Basic Anatomy

        All around the world, the skeleton of the human cell is the membrane. That super capital C - carbon and good old element capital H - hydrogen, join hands in long chains called hydrocarbons. (imagine that!) As discussed, inside and outside the cell, various functions occur continuously, to keep order among the "quadrillion" biochemical activities. What a deal indeed!

        Now there are other compartments to this anatomy which a scan may help draw a picture. Here is such a scan from page 10 of Guyton (post of July 15).

        Well, here you go. Basic anatomy it is. Find the membrane locations and then name the other principal structures. The headquarters is the nucleus with a nucleolus. The decisions of the cells purposes are already decided here by all that DNA stuff. Then outside the nucleus is the much larger area called the cytoplasm. [housing all that protoplasm and the "little organs"]. There you have it. Nucleus (headquarters) and Cytoplasm (factory) structured by those membranes. Might add, what a hoot!