Cells Study Guide
1. Using the following grid, please fill in the missing pieces. The answers can be by viewing the
Visible Body Videos for BIO 147.
Type of Cell Function
Bone Cells Form and regenerate bones in body.
Nerve Cells Send messages within the brain and throughout the body
Muscle cells To move skeleton and organs.
Blood cells Carry oxygen and help the immune system
Skin cells Protect organs, muscles, and bones.
Sex cells Unite to produce zygotes (offspring)
2. Using the image below, label the parts
A. Plasma Membrane
B. Cytosol
C. Nucleolus
3. Using the images below, explain what happened to the “cell”.
Cells Study Guide
This egg just came out of the corn syrup. Why does it look this way?
- The concentration of the corn syrup was higher than the fluid in the egg, so fluid passed through
the permeable membrane into the corn syrup.
This is the same egg as above, but this was taken after it was put back into regular water. Why did it
plump back up?
- The concentration in the egg was greater than the water in the cup. Through osmosis, the water
in the cup moved through the permeable membrane into the egg.
Cells Study Guide
4. Using the book, please complete the following grid.
Cell Part or Description or illustration Function
type of
protein
Cytoplasm Fills the cell from the nuclear membrane to Site of many cellular activities; consists of cytosol
cell wall and organelles
Linkers Help stabilize the plasma membrane and attach cells
together
Cilia
Plasma Outer layer of the cell; composed
membrane mainly of lipids and proteins
Channels Pores in the membrane that allow passage of
specific substances, such as ions
Mitochondri Convert energy from nutrients into ATP
a
channels Pores in the membrane that allow passage of
specific substances, such as ions
Enzymes Participate in reactions at the membrane surface
Receptors Allows substances to attach to the plasma
membrane.
Nucleus Large, membrane enclosed, near the Contains the chromosomes, the hereditary
center of the cell structures that direct all cellular activities
Lysosomes Small sacs of digestive enzymes Digest substances within the cell