Question

Cells consist of many organelles, yet we do not call any of these organelles as structural and functional unit of living organisms. Explain.

Answer 1

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1. CELL IS THE BASIC STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF LIFE. THESE ORGANELLES COMES TOGETHER TO CREATE ONE SINGLE CELL CREATING VARIOUS TYPES OF CELLS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSE. THAT'S WHY CELL ORGANELLES ARE NOT THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF LIFE.

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Answer 2

As the organelles are freely present in the cytoplasm they do not carry out functions independently but perform as a whole which is interlinked.These functions as a whole forms the functions of a cell. Hence these are not called structural and functional units.