Question

Explain the structure and the function of the golgi body.

Answer 1

Structure of Golgi body:

• Golgi apparatus consists of a set of membrane-bounded, fluid-filled vesicles, vacuoles, and flattened cisternae (closed sacs).
• Cisternae are usually stacked together in parallel rows.
• Cisternae are concentrically arranged near the nucleus with distinct convex cis.(Forming face)
• They are budded off as vesicles at the other face of the Golgi apparatus, called the trans face of Golgi. (Concave maturing face)
• In plant cells, it is called dictyosomes.

Function of Golgi body:

• The main function of the Golgi apparatus is secretory. Golgi apparatus acts as a site of assembly for the storage, processing, and packaging of various cellular secretions.
• The packaging of cellular materials is done and dispatched either to intracellular targets such as plasma membrane and lysosomes or extracellular targets.
• Golgi apparatus is also involved in the synthesis of the cell wall, plasma membrane, and lysosomes.