This course contains a blend of text and a multimedia interactive component to look at the uniformity and diversity within cells. Fundamental to understanding how cells ‘work’ is knowledge of the sub-cellular components and how they are arranged and this is tested through a series of in-text and self-assessment questions.
Learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- list the main components of cells
- summarise the structure and function of the different components
- outline how cell ultrastructure is related to cell function
- identify cell organelles and the main cytoskeletal components in diagrams and EM micrographs and interpret simple EM images.
Course Curriculum
| 1. Introducing the cell | |||
| Introducing the cell | FREE | 00:20:00 | |
| 2. How is subcellular organisation studied? | |||
| Electron microscopy | 00:45:00 | ||
| Cell fractionation | 00:20:00 | ||
| 3. The organisation of prokaryotic cells | |||
| The organisation of prokaryotic cells | 00:40:00 | ||
| 4. The organisation of eukaryotic cells | |||
| Cell surfaces | FREE | 00:45:00 | |
| The cytoskeleton | 00:45:00 | ||
| The nucleus | 00:40:00 | ||
| Ribosomes: the sites of protein synthesis | 00:40:00 | ||
| Vesicles | 00:20:00 | ||
| Protein secretion from the cell | 00:45:00 | ||
| Lysosomes and peroxisomes | 00:30:00 | ||
| Mitochondria | 00:30:00 | ||
| Chloroplasts | 00:30:00 | ||
| Vacuoles | 00:10:00 | ||
| 5. Cell interactions in tissues | |||
| Cell junctions | 00:20:00 | ||
| Extracellular matrix | 00:30:00 | ||
| A Tour Of The Cell – Acknowledgements | 00:10:00 | ||
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