Tyrone is explaining the main parts of animal cells to his lab partner who was absent on the day that this topic was covered in class. He begins by talking about the cell membrane which he tells his partner to think about like the ______ of the cell.

Question

1) skin
2) brain
3) reticulum
4) nucleus

Answer 1

Tyrone is explaining the main parts of animal cells to his lab partner and is comparing the cell membrane to the 1) skin of the cell. The cell membrane acts as a protective barrier, similar to how skin protects the body.

Answer 2

its not the brain?

Answer 3

The cell membrane is primarily compared to the skin of a cell because it serves as a protective barrier that regulates what enters and exits the cell, similar to how skin protects the body and regulates temperature and moisture.

While the brain can be thought of as a control center for the whole organism, it is not an accurate analogy for the cell membrane, which does not perform control functions. Instead, the brain analogy would be more fitting for the nucleus of the cell, which contains the cell's genetic material and regulates activities.

So, the best analogy remains skin for the cell membrane.