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What is the thin, flexible barrier around a cell called?

What is the thin, flexible barrier around a cell called?<br/>

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W. Kaye

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W. Kaye, Ex-Marine, Post Graduate, Chapel Hill

Answered Oct 12, 2020

The thin, flexible barrier around a cell is referred to as the plasma membrane. Body cells have many functions and serve a whole lot of different purposes. They have many different parts that do allow the cells to go to certain areas in order to perform numerous varying tasks.

The Chloroplast is not found in the body of humans, but it is the part of the plasma membrane that is responsible for the creation of energy from the sunlight. A lot of things also go into and come out of the cells while the cell membrane does act as a kind of security guard, which makes sure that everything coming into the cell must be there while anything that would come out of the cell must also be leaving.

The plasma membrane is a thin barrier that serves as protection for the cell by surrounding it and performing some functions necessary for cell survival.

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S. Hughes

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Answered Sep 29, 2020

The correct answer to this question is the plasma membrane. There are various parts of the cells that have different purposes. All of these parts work together to allow the cells to perform the tasks that they need. Along with that, the different cells constantly have things coming in and out.

This makes the cell membrane important because it acts as a guard. The membrane ensures that everything that goes into the cell has a purpose of being there.

It also makes sure that all the parts that are leaving are supposed to be leaving. It fits the description of the question, which is being thin and having the functions that allow the cell to survive.

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Answered Dec 14, 2018

The thin, flexible barrier around a cell called plasma membrane. Cells have many different purposes and many different parts which allow cells to go to certain areas to perform numerous varying tasks. Chloroplast is not found in humans but is responsible for creating energy from sunlight.

Many things also go into and come out of cells and the cell membrane acts as kind of a security guard making sure that everything that comes into the cell should be there and anything coming out of the cell should be leaving. The plasma membrane is a thin barrier that protects the cell by surrounding it and performing functions necessary to the survival of the cell.

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g.Kenneth

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Answered Jan 24, 2018

A cell has many different parts to it. Each part has a specific function. The cell membrane determine what is allowed into the cell and what should be thrown out of the cell. The chloroplast is the part in a cell that changes sunlight into energy. Cytoplasm is a supportive system to the rest of the cell.

The lysosomes have chemicals in them that decompose or break down certain things inside the cell. The nucleus is the brains of the cell and it tells the other parts of the cell what to do. The cell wall protects the cell which is similar to a skeletal system in the human body. The plasma membrane is also around the cell that is thin.

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John Smith

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Answered Dec 22, 2016

Plasma membrane
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