Conclusion

In this course you have learnt about the subcellular components of cells and how they are studied. Cells in multicellular organisms, particularly in animals, are specialised to perform different functions; the properties, abundance and distribution of the cytoskeleton and organelles allow, and indeed underpin, this functional and structural diversity. Your study of this course has provided you with a general understanding of cellular architecture and its relationship to different processes in the cell. This sets the scene for further studies in cell biology.