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1 Chapter 3a Overview of the cell, and structure of the plasma membrane

2  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFuEo2cc TPA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFuEo2cc TPA

3  The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life  Amoebas are single-cellular  Humans, dogs, trees are multi-cellular

4  Human body has 50 to 100 Trillion cells  200 types

5  First to observe cells – Robert Hooke in 1600s (1665) (he observed cork)  Anton van Leeuwenhoek observes single cell organisms in pond water 1674

6 1838 Matthias Schleiden concludes all plants are made up of cells

7 1839 Theodor Schwann concludes all animals are made up of cells

8  1855 Rudolph Virchow proposed all cells come from existing cells

9  These discoveries were very important, before ‘cell theory’ which includes all these discoveries, people accepted the theory of spontaneous generation

10  Four concepts that are known as the Cell Theory

11  1. A cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life.  2. The activity of an organism depends on the individual and collective activities of its cells

12  3. Principle of complementarity, (its function depends on its form)  4. Continuity of life has a cellular basis

13  Cubelike  Tilelike  Disk-shaped  Spherical  Branching  Cylindrical

14 Figure 3.2

15  All cells are composed chiefly of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and trace amounts of several other elements  All cells have the same basic parts and some common functions

16  Human cells have 3 Main Parts  1. Plasma membrane  Outer boundary of the cell  2. Cytoplasm  Intracellular fluid packed with organelles  3. Nucleus  Controls cellular activities

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18  Separates intracellular fluids from extracellular fluids  Plays a dynamic role in cellular activity

19  You can picture the plasma membrane using the Fluid Mosaic Model

20  Thin, Double layer (bilayer) of lipids with imbedded, dispersed proteins  Bilayer consists of phospholipids, cholesterol, and glycolipids

21  Phospholipids have hydrophobic and hydrophilic bipoles  Each phospholipid molecule has a polar ‘head’ that is charged and is hydrophilic  Each phospholipid molecule has a nonpolar ‘tail’ made of 2 fatty acid chains and is hydrophobic

22  Hydro = water  Philic = loving  Phobia = hating  Polar heads are attracted to water so they lie on the inner and outer surfaces of the membrane  Nonpolar tails avoid water and line up in the center of the membrane

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24  Plasma membranes also have proteins, glycolipids, glycoproteins, and cholesterol  20% of all membrane lipid is cholesterol  Cells recognize one another by markers made out of glycoproteins called Glycocalyx

25  Membranes differ in the kind and amount of lipids they contain  Glycolipids are lipids with bound carbohydrate  Glycolipids are found only in the outer membrane surface  20% of all membrane lipid is cholesterol

26  Less fluid and more stable than the rest of the lipid bilayer  Make up 20% of the outer membrane surface  Composed of sphingolipids (lipids that can pack tightly together) and cholesterol  Are concentrating platforms for cell-signaling molecules

27  Plasma membranes lipid bilayers are imbedded with protein groups  Cells recognize one another by markers made out of glycoproteins called Glycocalyx

28  Glycocalyx is a glycoprotein  Sugar coating on cells  Every cell type has a different pattern of sugars in its glycocalyx  Biological markers that approaching cells recognize

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30 Figure 3.4.2

31  Integral proteins  Peripheral proteins

32  Firmly inserted into the lipid bilayer  Some protrude on just one side of the membrane  Most are transmembrane proteins  span the entire width of the membrane and protrude on both sides

33  Attached loosely to integral proteins or membrane lipids  Easily removed without disrupting the membrane

34  Glycoproteins in the glycocalyx act as an adhesive  Wavy contours of the membranes of adjacent cells fit together in a tongue & groove fashion  Special membrane junctions are formed  Tight junctions, desmosomes, and gap junctions

35  Tight junction – impermeable junction that encircles the cell Figure 3.5a

36  Desmosome – anchoring junction scattered along the sides of cells Figure 3.5b

37  Gap junction – a nexus that allows chemical substances to pass between cells Figure 3.5c

38  Small extensions of the plasma membrane that project from a free, or exposed cell surface  Increases surface area

39  Most often found on the surface of cells that function in absorption like intestinal and kidney cells

40 Next time! Study guide check pages 53 – 55 after next lecture.

41  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=- 7204725871954420481 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=- 7204725871954420481


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