3b Flashcards
Cell
Smallest units of an organism that carry out all the basic functions of life, nothing smaller considered alive
Organelle
Microscopic structures within cells that carry out individual functions
Inclusion
Any visible object in the cytoplasm of cell, other than organelles or cytoskeleton elements, usually foreign bodies, stored cell product (viruses, dust, lipid, glycogen or pigment)
Plasma membrane
The membrane that encloses a cell and controls the traffic of molecules coming in and out
Microvilli
Outgrowth of the plasma membrane that increase the surface area of the cell and functions in the absorption and sensory processes
Cilia
A hairlike process w/axoneme, projecting from the apical surface of an epithelial cell; moves stuff across epithelium, mobile and non mobile, sensory
Nucleus
A cell organelle containing DNA, surrounded by a double membrane
Nuclear envelope
Double membrane around nucleus
Nuclear pores
Ring of proteins that perforate the nuclear complex
Rough ER
Extensive system of cytoplasmic tubules and channels, has ribosomes
Smooth ER
Extensive system of cytoplasmic tubules or channels, no ribosomes present
Ribosome
Granule found free or in rough ER or nuclear envelope, composed of rRNA and enzymes that read nucleotide sequence of mRNA and assemble amino acids to make a protein
Golgi complex or apparatus
Composed of several parallel cisterns, like a stack of saucers,
Modifies and packages newly synthesized proteins and synthesized carbohydrates
Lysosomes
Destroys bacteria by digestion their cell walls
Peroxisomes
Use molecular oxygen to oxidize organic molecules