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Just as the border surrounding our country with border control and customs regulating who enters and exits the country, so a cell membrane surrounds the cell and regulates what enters and exits a cell.
Just as soil in the US is where we build our civilizations in the country, so the cytoplasm is where all of the organelles and activity are found in a cell.
Just as a road transports things to different places, perhaps where they are modified, so a rough ER is involved with modifying substances and transporting materials.
Just as the capital of the US , where important policies are formed, so the cell nucleus is where the instructions for making proteins are.
Just as the many states shape the country,so the cytoskeleton shapes the cell.
Just as food factories make food that is essential to the life of the citizens,so ribosomes make proteins essential for the cells survival.
Just as the waste management manages and breaks down waste, and recycling companies recycle, the lysosomes breaks down some materials and recycles others.
Just as a water treatment plant treats and cleans water, the peroxisomes aides in detoxifying certain chemicals.
Just as a pharmacy packages, modifies and dispense medicine to patients, so a Golgi apparatus modifies different macromolecules, packages, and transports them.
Just as the parties separate and organize people and their views, the centrioles line up and pull apart the chromosomes in cell division.
Just as the white house is the center of command of the US, the nucleolus is the center of command of the cell.
Just as an energy plant provides energy for a country, so a mitochondria supplies most of the cell with usable energy in the form of ATP.
Just as the military strengthens the borders of the US and trains people to be a part of it, so the smooth ER prepares lipids that will be used for the cell membrane, protecting the cell.
A Cell Is Like A Country
