| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Organelles | structures w/in eukaryotic cells that have specialized funtions. |
| organelles are bond by | a single membrane |
| organelles contain | flattened sacs, rounded, or tube shaped (sacules) |
| Cytoplasm | The area inside a cell between the nucleus & the cell membrane, where organelles can be found |
| Ribosomes | where protien synthesis takes place (protiens are made). A small, ball-like structure found in the cytoplasm &/or Rough E.R., contains RNA, |
| vesicles | small and enclosed compartment in atleast 1 lipid bylayer |
| vesicles | store, transport, or digest cellular products and wastes. |
| Vacuoles | Membrane bound sacs, their funtion is a variety of storage, food, & water. |
| Rough e.r. | Flattened sacs extending from the nucleus out, into the cytoplasm, they contain ribosomes |
| Rough E.R. | A "route" of transportation throughout the cell |
| Smooth E.R. | flattened sacs extending from the nucleus out into the cytoplasm...sometimes further away from the nucleus than the rough & does NOT have ribosomes. |
| Smooth E.R. | transportation with the cell, synthesize lipids, contains Enzymes, stores Calcium ions used in muscle contractions. |
| Golgi apparatus | "Post office" finishes, sorts, & ships cell products, molecular procesing, Molecules are pinched off of other side in vesicles. |
| Lysosomes | Membrane sac full of digestive enzymes |
| Lysosomes | Hydrolytic enzymes break down the contents of other vesicles that they fuse to. Abnormal ones can cause disease! |
| contractile vacuole | organelle found in protists & algae, It functions in maintaining osmotic equilibrium, (like the whole balancing the concentration of water & koolaid so it tastes the same) controls water balance by pumping fluid in a cyclical manner from within the cell to the outside by alternately filling and then contracting to release its contents at various points on the surface of the cell. |
| Central vacuole | (plants only), plays a role in plant cell growth, holds water & food. |
| Energy converting organelles | Chloroplasts & Mitochondira |
| Chloroplasts | found in plant cells & algae (photosynthetic protists), they're double membrane bound |
| Chloroplasts | Where photosynthesis takes place, the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy. |
| Mitochondria | Found in all cells/eukaryotes, also double membrane bound |
| Mitochondria | the cells powerhouse, turning food into energy, it's where cellular respiration takes place. (Harvesting chemical energy). |
| Eukaryotes & prokaryotes, 2 domains, 6 kingdoms | kingdoms & domains |
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