Interactive Biology

Explore an animal cell

Choose a numbered marker or a part in the text list. Then match each structure to its function.

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Illustrated animal cell with five numbered locations to explore. — Use the numbered markers. The complete text list below provides the same controls without the image.

Part 1

Nucleus

Function: Contains the genetic material and coordinates the cell’s activities.

The nucleus contains DNA, the instructions the cell uses to grow, work and reproduce.

Cell parts in text

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What does the nucleus do?

Choose the function of the nucleusContains the genetic material and coordinates the cell’s activities.Where most enzyme-controlled chemical reactions happen.Controls which substances enter and leave the cell.Where aerobic respiration releases energy for the cell.Where proteins are assembled.

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This simplified model is not to scale. It introduces five structures, not every structure found in an animal cell.

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