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How does rough er differ from smooth er?

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Rough ER looks like sheets or disks of bumpy membranes while smooth ER looks more like tubes. Rough ER is called rough because it has ribosomes attached to its surface. The double membranes of smooth and rough ER form sacs called cisternae.
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Rough ER has ribosomes attached to its surface, which is double the amount of the Smooth ER
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