1. Cell Surface/Intercell Communication systems
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2. Cell Movement
To transport materials, acquire resources, and navigate through an environment.
Cilia and flagella
Cells need to move in order to transport materials and acquire resources
This is accomplished by cilia and flagella
These structures also aid cells in navigating throughout their environment

4. Flagella Drives locomotion by propelling and swiveling.
Can be in multiples.
Different types.
Tail like appendages
Drives locomotion by making a propeller like or swivel motion
Cells can have one or multiple that all work in tandem
There are many different kinds but are all similar in function

5. Cilia Used for senses and locomotion Moves the cell with “paddles”
Moves materials outside of the cell
Can be coupled with flagella
Used for senses and locomotion
Move like paddles to propel cell
They also move materials around the outside of the cell
Can also be coupled with flagella

6. Cell Communication
To transport materials, acquire resources, and navigate through an environment.
Walls, Extracellular Matrix

7. Cell Wall Limits what goes in and out of cell
Maintains a constant internal pressure
Support inside structures
Protects cell and helps limit what goes in and out
Usually found in plant cells
Help cell maintain a constant internal pressure as well as support inside structures

8. Extracellular Matrix (ECM)
Physical scaffolding that support all cells
Is in every organ and tissue
Helps maintain homeostasis
Allows for chemical reactions
Physical scaffolding that support all cells
Is in every organ and tissue
Helps maintain homeostasis
Allows for chemical reactions to happen that can not occur within the cells themselves

9. Plasmodesmata Allows cells to transport resources
Found in cells with cell walls
Composed of tubes run from cell wall to cell wall
Allow cells to transport resources and communicate
Usually only found in cells with cell walls
Composed of tubes run from cell wall to cell wall

10. Intercellular Junctions
Extends from cell membrane to cell membrane/cell walls
More often found in animals
Enables communication and materials to transport
Extend from cell membrane to cell membrane (Through cell walls if need be)
More often found in animals
Enable communication and material transport

11. Connect cytoskeletons of neighboring cells physically
Adherens Junctions
Connect cytoskeletons of neighboring cells physically
Allow materials to go between cells without disrupting functions
Connect cytoskeletons of neighboring cells - physically link them
Cross extracellular matrix
Allow things to go between cells without disrupting their function

12. Conclusion
A car with no wheels. A house with no walls. A tunnel with no opening. A room with no doors.

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