Question

Study the diagram.
a) Identify the organelle shown.
b) Copy and label the parts $1$ and $2$.
c) Who discovered the organelle?
d) List out its functions.

Answer 1

a) The organelle is Golgi apparatus

b) part 1 - cisternae (tubular structure), part 2 - vesicles

c) The organelle was discovered by Camillo Golgi

d)1. Forms the GERL complex

2. formation of lysosomes

3. Modification and packaging of proteins into vesicles

4. Transferring of vesicles to respective organelles

5. Phosphorylation and Glycosylation of proteins.