Hello. Thank you for visiting my website. My name is Mr. Mitochondria
and I live in the blood vessels of the human body. I want to tell you all about my life as a White Blood Cell.
I was born in the Bone Marrow.
There are approximately 50,000 white blood cells in a drop of blood. My brothers and I protect the
body by attacking the virisus. I have to eat and drink just like humans do. I sense when bacteria enter the body
then I go after them and engulf them.
What do I look like?
I am covered by a Cell Membrane
which keeps my cytoplasm inside and allows nutrients in and waste products out.
The fluid that surrounds chemicals and structures inside me is called
the Cytoplasm.
The Nucleus contains my
DNA and is my control center.
The Nucleolus
The Chromosomes are coiled structures of DNA
and proteins that form in my Nucleus during cell division.
The Nucleolus helps make Robosomes.
Robosomes is the place where Amino Acids
are hooked together to make proteins.
E.R. makes lipids, breaks down drugs and other
substances, pckages up proteins for release from the cell.
Some of my cell friends have Vacuoles which
stores water and other materials.
Mitochondria breaks down food molecules to give
me energy.
When I get full, Lysosomes help me digest food
particles, waste, cell parts, and foreign invaders.
I also have the Golgi Complex which processes
and transports materials out of the cell.
