Answer
The basic structural components of the cell are the cytoskeleton, organelles, inclusions, the cytosol, and the plasma membrane.
Work Step by Step
A cell is a closed plasma membrane filled with cytosol, organelles, and inclusions held up and supported by the cytoskeleton.
The plasma membrane is a phospholipid bilayer. The cytosol is the intracellular fluid that provides a matrix-like clear gel in which the organelles, inclusions and cytoskeleton are embedded. The cytoskeleton is a supportive framework of protein filaments and tubules. Organelles include the nucleus, ribosomes, the Golgi complex, the endoplasmic reticulum, and other organelles that will be covered later on in this chapter. Finally, inclusions are little bits of foreign material floating around in the cell.
