AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Structurally, the Golgi apparatus consists of a stack of four to six flattened sacs, called cisternae, surrounded by a cloud of vesicles (Fig. 5.5). The stack of cisternae is known as the dictyosome. Membrane-bound vesicles derived from the ER fuse with one of the dictyosome cisternae known as the forming face.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Golgi apparatus is a series of stacked membranes that are located within the cytoplasm (i.e., gel-like fluid held in the cell membrane) in all eukaryotic cells (i.e., complex cells). It can typically be found adjacent to the nucleus and rough endoplasmic reticulum (an organelle involved in protein synthesis).

Detailed explanation-3: -Proteins are delivered from the trans Golgi network to the plasma membrane by the constitutive pathway unless they are diverted into other pathways or retained in the Golgi apparatus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Endoplasmic Reticulum is mainly responsible for the transportation of proteins and other carbohydrates to another organelle, which includes lysosomes, Golgi apparatus, plasma membrane, etc.