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What cells cause the cuttlefish to be able to blend in with its surroundings?
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Chromatophores
They are most notable in brightly colored squid, cuttlefish and octopuses. Each chromatophore unit is composed of a single chromatophore cell and numerous muscle, nerve, glial and sheath cells. Inside the chromatophore cell, pigment granules are enclosed in an elastic sac, called the cytoelastic sacculus. To change color the animal distorts the sacculus form or size by muscular contraction, changing its translucency, reflectivity or opacity. This differs from the mechanism used in fish, amphibians and reptiles, in that the shape of the sacculus is being changed rather than a translocation of pigment vesicles within the cell. However a similar effect is achieved.
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What is asmoregulation?
do you mean osmoregulation...it is the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid with their surroundings
What three methods allow exchange of molecules between cells and their surroundings?
Diffusion- Osmosis Endocytosis
What cellar structure did Hooke see when he looked at cork?
no because the cells hooke viewed were dead plant cells, so the answer is NO P.S. stand out dont blend in
Multicellular organisms that have cells containing nuclei and that absorb nutrients from their surroundings after breaking them down with digestive juices?
Multicellular organisms that have cells containing nuclei and absorb nutrients from their surroundings after breaking them down with digestive juices are called multicellular eukaryotes. These organisms include animals, fungi, and some protists. They use various methods, such as ingestion, to take in food and enzymes to break it down for absorption by their cells.
How many neurons and intestinal cells each have greatly increased surface area?
A sufficiently high ratio of surface area to volume is especially important in cells that exchange a lot of material with their surroundings.
What are facts about Cuttlefish?
Cuttlefish have peculiar eyes with W-shaped pupils. It is unclear exactly what effect the shape of the pupils has on the animal's visual acuity, but cuttlefish do have highly advanced eyes that, in some ways, resemble those of vertebrates. Cuttlefish can see in three dimensions, and use this ability of depth perception to aid in their advanced abilities of camouflage. They are also colorblind. Despite this apparent disability, though, on natural substrates cuttlefish can blend in so well with their backgrounds that they can scarcely be seen. This is done with the help of a number of specialized cells found in the cuttlefish's epidermis. Another interesting fact about cuttlefish is that they have three hearts - one central heart, and two auxiliary ones.they are really cool and that they have a ink sac they can change shapes and colores
How cuttlefish adapted?
The cuttlefish adapted because they have special cells on their skin which they adapted to allow them to change the colour and texture of their skin, therefore allowing them to spring up on their prey.
What r the natural surroundings of animal cell?
An ecosystem is the natural surroundings of all living cells. All living cells depend on a delicate ecosystem for survival.
What proteins enable cells to sense their surroundings?
Glycoproteins
What do cuttlefish look like?
Cuttlefish are cephalopods, a class found within the phylum Mollusca. Like other cephalopods, they have bilateral symmetry, a prominent head, and their "foot" has been modified into a number of arms and tentacles. They have internalized the shell found in most mollusks, and it is referred to as the cuttlebone. Cuttlefish have no backbone; they are invertebrates, and so, despite their misleading name, they are not true fish. Protruding from around their mouths, they have eight arms and two tentacles with which they catch their prey. One of the most remarkable aspects of cuttlefish, though, is their advanced camouflaging abilities. Cuttlefish have very complex eyes, with W-shaped pupils that can see the polarization of light and in 3-D; they are, however, colorblind. Despite this, on natural substrates, cuttlefish can change color in mere seconds to blend in so well against their background that they are hardly visible. This camouflage is done by means of a vast number of small neuromuscular organs called chromatophores that expand and contract to change the color of the cuttlefish' skin. Even after the cuttlefish has died, the chromatophores may continue to cause color-change, in a distinctive post-mortem pattern known as Wolkenwandern, or "wandering clouds". There are also some other types of cells that add to the variety of colors cuttlefish can display. Cuttlefish's sides have been likened to a tv screen, so adept are they at changing colors quickly and smoothly, and in fact, some tv screens have been developed using a technology based on cuttlefish's color-changing abilities.
Do chameleon change color?
Yes, they do, they change various colors depending on what their surroundings are because they are either hunting for food, or camoflauging (sp?) themselves from predators.
Does a change in a plant's surroundings change the plant cells?
YES
What factors are considered when a cells culture's environment is made as similar as possible to a cells natural surroundings?
Temperature
What is each cell surrounded by that separates the interior of the cell from its surroundings?
For animal cells it is the cell membrane, for plant cells it is the cell wall.
What is asmoregulation?
do you mean osmoregulation...it is the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid with their surroundings
How chamelon change color?
It has specialised cells that have a system in the cells that makes them change colour into or whatever they blend into. it can also be seen as an illusion.
What three methods allow exchange of molecules between cells and their surroundings?
Diffusion- Osmosis Endocytosis
