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Cells become specialized through the process of - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔differentiation or maturation
Eight specialized cellular functions are - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔movement,
conductivity, metabolic absorption, secretion, excretion, respiration,
reproduction, and communication
Eukaryotic cells consist of - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the plasma membrane, the
cytoplasm, and intracellular organelles
What is the nucleus? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the largest membrane-bound
organelle and found in the cell's center
, Chief functions of the nucleus are? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cell division and
control of genetic information
What is cytoplasm (cytoplasmic matrix)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an aqueous
solution (cytosol) that fills the space between the nucleus and the plasma
membrane
Where are organelles found? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔suspended in the cytoplasm
and enclosed in biologic membranes
What is the endoplasmic reticulum? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a network of tubular
channels (cisternae) that extend throughout the outer nuclear membrane. It
specializes in the synthesis and transport of protein lipid components of
most of the organelles
What is the Golgi complex? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a network of smooth
membranes and vesicles located near the nucleus
What does the Golgi complex do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔process and package
proteins into secretory vesicles that break away from the Golgi complex
and migrate to a variety of intracellular and extracellular destinations,
including plasma membranes