Figure 1.

Geometry and simplified cytoskeletal architecture of (A) Giant Unilamellar Vesicle of radius R_v and lipid membrane thickness δ_m, (B) Human red blood cell of radius R_RBC and membrane thickness δ_RBC, (C) Bleb of a blebbing-based motility cell R_b and membrane thickness δ_b, and (D) Neurite of length L radius r and membrane thickness δ_n. Note that the membrane thickness δ is referred to the plasma membrane-cytoskeleton thickness. (E) Comparison of the lengths scales and q wave-vectors for the different cell types and cytoskeletal architecture in relation to the waist size of the laser spot ϖ. The q values for each case correspond to the theoretical integration limits of Equations (1) and (2).