Common Features of Cells.txt

Small Cells-can exchange substances more readily than large cells because small objects have a higher surface area to volume ratio than larger objects. Substances do NOT need to travel as far to reach the center of a smaller cell.

OUTER boundary of cell--it encloses the cell and separates the cell interior; regulates what enters and leaves a cell

• cell INTERIOR
• inside cytoplams are many structures-often suspended in a system of microscopic fibers called a cytoskeleton Includes everything inside the cell membranes but OUTSIDE the nucleus

within the cytoplasm-a system of microscopic fibers

cellular structures on which protiens are made