GENERAL HISTOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

CELL ORGANELLES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This is the storage organelle. Plant cells will maintain their turgor pressure (structure and rigidity) when this structure is filled with water.
A
Lysosome
B
Vesicle
C
Ribosome
D
Vacuole
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In plant cells, the central vacuole serves a wide range of functions, both structural and physiological. These include maintaining turgor pressure to provide the plant rigidity and storing water and nutrients.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vacuoles typically compose about 30 percent of a cell’s volume, but they can fill as much as 90 percent of the intracellular space. Plant cells use vacuoles to adjust their size and turgor pressure.

Detailed explanation-3: -A vacuole is a sphere filled with fluid and molecules inside a cell. The central vacuole stores water and maintains turgor pressure in a plant cell. It also pushes the contents of the cell toward the cell membrane, which allows the plant cells to take in more light energy for making food through photosynthesis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vacuoles can be large organelles occupying between 30% and 90% of a cell by volume. Vacuoles appear to have three main functions, they: contribute to the rigidity of the plant using water to develop hydrostatic pressure. store nutrient and non-nutrient chemicals.

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