios Lab Exercise - Cells

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BIOS Lab Exercise Structure and Function of Cell Organelles Your assignment is to identify the following cellular organelles; then, describe the function of the organelles you identify. Please note that there are two pages to this lab sheet! Step One: Identify the above Organelles 1. Nucleolus 2. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum 3. Lysosome 4. Mitochondrion 5. Peroxisome 6. Golgi Apparatus 7. Ribosomes 8. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum 9. Plasma Membrane 10. Nucleus 11. Nuclear Envelope Step 2: Write a description of the above organelles: Nucleolus – a non-membrane bound structure found in the nucleus. The nucleolus transcribes rRNA and combines it with protein to form almost-complete ribosomes. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum - Smooth ER synthesizes fatty acids and steroids, inactivates or detoxifies drugs and other potentially harmful substances, removes the phosphate group from glucose-6-phosphate, and stores and releases calcium ions. Lysosome - Membrane-enclosed vesicles that form from the Golgi complex that digest substances that enter a cell via endocytosis and transport final products of digestion into cytosol. They carry out autophagy, the digestion of worn-out organelles; implement autolysis, the digestion of an entire cell; and accomplish extracellular digestion. Mitochondrion - The "powerhouse" of the cell, mitochondria generate most of the ATP through aerobic respiration. Also begins apoptosis or death of a cell; in response to stimuli, chemicals are released from the mitochondria, which when released in the cytosol initiate a cascade of activation of protein-digesting enzymes that begin apoptosis. Peroxisome - Similar to lysosomes but smaller, the peroxisomes contain enzyme that can oxidize various organic substances including amino acids, fatty acids, and alcohol. Golgi Apparatus – Golgi modifies,

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