Sunday 17 January 2016

bio medical instrumentation notes



CELL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
DEFINITION:
·         A cell is the smallest unit that is capable of performing life functions.
CELL THEORY:
         All living things are made up of cells.
         Cells are the smallest working units of all living things.
         All cells come from preexisting cells through cell division.
CELL STRUCTURE:
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION:
The above figure cell structure are described below
·         The fundamental unit of every animal or plant is cells. Combination of cells is called TISSUES. Every ORGAN in the body is made up of combination of many tissues.
·         All cells are same and they contain a gelatinous substance made up of or composed of water, protein, acids, fats, and various minerals.
·         Cell membrane protects the cell and surrounds it that passes into and out of the cell.
·         The nucleus controls the structure of the cell. Cell reproduction process is directed by the nucleus only and which determines the function of the cell and the structure of the cell.
·         CHROMOSOMES are rod-like structures inside the cell. Human body cells (other than sex cells, the egg, and sperm cells) contain 23 pairs of chromosomes. Sex cells, such as sperm and egg cells have 23single chromosomes only. When on egg cell unites with as sperm cell to for an embryo, then the embryonic cell has 46 chromosomes i.e. 23pairs. Understand the difference. A chromosome contains the regions called GENES. Thousands of genes are in an orderly sequence on each chromosome. Gene is made up of a chemical substance called DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). DNA is an important compound that regulates the activities of the cell in a sequential order one a each chromosome. The DNA is a series of codes. When DNA activity carries out of the nucleus to other parts of the cell, the activities of the cell i.e. cellular reproduction and the manufacture of proteins are controlled by DNA.
·         CYTOPLASM means cyto means cell, plasm means formation. Cytoplasm carries the work of cell i.e .nerve cell conducts stimulation, muscle cell contracts. Cytoplasm contains MITOCHODRIA and ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM.
·         MITOCHONDRIA is also called power center of the cell. This is small and sausage-shaped bodies produce energy by burning food in the presence of oxygen. This process is called catabolism (cata-down,bol-tocast,-ism-process). This process makes complex food particles into simpler substances and energy is released after this action to do the work of the cell.
·         ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM: These like canal- like structures-this is a network within the cell. These canals contain very small structures called RIBOSOMES like a tunnel system in this proteins are produced for the use of the cell. This process is called ANABOLISM (ana-up,bol-tocast,-ism-process). After this process, complex proteins are made up from the simpler parts of food.
·         Smaller proteins linked like a chain to become complex proteins in this process. Both these catabolism and anabolism in combination is called METABOLISM (meta-change,bol-tocast,-ism-process) i.e total chemical activities that occurring in a cell. In this process, the sugars and fat in the food are used up and burned quickly and so the ENERGY is released
·         Cell membrane: All cells have a phospholipids based cell membrane. The cell membrane is selectively permeable in that it allows some materials to pass into or out of the cell but not others.
·         Cytoplasm: Cells are filled with a complex collection of substances in a water based solution. This substance is called cytoplasm. Across all cells there are a number of common features to all cell cytoplasm. For example all cells have ribosome's. Also, in all cells the first steps in cellular respiration take place in the cytoplasm.
·         DNA: All cells contain DNA. In the simplest cells, the DNA is in one loop more loop like structures free in the cytoplasm. In some cells such as those making up our body the DNA is isolated from the cytoplasm in a special structure called a nucleus. Remember not all cells have a nucleus.