REVIEW OF CELLS
INTRODUCTION TO CELL
TRANSPORT
• Diffusion is the movement of particles from
an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
Osmosis: Diffusion of Water
Osmosis: Diffusion of Water
• In a cell, water always moves to reach an
• The diffusion of water across a selectively
permeable membrane is called osmosis.
Osmosis: Diffusion of Water
Osmosis: Diffusion of Water
• Regulating the water flow through the
plasma membrane is an important factor in
• Unequal
distribution of particles,
called a concentration gradient, is one factor that controls osmosis.
What controls osmosis?
What controls osmosis?
Before
Osmosis OsmosisAfter
Water molecule Sugar molecule
Cells in an isotonic solution
Cells in an isotonic solution
• In an isotonic
solution, the
concentration of
dissolved substances in the solution is the same as the
concentration of
dissolved substances inside the cell.
H2O
H2O
Cells in an isotonic solution
Cells in an isotonic solution
• In an isotonic
solution, water molecules move into and out of the cell at the same rate, and cells retain their normal shape.
H2O
H2O
Cells in an isotonic solution
Cells in an isotonic solution
• A plant cell
has its normal
Cells in a hypotonic solution
Cells in a hypotonic solution
• In a hypotonic
solution, water enters a cell by osmosis, causing the cell to swell.
H2O
H2O
Cells in a hypotonic solution
Cells in a hypotonic solution
• Plant cells swell
beyond their normal size as
Cells in a hypertonic solution
Cells in a hypertonic solution
• In a hypertonic
solution, water leaves a cell by osmosis, causing the cell to shrink.
H2O H2O
Cells in a hypertonic solution
Cells in a hypertonic solution
• Plant cells lose
pressure as the plasma
Passive Transport
Passive Transport
• When a cell uses no energy to move particles
across a membrane passive transport occurs.
Concentration gradient
Passive Transport by proteins
Passive Transport by proteins
• Passive transport of materials across the
membrane using transport proteins is called
facilitated diffusion.
Plasma membrane
Channel proteins
Passive Transport by proteins
Passive Transport by proteins
• Some transport proteins, called channel
proteins, form channels that allow specific molecules to flow through.
Plasma membrane
Channel proteins
Passive transport by proteins
Passive transport by proteins
• The movement is with the concentration
gradient, and requires no energy input from the cell.
Concentration gradient Plasma
membrane
Passive transport by proteins
Passive transport by proteins
• Carrier proteins change shape to allow a
substance to pass through the plasma membrane.
Concentration gradient Plasma
membrane
Passive transport by proteins
Passive transport by proteins
• In facilitated diffusion by carrier protein, the
movement is with the concentration gradient and requires no energy input from the cell.
Plasma membrane
Step 1 Step 2 Carrier proteins
Active Transport
Active Transport
• Movement of materials through a membrane
against a concentration gradient is called
active transport and requires energy from the cell.
Plasma
membrane Concentration gradient
Carrier proteins
Cellular energy
How active transport occurs
How active transport occurs
• In active transport, a transport protein called
a carrier protein first binds with a particle of the substance to be transported.
Plasma
membrane Concentration gradient
Carrier proteins
Cellular energy
How active transport occurs
How active transport occurs
How active transport occurs
How active transport occurs
• Each type of carrier protein has a shape that
fits a specific molecule or ion.
Plasma
membrane Concentration gradient
Carrier proteins
Cellular energy
How active transport occurs
How active transport occurs
• When the proper molecule binds with the
protein, chemical energy allows the cell to change the shape of the carrier protein so that the particle to be moved is released on the other side of the membrane.
Step 1 Step 2
Carrier proteins
Cellular energy
Plasma
How active transport occurs
How active transport occurs
• Once the particle is released, the protein’s
original shape is restored.
Step 1 Step 2
Carrier proteins
Cellular energy
Plasma
membrane Concentration gradient
• Active transport allows particle movement
How active transport occurs
How active transport occurs
Transport of Large Particles
Transport of Large Particles
• Endocytosis is a process by which a cell
surrounds and takes in material from its environment.
Endocytosis Exocytosis
Digestion
Nucleus
Transport of Large Particles
Transport of Large Particles
• The material is engulfed and enclosed by a
portion of the cell’s plasma membrane.
Exocytosis
Digestion
Nucleus
Wastes
Transport of Large Particles
Transport of Large Particles
• The resulting vacuole with its contents
moves to the inside of the cell.
Exocytosis
Digestion
Nucleus
Wastes
Transport of Large Particles
Transport of Large Particles
• Exocytosis is the expulsion or secretion of
materials from a cell.
Endocytosis Exocytosis
Digestion
Nucleus
Transport of Large Particles
Transport of Large Particles
• Endocytosis and exocytosis both move
masses of material and both require energy.
Endocytosis Exocytosis
Digestion
Nucleus
Question 1
B. endocytosis
A.
active transportThe diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called __________. Water molecule Sugar molecule Selectively permeable membrane
Question 1
D. osmosis C. exocytosis The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called __________. Water molecule Sugar molecule Selectively permeable membraneThe answer is D, osmosis. Regulating the water flow through the plasma
membrane is an important factor in maintaining homeostasis within the cell.
Water molecule Sugar molecule
Selectively permeable membrane
Before osmosis After osmosis
What is the expected result of having an animal cell in a hypertonic solution?
Question 2
D. The cell retains its normal shape. C. The cell swells up.
A. The cell shrivels up.
B. The plasma membrane shrinks away from
the cell wall.
The answer is A. In a hypertonic solution, cells experience osmosis of water out of the cell.
Animal cells shrivel because of decreased pressure in the cells.
H2O
H2O
Water molecule Sugar molecule
A grocer mists the celery display with water to keep it looking fresh. What type of solution is the celery now in?
Question 3
D. exotonic C. hypertonic B. hypotonic A. isotonic
The answer is B. Plant cells contain a rigid cell wall and do not burst even in a hypotonic
solution.
Transport of materials across the plasma
membrane that does not require energy from the cell but does use transport proteins is called
__________.
Question 4
B. simple diffusion A. osmosis Plasmamembrane Concentration gradient
Channel proteins
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C. facilitated diffusion D. active
The answer is C. Facilitated diffusion is a type of passive transport and requires no energy
from the cell.
Plasma
membrane Concentration gradient
Channel proteins
Cell Size Limitations
Cell Size Limitations
• The cells that make up a multicellular
organism come in a wide variety of sizes and shapes.
• Considering this wide range of cells sizes,
Diffusion limits cell size
Diffusion limits cell size
• Although diffusion is a fast and efficient
process over short distances, it becomes slow and inefficient as the distances become
larger.
• Because of the slow rate of diffusion,
DNA limits cell size
DNA limits cell size
• The cell cannot survive unless there is
enough DNA to support the protein needs of the cell.
• In many large cells, more than one nucleus
is present.
• Large amounts of DNA in many nuclei
Surface area-to-volume ratio
Surface area-to-volume ratio
• As a cell’s size increases, its volume
increases much faster than its surface area. Surface area = 6 mm2
Volume = 8 mm3
Surface area = 24 mm2
Volume = 8 mm3
1 mm 1 mm
1 mm
2 mm 2 mm
2 mm
4 mm 4 mm
Surface area = 6 mm2
Volume = 8 mm3
Surface area = 24 mm2
Volume = 8 mm3
1 mm 1 mm
1 mm
2 mm 2 mm
2 mm
4 mm 4 mm
4 mm
• If cell size doubled, the cell would require
eight times more nutrients and would have eight times more waste to excrete.
Surface area-to-volume ratio
• The surface area, however, would increase by
a factor of only four.
Surface area-to-volume ratio
Surface area-to-volume ratio
Surface area = 6 mm2
Volume = 8 mm3
Surface area = 24 mm2
Volume = 8 mm3
1 mm 1 mm
1 mm
2 mm 2 mm
2 mm
4 mm 4 mm
Surface area-to-volume ratio
Surface area-to-volume ratio
Surface area = 6 mm2
Volume = 8 mm3
Surface area = 24 mm2
Volume = 8 mm3
1 mm 1 mm
1 mm
2 mm 2 mm
2 mm
4 mm 4 mm
4 mm
• The cell would either starve to death or be
Cell Reproduction
Cell Reproduction
• Cell division is the process by which new
cells are produced from one cell.
• Cell division results in two cells that are
The discovery of chromosomes
The discovery of chromosomes
• Structures, which contain DNA and become
darkly colored when stained, are called
chromosomes.
• Chromosomes are the carriers of the genetic
material that is copied and passed from generation to generation of cells.
• Accurate transmission of chromosomes
The structure of eukaryotic chromosomes
The structure of eukaryotic chromosomes
Centromere
Chromosome Sister
chromatids
Supercoil within chromosome
Continued coiling within supercoil
Histone H1
Nucleosome
The Cell Cycle
The Cell Cycle
• The cell cycle is the sequence of growth and
division of a cell.
• The majority of a
cell’s life is spent in the growth
period known as
interphase.
The Cell Cycle
The Cell Cycle
• Following interphase, a cell enters its period
of nuclear division called mitosis.
• Following
mitosis, the cytoplasm divides,
separating the two daughter cells.
Interphase: A Busy Time
Interphase: A Busy Time
• Interphase, the busiest phase of the cell
cycle, is divided into three parts.
DNA synthesis
and replication Centrioles replicate; cell prepares for
division Rapid
growth and
Interphase: A Busy Time
Interphase: A Busy Time
• During the first part, the cell grows and
protein production is high.
Rapid growth
and metabolic
activity
Interphase: A Busy Time
Interphase: A Busy Time
• In the next part of interphase, the cell copies
its chromosomes.
Interphase: A Busy Time
Interphase: A Busy Time
• After the chromosomes have been
duplicated, the cell enters another shorter growth period in which mitochondria and other organelles are manufactured and cell parts needed for cell division are assembled.
Centrioles replicate; cell prepares for
The Phases of Mitosis
The Phases of Mitosis
• The four phases of mitosis are prophase,
Prophase: The first phase of mitosis
Prophase: The first phase of mitosis
• During prophase, the chromatin coils to form
visible chromosomes.
Spindle fibers Disappearing nuclear envelope
Doubled
Prophase: The first phase of mitosis
Prophase: The first phase of mitosis
• The two halves of the doubled structure are
called sister chromatids.
Prophase: The first phase of mitosis
Prophase: The first phase of mitosis
• Sister chromatids are held together by a
structure called a centromere, which plays
a role in chromosome movement during mitosis.
Metaphase: The second stage of mitosis
Metaphase: The second stage of mitosis
• During metaphase, the chromosomes move
to the equator of the spindle.
Centromere
Anaphase: The third phase of mitosis
Anaphase: The third phase of mitosis
• During anaphase, the centromeres split and
Telophase: The fourth phase of mitosis
Telophase: The fourth phase of mitosis
• During telophase, two distinct daughter cells
are formed. The cells separate as the cell cycle proceeds into the next interphase. Nuclear
envelope reappears
Cytokinesis
Cytokinesis
• Following telophase, the cell’s cytoplasm
divides in a process called cytokinesis.
• Cytokinesis differs between plants and
animals.
• Toward the end of telophase in animal cells,
Cytokinesis
Cytokinesis
• Plant cells have a rigid cell wall, so the
plasma membrane does not pinch in.
• A structure known as the cell plate is laid
down across the cell’s equator.
• A cell membrane forms around each cell,
Results of Mitosis
Results of Mitosis
• When mitosis is complete, unicellular
organisms remain as single cells.
• In multicellular organisms, cell growth and
reproduction result in groups of cells that
work together as tissue to perform a specific
Results of Mitosis
Results of Mitosis
• Tissues organize in various combinations to
form organs that perform more complex
roles within the organism.
• Multiple organs that work together form an
The stringy structures in the cell nucleus that contain DNA are __________.
Question 1
D. chlorophylls C. genes
B. chromosomes A. centromeres
The answer is B. Chromosomes are the carriers of the genetic material of the cell. A gene is a segment of DNA that controls the production of a protein.
Look at the diagram and identify the stage of mitosis that is depicted.
Question 2
D. telophase C. anaphase B. metaphase
A. prophase
Centromere
Sister
chromatids
The answer is B. Metaphase is the short second phase of mitosis, during which the
chromosomes begin to line up on the equator of the spindle.
Centromere
Sister
chromatids
What is the process by which a cell's cytoplasm divides?
Question 3
D. mitosis C. meiosis
B. telekinesis A. cytokinesis
The answer is A. Cytokinesis follows telophase and allows the two new cells to separate.
In multicellular organisms, groups of cells that work together to perform a specific function
are called __________.
Question 4
D. cell cycles C. tissues
B. organs
A. organ systems
The answer is C. Tissues organize to form
organs, which work with other organs to form organ systems.
Section Objectives
• Describe the role of enzymes in the
regulation of the cell cycle.
• Distinguish between the events of a normal
cell cycle and the abnormal events that result in cancer.
• Identify ways to potentially reduce the risk
Normal Control of the Cell Cycle
Normal Control of the Cell Cycle
• The cell cycle is controlled by proteins called
cyclins and a set of enzymes that attach to the cyclin and become activated.
• Occasionally, cells lose control of the cell
cycle.
Proteins and enzymes control the
cell cycle
Normal Control of the Cell Cycle
Normal Control of the Cell Cycle
• Cancer is a malignant growth resulting from
uncontrolled cell division.
• This uncontrolled dividing of cells can result
from the failure to produce certain enzymes, the overproduction of enzymes, or the
Normal Control of the Cell Cycle
Normal Control of the Cell Cycle
• Enzyme production is directed by genes
located on the chromosomes.
• A gene is a segment of DNA that
Cancer: A mistake in the Cell Cycle
Cancer: A mistake in the Cell Cycle
• Currently, scientists consider cancer to be a
result of changes in one or more of the genes that produce substances that are involved in controlling the cell cycle.
• Cancerous cells form masses of tissue called
Cancer: A mistake in the Cell Cycle
Cancer: A mistake in the Cell Cycle
• In later stages, cancer cells enter the
circulatory system and spread throughout the body, a process called metastasis, forming
The causes of cancer
The causes of cancer
• The causes of cancer are difficult to pinpoint
The causes of cancer
The causes of cancer
• Environmental
factors, such as
cigarette smoke, air and water pollution, and exposure to
The causes of cancer
The causes of cancer
• Cancer may also be caused by viral
Cancer prevention
Cancer prevention
• Physicians and dietary experts agree that diets
low in fat and high in fiber content can reduce the risk of many kinds of cancer.
• Vitamins and minerals may also help prevent
Cancer prevention
Cancer prevention
• In addition to
diet, other healthy choices such as
A(n) __________ is a segment of DNA that controls the production of a protein.
Question 2
D. chromosome C. enzyme
B. cyclin A. gene
The answer is A. Genes control the production of proteins. Scientists think that cancer results from changes in one or more of the genes that produce substances controlling the cell cycle.
Which of the following is thought to reduce the risk of developing cancer?
Question 3
D. decrease dietary minerals C. decrease dietary fiber
B. increase dietary fiber A. increase dietary fat
The answer is B. Health professionals believe that diets low in fat and high in fiber content can reduce the risk of many types of cancer.