AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2005

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    Which of the following maintains continuity between the water and lipid phases inside and outside the cells?

    A)  Cell wall              

    B)  Lecithin

    C)  Cell vacuole      

    D)  Cell membrane of woody plants

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                     Lecithin (phosphotidyl-choline) is a phosphoglyceride containing the amino alcohol chlorine esterified to the phosphate group. It is the most abundant animal phospholipid and being a component of plasma membrane and also occurs in higher plants. Cell wall is a rigid outer layer that surrounds the plasma membrane of plant, fungal, algal and bacterial cells. It protects and/or given shape to a cell and in herbaceous plants provides mechanical support to the plant body. Cell vacuoles are liquid filled cavities and are mainly present in plant cells. They are surrounded by a thin membrane called tonoplast. It acts as a sub-cellular storage organ of useful metabolites and maintains turgidity of the cell.


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