Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Cell structure

Cell structure — practice question

A researcher examined epithelial cells taken from a human cheek using a light microscope. Fig. 1.1 is a photograph produced by the researcher of these cells.
(a(i))[2]

Name the parts marked A and B.

(a(ii))[1]

State one function of a cell membrane.

(a(iii))[1]

State how the shape of the cells shown in Fig. 1.1 is different from the shape of a palisade mesophyll cell in a leaf.

(b)[1]

Suggest why the inner membrane of mitochondria is folded.

(c)[4]

Explain why the average numbers of mitochondria differ between the cells shown in Table 1.1.

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