Contents

1. Introduction to Cell

1. Introduction

2. Cell Theory

3. Types of Cells

3.1 Prokaryote and Eukaryotic Cell

3.2 Plant cell and Animal Cell

3.3 A Typical Animal Cell

4. Cellular Diversity

4.1 Structural Cell Diversity

4.2 Diversity in Cell Shape

2. Cell Membrane

1. Introduction

2. Chemical Components of Biological Membranes

2.1 Membrane Lipids

2.2 Membrane Proteins

2.3 Plasma Membrane Carbohydrates

3. Molecular Membranes of Plasma Membrane

3.1 Danielli-Davson Model

3.2 Robertson’s Concept of Unit Membrane

3.3 Fluid-Mosaic Model

4. Functions of Cell Membrane

5. Membrane Transport

5.1 Types of Membrane Transport - Passive Transport

5.2 Active Transport

5.3 Bulk Transport by Plasma Membrane

3. Cell Organelle

1. Introduction

2. Nucleus

3. Mitochondria

4. Chloroplast

5. Lysosomes

6. Vacuoles

7. ER and SER

8. Golgi Bodies or Golgi Complex or Golgi Apparatus

4. Cell Junctions, Extracellular Matrix, Cytoskeleton and Basal Bodies

1. Cell Junctions

2. Extracellular Matrix

3. Cytoskeleton and Basal Bodies

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Cytoskeletal Element

3.3 Cytoskeletal Architecture

3.4 Red blood Cells