AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A Golgi body, also known as a Golgi apparatus, is a cell organelle that helps process and package proteins and lipid molecules, especially proteins destined to be exported from the cell.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Golgi apparatus receives proteins and lipids (fats) from the rough endoplasmic reticulum. It modifies some of them and sorts, concentrates and packs them into sealed droplets called vesicles.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Golgi apparatus is the sorting, packaging and distribution center of the exocytic pathway, handling proteins and lipids destined for the ER, plasma membrane, endosomes and lysosomes or the Golgi itself (Fig.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Golgi apparatus, or Golgi complex, functions as a factory in which proteins received from the ER are further processed and sorted for transport to their eventual destinations: lysosomes, the plasma membrane, or secretion. In addition, as noted earlier, glycolipids and sphingomyelin are synthesized within the Golgi.

Detailed explanation-5: -In a nutshell, the Golgi apparatus is often referred to as the cell’s packing plant or post office because it collects and modifies molecules before sorting and addressing them for transport to other parts of the cell.