{"id":383,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:59:04","slug":"human-cell-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Human Cell Parts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"6px; color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>The major parts of human cells are:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Nucleus<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">: the cell\u2019s command center. It sends directions to the cell to grow, mature, divide, or die. It also houses <a href=\"?p=152\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">DNA<\/span><\/a>, the cell\u2019s hereditary material. The nucleus is surrounded by a membrane that protects the DNA and separates the nucleus from the rest of the cell. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cytoplasm\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Cytoplasm<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">: a jelly-like fluid and other structures that surround the nucleus.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Cytoskeleton<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">: a network of long fibers that make up the cell\u2019s structural framework:<\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It determines cell shape,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It participates in cell division,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It allows cells to move,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It provides a track-like system that directs the movement of organelles and other substances.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 405px; height: 310px;\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/cell-structure.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Endoplasmic Reticulum<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"> (ER): this organelle processes molecules created by the cell, then transports them to their destinations inside or outside the cell. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Golgi apparatus<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">: this apparatus packages molecules processed by the ER to be transported out of the cell. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Lyso-somes and Peroxi-somes<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">: these organelles are the main recyclists, by digesting foreign bacteria invading the cell, removing toxic substances, and recycling worn-out cell components.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"?p=191\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Mitochondria<\/span><\/a>: complex organelles that convert energy from food into a form that the cell can use. They have their own genetic material in the nucleus, that make copies of themselves.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Ribosomes<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">: organelles that process the cell\u2019s genetic instructions to create proteins. These organelles float freely in the cytoplasm or connect to the ER.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Plasma membrane<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">: the outer lining of the cell. This liquid <a href=\"?p=978\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">crystal<\/span><\/a> separates the cell from its environment and allows materials to enter and exit.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2021%20pics\/Human-Cell-Rdiogrfy-NclrMagnReson-CryoElecMicroscopy.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"415\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Image made through Radiography<br \/>\n+ Nuclear-Magnetic-Resonance<br \/>\n+ Cryo-electro-microscopy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=384\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The major parts of human cells are: Nucleus: the cell\u2019s command center. It sends directions to the cell to grow, mature, divide, or die. It also houses DNA, the cell\u2019s hereditary material. The nucleus is surrounded by a membrane that protects the DNA and separates the nucleus from the rest of the cell. 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