What’s on the The Cell poster
A 8-row table: Organelle · Does.
The structures visible in a standard animal cell.
- Nucleus — Holds DNA; directs the cell
- Mitochondria — Produces ATP — the energy currency
- Ribosomes — Assemble proteins
- Endoplasmic reticulum — Transports and folds proteins and lipids
- Golgi apparatus — Packages and ships proteins
- Lysosomes — Break down waste
- Cell membrane — Controls what enters and leaves
- Cytoplasm — The fluid everything sits in
Mitochondria carry their own DNA, inherited only from the mother. They were once free-living bacteria.
Questions about the The Cell poster
- What’s on the The Cell poster?
- A 8-row table: Organelle · Does. The structures visible in a standard animal cell. Nucleus — Holds DNA; directs the cell; Mitochondria — Produces ATP — the energy currency; Ribosomes — Assemble proteins; Endoplasmic reticulum — Transports and folds proteins and lipids; Golgi apparatus — Packages and ships proteins; Lysosomes — Break down waste; Cell membrane — Controls what enters and leaves; Cytoplasm — The fluid everything sits in. Mitochondria carry their own DNA, inherited only from the mother. They were once free-living bacteria.
- Who is the The Cell poster for?
- The Cell belongs to the Body & health section rather than to a school year, because health is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning anatomy can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the The Cell poster?
- Every one of these exists in almost every cell you have. Scale is the only difference. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Cell belongs on the wall where that health work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The Cell?
- Blood, Blood Types and The Body Systems sit alongside The Cell in the Body & health section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.BloodBlood TypesThe Body Systems
- Is the The Cell poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The Cell downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Body & health section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The Cell poster print at?
- The Cell is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Cell loses nothing.Printing guide
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