Cell Project

To learn more about cell structure, my class did a project! I chose to study neutrophil cells. These white blood cells are one of the body's main defenses against bacteria. They have many lysosomes inside of them to kill off bacteria that enters the body. A classmate and I made this comic showing a neutrophil cell killing the bacteria that had entered a olfactory cell.

My favorite presentation was Jenna and Danielle's. Their PowerPoint was very informative and got details across to the audience effectively and they managed to keep everyone's attention throughout the presentation. From other people in the class, I learned that the gastric chief feels are found in the gastric gland and produce pepsin, a digestive enzyme that breaks food particles into small peptide chains so that the body can absorb the amino acids. I also leaned that kupffer cells, found in liver tissue help to destroy and kill bacteria in the liver. One more fact I leaned was that skin cells remove toxins from the body and help regulate temperature. 

In my own project, I found that some of our struggles were to come up with similarities between our two cells, the neutrophil and the olfactory cells. One of the main similarities was that neither of our cells contain a smooth endoplasmic reticulum. I liked getting feedback through 'critical friends' because they offered us insight and constructive criticism that we would not have seen on our own