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why does the plasma cell have a well developed endoplasmic reticulum with lots of ribosomes 



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Answer:Within the cell, the endoplasmic reticulum synthesizes lipids and proteins. ... Proteins that are made in the cell for use by the cell-for instance, as channels in the plasma membrane-are made by the free ribosomes that dot the cytoplasm. Two types of endoplasmic reticulum are found in the eukaryotic cell.

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Since plasma cells make your antibodies, they need to produce a lot of protein. Also because the nucleus makes a lot of products to make proteins you need a large Golgi Body. How ER's relate to this: to do protein synthesis you need ribosomes and to have ribosomes you need the rough ER!
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