Science - Specialised cells

Turgor

Excess water in cell

Hard

Pushes membrane against cell wall

Rigidity of the cell

Turgor

Water Potential

Measure of how much water molcules move in solution

How freely water moleacules move

Relative tendency of water to move from one area to another

Represented by Psi

Water potential

Osmosis

Root hair cell

Large surface area

Vacole contains cell sap with low water potential

Found at plants roots near growing tips

Maximise movemet of water and minerals into plant root

Root hair cell

Sperm cell

Males gametes

Tail like structure called undulipodium -> allows movement

Head is made up of acrosome

Sizes

Mid piece of tail is 7 micro meters

End tail is 40 micrometers

Head is 3 micrometers wide and 4 micrometers long

Acrosoem contaims digestive enzymnes

Reased when sper meets egg and penetrates egg

Delivers genetic information (fertilisation)

Egg cell

Alsocalled ova

One of the largest cells in the human body

0.12mm in diameter

Haploid nucleus contains genetic information

Zona Pellucida is outer protectective layer of cell

egg cell

Attached Zona Pellucida is Coronoa Radiata

Supplies proteins needed for fertilisation

Palisade Mesophyll Cell

Tal and closely packed

Contains lots and lots of Chloroplasts

Absorb maximum light

Most photosynthesis takes place here

leaf structure

Red Blood cell

Erythrocytes

Biconcave shape

Increases surface are

Flexible

Squeeze through narrow blood capillaries

No nucleus or other organelles in mammals

Increases space for hameoglobin

Hameogloban carriers oxygen

Red Blood cell

White Blood cell

Netrophils

Important role in immune system

Multi-lobbed nucleus

squeeze through small gaps when traveling to site of infection

White blood cell

Support structure

Turgor

Active Transport

allows engulfing of bacteria/virus

Granulated cytoplasm