HUMB1000 FINAL PAPER SOLUTIONS 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
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>> Cell
Answer: The structural and functional unit of all living things.
>> Plasma Membrane
Answer: Encloses and supports cellular contents; controls what goes in and out of the cell.
>> Cytoplasm
Answer: Cellular fluid material outside the nucleus but within the boundaries of the plasma membrane.
>> Cytosol
Answer: Fluid portion of the cytoplasm (ions and proteins in water).
>> Cytoskeleton
Answer: Supports the cell and its organelles; responsible for changes to the shape of the cell.
>> Nucleus
Answer: Control center of the cell; contains DNA.
>> Ribosomes
Answer: Sites of protein synthesis.
>> Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Answer: Involved in synthesis and modification of proteins (rough) and lipid/steroid/carbohydrate
synthesis (smooth).
>> Golgi Apparatus
Answer: Modifies, packages, and distributes proteins and lipids.
>> Lysosomes
Answer: Cell's demolition crew; digests molecules that are no longer needed.
>> Mitochondria
Answer: Power plants of the cell; produces ATP.
>> Centrioles
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
>> Cell
Answer: The structural and functional unit of all living things.
>> Plasma Membrane
Answer: Encloses and supports cellular contents; controls what goes in and out of the cell.
>> Cytoplasm
Answer: Cellular fluid material outside the nucleus but within the boundaries of the plasma membrane.
>> Cytosol
Answer: Fluid portion of the cytoplasm (ions and proteins in water).
>> Cytoskeleton
Answer: Supports the cell and its organelles; responsible for changes to the shape of the cell.
>> Nucleus
Answer: Control center of the cell; contains DNA.
>> Ribosomes
Answer: Sites of protein synthesis.
>> Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Answer: Involved in synthesis and modification of proteins (rough) and lipid/steroid/carbohydrate
synthesis (smooth).
>> Golgi Apparatus
Answer: Modifies, packages, and distributes proteins and lipids.
>> Lysosomes
Answer: Cell's demolition crew; digests molecules that are no longer needed.
>> Mitochondria
Answer: Power plants of the cell; produces ATP.
>> Centrioles