What is Golgi complex or Golgi apparatus?

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Golgi bodies are thick, lamellar plate-like structures.

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Each body consists of flat sacs or cisternae arranged parallel to each other.

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Fat content is abundant in these.

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Golgi complex is involved in cell secretion.

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They form lysosomes and peroxisomes.

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They help in the processing and packaging of products that pass through the endoplasmic reticulum.

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It was discovered by Camillo Golgi in 1898 in the Nerve cells by the Silver staining method.

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Golgi Complex occurs in all living cells except the prokaryotic cells and R.B.Cs mature sperm and sieve tubes in plants.

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What is Golgi complex or Golgi apparatus?

by- Indra bhan

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Golgi bodies are thick, lamellar plate-like structures.

Image credit - google.com

Each body consists of flat sacs or cisternae arranged parallel to each other.

Image credit - google.com

Fat content is abundant in these.

Image credit - google.com

Golgi complex is involved in cell secretion.

Image credit - google.com

They form lysosomes and peroxisomes.

Image credit - google.com

They help in the processing and packaging of products that pass through the endoplasmic reticulum.

Image credit - google.com

It was discovered by Camillo Golgi in 1898 in the Nerve cells by the Silver staining method.

Image credit - google.com

Golgi Complex occurs in all living cells except the prokaryotic cells and R.B.Cs mature sperm and sieve tubes in plants.