New Unit: White Blood Cell

[Bluemofia]

Basic biology.

A cell (animal) has a bilayer membrane. It is made of phospholipids. They are alligned with their 2 tails facing each other, and the spherical heads facing outwards. Inside the membrane, is all of the guts of the cell. (mitochondria, Nucleous, golgi apparatus, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Ribosomes, etc.) When the membrane is ruptured, the cell's guts spew out with diffusion, as it is moving from a high concentration gradient (the inside of the cell) to a low concentration gradient (the extra cellular space). And then the cell's guts are now on the outside of the cell, and now the cell dies, as it is unable to have a metabolism with no guts.

Killer T Cells work by this principle, by forcing the virus infected cells to lyse (have it's guts spew out) by attatching protiens in its membrane that leaves big gaping holes in it.

 

[Lord Malbeth]

OK, I kinda forgot about that. We learned about that in school awhile back.

But what it's really doing is moving inward to release the antibodies, as you can see, it folds itseld in, and since I couldn't get it wiggly like jello, it just remained like that, plus it closes back up too. And I doubt people will get mad just because the Cell and the Plasma Membrane scrunch in a bit, thus not being that scientifically accurate.

 

[Bluemofia]

Only plants and bacteria have cell walls.

 

[Theryman]

Actually, it would probably get a little bit larger as it expels antibacteria, because the cell membranes used to hold them in vasicles would join into the wall of the actual cell.

It is still awesome, though. Creative liberties must be taken, and I think you get the point across very well.

Make viri. Those would be cool. They could have the enslave ability.

 

[Lord Malbeth]

Only plants and bacteria have cell walls.

Whoops! I meant 'Membrane'.