Cell Symphony

(hmmm, yeah, listen close)

Heads out, tails in,

phospholipid membrane Hydrophilic heads love water,

hydrophobic tails stay away Bilayer controls what enters and leaves Selectively permeable

every day Cilia short and many like oars in a row Flagella

long, moving the whole cell where it goes Microvilli don’t move,

they increase surface area

(ooh, she works in harmony)

Everything connected, from the center to the sea (building up the energy)

Heads out, tails in,

cilia short, flagella long

46 and 23,

rough protein, smooth lipid

Golgi packs, lysosome cleans,

mitochondria ATP

Know the cell and

sing

along (sing along,

yeah) We are more than chemistry,

we are alive Working in the dark just to help us survive

Nucleus holds DNA, control center in command Chromatin turns chromosomes when division

is at hand 46 in body cells,

gametes 23 Nucleolus makes ribosomes,

proteins are the key Rough ER makes proteins,

smooth makes lipids and detox too Golgi modifies,

sorts, packages, sends them through Lysosomes digest waste,

mitochondria make ATP Cellular respiration bringing energy

Living tissue’s 70% water 26% macromolecules inside Proteins most abundant,

nucleic acids least Carrying genetic information with pride (ooh,

with pride, look inside) Heads out,

tails in, cilia short,

flagella long 46

and 23,

rough protein, smooth lipid Golgi packs,

lysosome cleans, mitochondria ATP Know the cell and sing along (sing along,

yeah) We are more than chemistry,

we are alive Working in the dark just to help us survive

Just a cell, making up the whole (know the cell and sing

along) (we are alive,

yeah)