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Alanna DeGroot-Lab 2

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Alanna DeGroot- Wiki Assignment 2-Golgi apparatus

 

Cell Structure: 

The Golgi apparatus is made up of cisternae, which are flat pouches stacked together. It usually contains between four and eight cisternae but in a select number of single-celled organisms there could be as many as sixty. These pouches are melded together with matrix proteins. The entire structure is then supported by microtubules also located in the cytoplasm. It is located by the nucleus and endoplasmic reticulum in the cytoplasm. 

   golgi body factsCell Function: 

The function of the Golgi apparatus is to sort, modify, and then package lipids and proteins into vesicles. It then secretes and transports these vesicles around the body to where they need to go. The Golgi apparatus also creates lysosomes and moves lipids within the cell. 

 

Unique Facts: 

One unique fact about the Golgi apparatus is that it is the only organelle in the cell to be named after a scientist. Camillo Golgi gave a report on the organelle at an 1898 meeting of the Medical Society of Pavia. He originally named it the internal reticular apparatus, and it was not named the Golgi apparatus until 1913 when the debate regarding its existence ended. However, it was not officially accepted into existence until 1954 when it could be seen using electron microscopy. 

 

Works Cited

https://www.britannica.com/science/Golgi-apparatus

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Biology/golgi.html

https://bscb.org/learning-resources/softcell-e-learning/golgi-apparatus/

https://factslegend.org/40-interesting-golgi-body-facts-structure-functions/ (image citation)

 

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