All About CellsBenjamin BeldenEDIM 510

This is a typicalanimal cell.

In order for a cell to survive it must perform

four basic functions.

It needs food in order to produce energy through

respiration.

It needs to excrete waste in order to keep from being poisoned.

It needs to sense its environment to obtain

resources and stay safe.

And it needs to reproduce so that there will be more cells in the

future.

How are cells able to perform these

functions?

How are cells able to perform these

functions?

WITH ORGANELLES!

HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON ORGANELLES

…AND THEIR ROLE IN HELPING THE CELL TO SURVIVE

CYTOPLASM helps hold the organelles in place.

NUCLEUS is the control center for everything

else.

E.R. produces and stores materials to build

the cell

MITOCHONDRION release energy from

food

RIBOSOMES produce protein to help amino

acids

AND WHEN ALL OF THE

ORGANELLES WORK

TOGETHER…

AND WHEN ALL OF THE

ORGANELLES WORK

TOGETHER…

THEY HELP EVERYTHING COME INTO

FOCUS!

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