SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The smooth endoplasmic reticulum functions in many metabolic processes. It synthesizes lipids, phospholipids as in plasma membranes, and steroids. Cells that secrete these products, such as cells of the testes, ovaries, and skin oil glands, have an excess of smooth endoplasmic reticulum.

Detailed explanation-2: -Among the most important products of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum are steroid hormones, including sex hormones, which are secreted from the cells into the bloodstream and play important roles in the body. These hormones are made of fatty molecules, and are thus produced in the smooth ER.

Detailed explanation-3: -The smooth endoplasmic reticulum, which lacks ribosomes and is involved in lipid synthesis but not metabolism, steroid hormone generation, or detoxification, performs these roles.