NEET BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION

CELL ORGANELLE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ____ is the brain of the cell.
A
Vacuole
B
Nucleus
C
Chromosomes
D
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Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The nucleus is like the remote control center of the cell. It acts as the cell’s brain by telling it what to do, how to grow, and when to reproduce. The nucleus is home to the cell’s genes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Within the cell body is a nucleus (2), which controls the cell’s activities and contains the cell’s genetic material.

Detailed explanation-3: -The nucleolus is considered as the brain of the nucleus, covering nearly 25% volume of the nucleus. Primarily, it takes part in the production of subunits that unites to form ribosomes. Hence, nucleolus plays an important role in the synthesis of proteins and in the production of ribosomes in eukaryotic cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -The nucleus directs and regulates the cell’s functions (such as development and metabolism) and houses the genes, which hold the cell’s genetic information. Hence, due to these functions of a nucleus it is called the brain of the cell.

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