I'm working on an analogy of a cell to a factory. Could someone help me with the following terms: centriole, cytosol, secretory vessels (vacuoles), lysosome, microfilaments.

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shrutipande9 · Answer

sure...ummm wat have u written or tell me ur idea on dat so we can just work on it?

anonymous · Answer

I used the mitochondria as the powerhouse, the cell membrane as the walls around the factory, ribosomes as factory workers, the vacuoles I used as a storage closet (sort of), the nucleus is the head quarters, golgi apparatus the warehouse...

shrutipande9 · Answer

cool..dats excellent....see centrioles are the points from where the spindle fibres arise and the chromosomes segregate...so u can include it in formation of new cell....so maybe something like opening a new branch of the factory...

anonymous · Answer

oh that's pretty cool that works

shrutipande9 · Answer

and lysosomes is the place where things are degraded. so maybe sort of a recycle unit...

anonymous · Answer

for centrioles Im gonna use a secretary

anonymous · Answer

Actually, I think manager works better

shrutipande9 · Answer

umm...secretary would not be very correct...umm..ill think about it..

shrutipande9 · Answer

about microfilaments...they maintaain the integrity od the cell and the endomembrane system...i cant think of any analog....:(

anonymous · Answer

for integrity of cell i can think of just the material the factory is made of, like bricks or whatever

shrutipande9 · Answer

ahhaa...yes dats perfect!!:D

anonymous · Answer

i cant think of cytosol though :/

shrutipande9 · Answer

cytosol is maybe creating the work environment...maybe some machine which maintains the internal temperature like a AC?

shrutipande9 · Answer

its not just temperature...but many other things...