Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (RER) — Structure & Function
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- The rough endoplasmic reticulum is a network of membranes called cisternae, which are held together by the cytoskeleton. The membranes are covered in ribosomes, much like those …
By Deena Hauze, Alex Federspiel, Gabi Slizewska, Mario Janakis, Caroline K
- Function of the Rough ER The rough endoplasmic reticulum (better known as the rough ER or the RER) is a bunch of connected, flattened sacs that help fold up the proteins made by…
By Hannah Bonville, Alex Federspiel, Mario Janakis, Gabi Slizewska
- What Is the RER? The rough endoplasmic reticulum (also called the RER), is an organelle found in both animal and plant cells. It is made up of interconnected, flattened membrane…
By Gabi Slizewska, Mario Janakis
- Ballad of the Rough ER The endoplasmic reticulum has folded membrane stuff That can be smooth or can be rough. While both can take part in similar things The rough ER has riboso…
By Sarah Morgan, Mario Janakis, Deena Hauze, Caroline K
- (Video) Intracellular Organelles – Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum by Medic Tutorials This video explains what the rough endoplasmic reticulum does, what parts it has, and how it in…
By Mario Janakis, Gabi Slizewska
Problems 20
- Which of the following best describes the ribosomes attached to the rough ER? Image Sources: A: By Lorax GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons B: Image source: By NAME CC0…
- Which cellular process would be most disrupted if the rough endoplasmic reticulum stopped functioning?
- Which number corresponds to the rough endoplasmic reticulum?
- What is the most likely reason that ribosomes are embedded in the walls of the rough endoplasmic reticulum?
- Why is the rough ER found right outside the nucleus?
- What makes the ER "rough"?
- Where would you find a higher concentration of the rough endoplasmic reticulum?
- Which of the images below is the rough ER? Image Sources: A: By argzombies CC0, via pixabay.com B: By Clker-Free-Vector-Images CC0, via pixabay.com C: By Kelvinsong CC BY 3.0, f…
- The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) has a structure similar to the Golgi apparatus. What is the name for the membrane sacs that form the ER?
- Which of the following is a common function of the smooth ER and the rough ER?
- Which of the following are differences between the rough and smooth ER? Select all that apply.
- If a cell's rough endoplasmic reticulum was destroyed by an evil monster cell, how would the cell die?
- The rough endoplasmic reticulum is connected to. . .
- Which of the following occur at (or in) the rough ER?
- Which of the images below is the rough ER?
- Similarly to the Golgi apparatus, the rough endoplasmic reticulum releases vesicles. What is the function of these vesicles?
- What occurs at site "5"?
- Which of the steps above takes place at the rough endoplasmic reticulum? (This includes ribosomes.)
- The smooth ER is always __________ compared to the rough ER.
- What is the arrow pointing to?