Membranes & Transport

More Hank Green for your enjoyment.

1.) Nucleolus - Site of production of ribosomal RNA.

2.) Nucleus -Control center, or 'brain', of the cell. Directs all of the cells activity. 

3.) Rough ER - Makes proteins.

4.) Vesicle - Transports materials in and around the cell.

5.) Ribosomes - Function as factories to produce proteins.

6.) Golgi Body - Packages proteins for export from the cell. Forms secretory vesicles.

7.) Cytoskeleton - Strengthens cell and maintains the shape. Moves organelles within cell.

8.) Smooth ER - packages proteins. Synthesis of membrane phospholids. Detoxify drugs in liver cells.

9.) Mitochondria - Breaks down sugar (glucose) molecules to release energy. Site or aerobic cellular respiration.

10.) Vacuole - Stores food, water, metabolic & toxic wastes

11.) Cytoplasm - Supports and protects cell organelles

12.) Lysosomes - Package digestive enzymes

13.) Centrioles - Helps chromosomes separate during cell division.

Biology Pick Up Lines.

In which you learn how to pick up nerdy girls/guys.
Enjoy!

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DNA keychain.

Arts & Crafts, Bilogy 12 style. 

DNA keychain, next to a nail file for a frame of reference.

How To Make A DNA Keychain. (But With Pipe Cleaners)

Why Carbon Is A Tramp.

Hank Green tells us about : why carbon is a tramp, electron shells, the octet rule, Gilbert Lewis, and bonding ( and not the sexual kind).

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